Neighbours Every Day is the next evolution of Neighbour Day
The inaugural Neighbour Day was launched in Melbourne in 2003, as an opportunity to “check on your neighbour”.
Relationships Australia became the custodian of Neighbour Day in 2014, and it has since grown into an ongoing, year-round campaign focused on belonging – reducing social isolation and loneliness, and building connection and social cohesion. Neighbours Every Day is that evolution, with a dedicated day of action, Neighbour Day, celebrated on the last Sunday of March each year. As Australia’s leading social connection campaign, it continues to grow, helping people across Australia build respectful and sustainable relationships with those around them – recognised as a case study in the World Health Organization’s 2025 report From Loneliness to Social Connection, and highlighted in Australia’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035.
Relationships Australia
Relationships Australia is a leading not-for-profit provider of services for individuals, couples, families and communities; helping them to achieve and maintain safe and respectful relationships.
Operating since 1948, our services are for all members of the community, regardless of religious belief, age, gender, sexual orientation, cultural background or economic circumstances.
From our network of over 100 service locations across all Australian states and territories, we enable and support the crucial role that relationships play in protecting and enhancing the mental health and well-being of all Australians. We offer counselling, family dispute resolution, trauma support, mental health services and a range of other family and community support services, training and education programs.
You can find out about our services across the country here.
Respectful Relationships
We support the development and nurturing of respectful relationships, which has proven to be a crucial foundation for mental health, general wellbeing, and overall resilience.
Advocacy
We advocate for respectful relationships across all levels of society. Relationships Australia advocates across many stakeholder groups via policy, research, media and community engagement.
Research
We conduct relevant research across a broad range of topics in regards to relationships. At times we partner with universities and other organisations, working locally and internationally to support further understandings of relationships.
Our supporters
A broad range of individuals and organisations continue to actively show support for Neighbours Every Day. Throughout the years, these collaborations have greatly contributed to community awareness, as well as a sustained reduction in loneliness.
Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors are much-loved members of our communities who support the principal aim of Neighbours Every Day, which is to build sustainable respectful relationships with the people around us.
Ambassadors generously help raise awareness of Neighbours Every Day and its messages about the importance of social inclusion and connection in communities around Australia.
Very Neighbourly Organisations
Very Neighbourly Organisations (VNO) are organisations that uphold and promote the principles of Neighbours Every Day.
These important organisations are committed to helping increase respectful relationships across Australia, one social connection at a time.
Community organisations
A number of community organisations support Neighbours Every Day each year. These vital organisations are often the heart of communities and take action on loneliness every day.
Many of these are also very neighbourly organisations.
We offer a range of free resources to support community organisations to create and share belonging.
Councils
Many Councils around the country are actively involved in annual Neighbours Every Day activities and events. Councils play a key role in connecting individuals and communities.
Many of these are also very neighbourly organisations.
We offer a range of free resources to support councils to create and share belonging.
Belonging Every Day
Neighbours Every Day promotes practical, effective ways to build belonging across our communities – reducing social isolation and loneliness, and increasing social connection and cohesion.
Loneliness is detrimental to our overall health and wellbeing. Social connection and respectful, sustainable relationships are key to better outcomes for individuals and communities alike.
Relationships Australia has undertaken research, in collaboration with the Australian National University, demonstrating that involvement in Neighbours Every Day leads to a tangible and sustained reduction in loneliness. Read more etc.
Resources available for download