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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 findings show Australians were coping better than their UK counterparts throughout the pandemic, but more up-to-date information is needed
In November 2020, Relationships Australia joined the international long-term research study known as Families Un-locked led by Dr Gabriela...
Family Connect – Connecting Families in Four Practical Steps
Relationships Australia is proud to announce its custodianship of the popular Family Connect program aimed at increasing emotional...
Managing Loneliness
Loneliness is not a single emotion, but rather a cluster of emotions.[1] Being lonely can feel like grief, jealously, sadness, shame or...
Relationships Australia celebrates the launch of Phase 2 of Families Un-Locked
Relationships Australia’s partnership with Griffith University, and the University of Worcester UK and Relate UK continues to...
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...
Families Un-locked: Relationships Emerging from COVID-19 into the “New Normal”
By Relationships Australia National Office 23 November 2020 In March 2020 Australia went into lockdown and our daily lives changed beyond...
Have the COVID-19 workplace changes affected people’s mental health?
New research launched today in response to COVID-19 reveals that recent workplace changes have had a major impact on Australia’s...
Relationships Australia can help you during COVID-19
By Claire Fisher, Research and projects officer, National Office 11 May 2020 Since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions were put...
Knowledge gaps about domestic violence leaving children at risk
By Dan Moss, Workforce Development Manager, Emerging Minds 7 May 2020 Concerns that COVID-19 social distancing requirements will...
Supporting healthy relationships during COVID-19
As a trusted, leading provider of relationships services for over 70 years, Relationships Australia continues to support all people in...
COVID-19 and supporting healthy relationships in Australia
Relationships Australia acknowledges that right across the country, Australians are facing unprecedented times. We are in the middle of a...
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...
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...
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...
From neighbours, to volunteering together, to best friends
By Georgie Cardillo, Deputy Controller at the VICSES* Euroa Unit 13 February 2020. Keith Barns and James (Jim) Cerini have been neighbours...
Nextdoor Australia
We’d love to welcome aboard our newest ‘Very Neighbourly Organisation’, Nextdoor Australia! Jennie Sager, Australia’s Country Manager for...