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Guest blog: Play as an antidote to social isolation and loneliness.
Do you remember as a child neighbourhood street play? An international movement, now here in Australia, is revitalising street play and...
Guest Blog – Volunteers Are Change Makers – Relationships Australia – National Volunteer Week
Guest blog by Mark Pearce, Chief Executive Officer Volunteering Australia Volunteers Are Change Makers Millions of volunteers across...
Good neighbours help communities flourish
By Harry Lovelock, Acting CEO Mental Health Australia. Last weekend, amid an anti-trans rally, the passing of South Australia’s First...
A new online service directory launches to help more than 5 million Australians experiencing loneliness, find connection
To mark Neighbour Day, Ending Loneliness Together have launched Australia’s first national online directory to help more than five million...
Reflecting on Belonging this Neighbour Day
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer, Relationships Australia, March 21, 2023 Neighbour Day, the annual day of celebration and...
Guest Blog – It’s not where you live, it’s how you live
Guest blog - Neighbours Every Day Ambassador Hugh Mackay AO Every community has its differences of opinion, its social divisions, and its...
The role community relationships play in fostering resilience
By Claire Fisher, Senior Research and Project Officer, Relationships Australia At Relationships Australia, we have been championing the...
Guest Blog – Connection & Belonging
Guest blog - Neighbours Every Day Ambassador Hugh Mackay AO We become deeply attached to particular places because of the life we...
Creating belonging through respectful relationships
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer, Relationships Australia. At Relationships Australia we talk a lot about the importance of...
Our Actions Create Belonging
Building a future where everyone has equal opportunity to belong, contribute and thrive. This is the heart of Welcoming Australia’s...
A journey from Neighbour Day to Neighbours Every Day – create belonging in your community
Neighbours Every Day You may have noticed that we’ve had a bit of a ‘makeover’ here at Neighbour Day. While our mission remains the same,...
Volunteering Australia guest blog – Volunteering: Bringing people together
Guest blog by Mark Pearce, Chief Executive Officer - Volunteering Australia Volunteering: Bringing people together This year’s National...
2021 Research Overview – Assessing the Social Impact of Neighbour Day
By Claire Fisher, Senior research and projects officer, National Office Assessing the social impact of a campaign is no easy feat. As...
Personal connection in the new world
Guest blog by Dr Leanne Beagley, Chief Executive Officer - Mental Health Australia It is a new world. The pandemic has left us with a new...
Resilient Sydney Blog – Neighbour Day – “Beat pandemic isolation, get connected”
Guest blog by Resilient Sydney In the third year of a global pandemic, there is no better time to beat the COVID iso and make every day...
Neighbour Day: Connecting Communities for 20 years
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer, National Office February 2022 When I was growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide in South...
Neighbour Day Research – What we’ve learnt over the years
Neighbour Day Research 2016 – 2022 By Claire Fisher, Senior research and projects officer, National Office January 2022 Relationships...
New published research demonstrates that Neighbour Day’s whole-of-community approach leads to reductions in loneliness
Throughout the pandemic, the importance of social relationships with one’s neighbours and community has been discussed at length, as...
New published research demonstrates that Neighbour Day’s whole-of-community approach leads to reductions in loneliness
By Claire Fisher, Research and projects officer, National Office 22 April 2021 Throughout the pandemic, the importance of social...
Our neighbours
By Helen, Relationships Australia QLD - Tell Us Your Story 2016, Staff Winner I’d like to share what being a neighbour means for us...
We’re All In This Together – Neighbour Day
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer, Relationships Australia 24 March 2020 The concept of what it means to be a neighbour is changing, both as a result of advances in…
Creating a village through play
By Playgroup Australia* 11 March 2020 They say raising a child takes a village, but our villages have become smaller, more complicated and less connected. Playgroup Australia is looking to…
Children need friendly communities
By Helen Fogarty National Communications Manager NAPCAN* 27 Feb 2020 The bus driver… There’s a story that often comes up in discussion at...