Resources

The Neighbours Every Day campaign provides simple, practical tools to create belonging, each and every day of the year. Whether you’re looking to celebrate your community on the day-of-action, or create belonging on any day of the year, you can find the latest resources here.

Create Belonging Every Day

Day of Action: Neighbour Day 2023

Mental Health & Belonging

News and Media

Check out our latest media releases and videos below.

 

Media Release – Celebrate the launch of Neighbour Day 2023 – Create Belonging in your Community!
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Media release – Launch of Neighbours Every Day: a call to action for all communities to Create Belonging!
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Media Release – Neighbour Day Celebrates Connecting Communities for 20 years across Australia
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Media Release – Relationships Australia releases latest Neighbour Day Report.
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Celebrating Connected Communities throughout Australia
Sustainable social connection is a key driver in ending loneliness and achieving greater wellbeing outcomes across Australia.
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Blog

Relationships Australia produces a variety of blogs on different topics.

Check out the latest below

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 Australia are giving their time and energy to make change in our communities. This National Volunteer Week we are celebrating the power of volunteers to drive social change and make our world a better place for everyone. […]
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 Nations Voice to Parliament Bill, and the New South Wales state election results, Neighbour Day had its 21st anniversary. Neighbour Day launched in 2003, created in part by the discovery of 75-year-old Elsie Brown in […]
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 people experiencing loneliness find meaningful connections so that they can live healthier lives. Loneliness is a serious but preventable issue affecting a significant proportion of our community. One in four Australians aged 12 to 89 […]
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 hallmark of Relationships Australia’s Neighbours Every Day campaign is finally here! On Sunday 26 March 2023, communities across Australia will come together to reflect and celebrate on the every day connections they have created. We have […]
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 cultural tensions, which is simply to say that every community is both diverse and, inescapably, human. If you want to master the art of belonging, you’ll need to accept the imperfections and deal […]

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Positive effects of Neighbour Day

Are you interested in understanding the positive effects Neighbours Every Day has on individuals and communities? You can read a summary of key findings over the period 2018-2022 here.

Latest news in the Neighbourhood

Check out our latest Neighbourly Blog.

New Loneliness Tip Sheet from Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia has released a new tip sheet about loneliness. Check it out here.

Get Support

Strong, inclusive and compassionate communities need support in both the good times and the challenging times. See our list of community support organisations and resources available.

Are you ready to connect and celebrate your community and create belonging?
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