…toolkit, full of planning advice on how to support temporary street closures for community Play Streets. To find out more about establishing a play street in your local area download…
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Neighbour Day Research – What we’ve learnt over the years
…greater and persistent resilience. With this in mind, while planning our 2021 Neighbour Day campaign and research, we were especially mindful of the need to capture relationships in our evaluations,…
Empty Nesters
…relationship and plan for your future together. Re-kindling your relationship does not have to be hard or expensive, small daily activities and gestures such as cooking together, going for afternoon…
New PhD Scholarship Opportunity – help improve service delivery for children and young people
…to have for dinner, their lives are often planned and arranged. But when a family is experiencing a major transition, such as parents separating or going through a divorce, hearing…
A journey from Neighbour Day to Neighbours Every Day – create belonging in your community
…campaign, which has operated in Australia for twenty years, promoting the benefits of well-connected and resilient communities. Our plan is to promote the importance of social connection, and focus on…
Loneliness
…and if needed, have done some research on services or opportunities that can address their situation (reading this was a good start!). If you commit to any plans, make sure…
Full Report
…and infinitely subjective, into a short, summative report is a difficult task. As such, we plan to use this research as a launching point for more in-depth work. For now,…
And that was Neighbour Day 2019
…less describing: The planned Neighbour Day event and the group involved. How they would spend $5,000 or $1,000 in their town or neighbourhood to help create connections and address loneliness…
The importance of neighbours in emergencies
By Jamie Devenish, Manager of Emergency Management Planning at the Victorian SES In 2018, members of three emergency management agencies: Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES), Country Fire Authority (CFA) and…
Pedaling our way to a more connected neighbourhood
…at 4pm.” “I dunno, there’s also a lightning symbol at 3pm and a rainy cloud at 5pm.” And so it went on, back and forth. After all our planning, would…
Knowledge gaps about domestic violence leaving children at risk
…disclose the violence and make plans to improve their children’s safety. With one in four Australian women affected by family and domestic violence[2], Flinders University Professor of Social Work, Dr…
Welcome to our Blog
…on relationships – with families and loved ones, friends and neighbours or the broader community. On our RA Blog we hope to publish a mix of planned and emergent work…
Domestic Violence
…2014. National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and Children. (2009). Background paper to Time for Action: The National Council’s plan to reduce violence against women and children, 2009–2021, Canberra….
Ageing transition points: Is there potential for family conflict?
…including retirement and estate planning; hand over the family business or family farm; make end of life decisions, including transition to an aged care facility; consider health and safety considerations…
Child neglect
…2014-15. Canberra: AIHW. Child abuse and neglect statistics, CFCA Resource Sheet— October 2016 available at https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/child-abuse-and-neglect-statistics National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009–2020, available at https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/publications-articles/protecting-children-is-everyones-business Second three-year action plan…
Restorative practice
…of students in education settings; a reduction in the number of children in out of home care, number of families with a child protection plan and children at risk in…
Ending relationships without using violence or abuse
…to stay. If you feel unsafe, it is important to get help and develop a safety plan. If you initiated the separation, it may come as a shock to the…
Relationships and community
…on friendly terms to start with. Being neighbourly means you can ask them to water your plants or put out your bins when you are away and they can ask…