Loneliness is not a single emotion, but rather a cluster of emotions.[1] Being lonely can feel like grief, jealously, sadness, shame or...
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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...
Love, heroism, generosity and community
By Alison Brook | Chief Executive Officer | Relationships Australia Canberra and Region Writing from the ACT at a time when we’ve had...
Measuring Neighbourhood Liveability – by people, for people!
By Ainsley Milton, Account Manager Place Score There are lots of ways government and business measure neighbourhood liveability, but only...
Problem + Problem = Solution
We interviewed CEO Anthony Chesler about the amazing work of Thread Together and this is what he had to say. What can you tell us about...
Neighbour Day
Relationships Australia is home of the year round community campaign Neighbour Day. For 2019, the theme for Neighbour Day was ‘loneliness...
The mental health of my child – is there an app for that?
By Brad Morgan17 July 2019All families face challenges that can impact the social and emotional wellbeing of their children.Particularly...
70 years strong
By Dr Andrew Bickerdike3 July, 2019In 2018, Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) celebrated our 70th anniversary – an important...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019
By Paula Mance12 June, 2019In 2017-18 more than 10,900 calls were made to elder abuse hotlines across Australia according to new...
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week
By Deborah Lockwood5 June, 2019This Infant Mental Health week will see the launch of new free web-based resources Let’s Talk about...