Belonging Every Day
It starts with you. It starts with us. Help create, share and grow belonging every day, and build the inclusive communities you want to live in — one relationship at a time.
How to create, share and grow Belonging Every Day
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Day of Action
The annual day of action for Neighbours Every Day is called Neighbour Day – celebrated on the last Sunday in March.
Why get involved in Neighbours Every Day?
Loneliness and social isolation can affect anyone, at any stage of life. Loneliness is a normal human emotion, but chronic loneliness can harm our mental, emotional and physical health. Strong social connections help protect us. The answers are not always simple, but a variety of respectful relationships makes people and communities more resilient. Neighbours Every Day promotes the importance of these connections, every day of the year.
Belonging Every Day: it starts with you
Connection takes effort, and the benefits come when we feel we belong. Belonging is the sense of safety and comfort that comes from being accepted for who you are. It is more than inclusion. It is genuine acceptance that leaves you feeling both connected and supported.
Our 2026/27 theme, Belonging Every Day, is a reminder that belonging is built in small, everyday moments, and it starts with you.
- As individuals: say hello, make the call, listen well, show up.
- Together: make room, widen the circle, leave no one out.
Belonging also strengthens social cohesion, the trust and goodwill that help neighbourhoods and communities thrive.
Creating and sharing belonging through respectful relationships can change communities and lift wellbeing. Read 10 reasons to grow belonging every day.
What the evidence shows
In February and March 2026, our Social Connection Survey asked 1,926 people living across Australia about their connections and wellbeing. People who had been involved in Neighbours Every Day reported:
- Stronger social connection and more social support.
- A stronger sense of neighbourhood identification, the belonging you feel when you connect with your community.
- Greater social cohesion.
- Lower loneliness.
This sits alongside earlier independent evaluations of the campaign, which found:
- Significant reductions in loneliness that were still present six months on (2020).
- Wider and larger social networks, and more time spent socialising (2021).
- Benefits felt equally by everyone, across age, gender, education, relationship status, employment and socioeconomic background, and whether people were highly or casually involved (2021).
By getting involved, you can:
- Help raise awareness of loneliness and take practical action to address it in communities across Australia.
- Support your own and others’ mental health, and help build communities that cope better through change or crisis.
- Build respectful relationships every day of the year. Meet new people, grow your network and nurture old connections.
- Help create communities where everyone belongs. Belonging does not always come easily, and lasting connection takes consideration and practice.
Neighbour Day is on Sunday 28 March 2027, a great moment to start.
Visit our Belonging page to find out more.
Why get involved
Why get involved in Neighbours Every Day?
Loneliness and social isolation can affect anyone, at any stage of life. Loneliness is a normal human emotion, but chronic loneliness can harm our mental, emotional and physical health. Strong social connections help protect us. The answers are not always simple, but a variety of respectful relationships makes people and communities more resilient. Neighbours Every Day promotes the importance of these connections, every day of the year.
Belonging Every Day: it starts with you
Connection takes effort, and the benefits come when we feel we belong. Belonging is the sense of safety and comfort that comes from being accepted for who you are. It is more than inclusion. It is genuine acceptance that leaves you feeling both connected and supported.
Our 2026/27 theme, Belonging Every Day, is a reminder that belonging is built in small, everyday moments, and it starts with you.
- As individuals: say hello, make the call, listen well, show up.
- Together: make room, widen the circle, leave no one out.
Belonging also strengthens social cohesion, the trust and goodwill that help neighbourhoods and communities thrive.
Creating and sharing belonging through respectful relationships can change communities and lift wellbeing. Read 10 reasons to grow belonging every day.
What the evidence shows
In February and March 2026, our Social Connection Survey asked 1,926 people living across Australia about their connections and wellbeing. People who had been involved in Neighbours Every Day reported:
- Stronger social connection and more social support.
- A stronger sense of neighbourhood identification, the belonging you feel when you connect with your community.
- Greater social cohesion.
- Lower loneliness.
This sits alongside earlier independent evaluations of the campaign, which found:
- Significant reductions in loneliness that were still present six months on (2020).
- Wider and larger social networks, and more time spent socialising (2021).
- Benefits felt equally by everyone, across age, gender, education, relationship status, employment and socioeconomic background, and whether people were highly or casually involved (2021).
By getting involved, you can:
- Help raise awareness of loneliness and take practical action to address it in communities across Australia.
- Support your own and others’ mental health, and help build communities that cope better through change or crisis.
- Build respectful relationships every day of the year. Meet new people, grow your network and nurture old connections.
- Help create communities where everyone belongs. Belonging does not always come easily, and lasting connection takes consideration and practice.
Neighbour Day is on Sunday 28 March 2027, a great moment to start.
Visit our Belonging page to find out more.
How to get involved
Every connection helps us achieve Belonging Every Day
Whether through a cuppa, a picnic in the park, a message of support or simply saying hello, every small connection helps someone feel they belong.
Individuals, community organisations and local Councils can widen the circle and make room for connection — by promoting Neighbours Every Day resources and creating inclusive, welcoming spaces and events for people to connect.
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