Relationships Australia Blog
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’. A group of councils working with Resilient Sydney have been getting their communities better connected through a...
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 Australia, we knew our nearby neighbours well. The kids would play in the street together, and our parents would lend each other a hand:...
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 Australia has been the custodian of the Neighbour Day campaign since 2014. Much has changed in the world since then, and with that,...
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 well-being and encouraging families to connect in practical and meaningful ways. The Program, created by Uplifting Australia, is a four...
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 anger. This suggests that loneliness is a very personal experience and reactions to loneliness can vary. Despite this, almost...
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 explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society, families and relationships with the launch of Phase 2 of the international...
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 people begin to recognise the vital role these relationships play in community health and wellbeing. Neighbour Day, Relationships...
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 relationships with one’s neighbours and community has been discussed at length, as people begin to recognise the vital role these...
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 working in the Valley, inner-city Brisbane. Just days ago Johnno*, a local homeless man, died on the street corner across from our...
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 recognition. Suddenly families, couples and individuals found themselves navigating new challenges within the confinement of their...
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 mental health. Based on data collected through the Relationships Australia monthly survey, the research demonstrates the extensive...
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 in place, many have felt inundated with information about what might happen, who it will effect and how long it may last for....
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 exacerbate domestic violence reinforce the need to bridge critical knowledge gaps amongst front-line community and health workers, so they...
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 Australia to live with positive and respectful relationships. In light of current circumstances, Relationships Australia is committed...
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 worldwide pandemic and the strength we draw from each other, from our relationships and our wider communities, has never been more...
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 changing, both as a result of advances in technology and in response to rapidly changing world events. Today, a ‘neighbour’ can include...
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 less connected. Playgroup Australia is looking to change that. Every year, playgroups across Australia open their doors during...
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 NAPCAN. We’re not sure where it came from. We’re not sure if it’s entirely true. But it always helps us to explain the power of...
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 for almost seven years. As soon as Jim moved next door to Keith he jumped at the chance to meet his new neighbour and introduce...
Nextdoor Australia
We’d love to welcome aboard our newest ‘Very Neighbourly Organisation’, Nextdoor Australia! Jennie Sager, Australia’s Country Manager for the world’s largest neighbourhood network, Nextdoor, sat down with us here at Neighbour Day to talk about the synergy between our...
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 extensive fires for more than a month in several states across Australia, and devastation in the past week over large tracts of the...
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 one that is measured by people living there! At Place Score we take a ‘human-centric’ approach to measure liveability by capturing...
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 Thread Together? Millions of items of unsold, brand-new clothing are dumped by stores into landfill every year. As a society we...
Neighbour Day
Relationships Australia is home of the year round community campaign Neighbour Day. For 2019, the theme for Neighbour Day was ‘loneliness - what neighbours can do to create connections’. We challenged Australians to do whatever they could to create connections – and...