Neighbourhood Connect

"The state of the nation starts in your street… Think about the kind of neighbourhood you’d like to live in - and then start living as if it’s that kind of neighbourhood. Pretty soon it will be." (Hugh Mackay, Australia Reimagined) Neighbourhood Connect is a not-for-profit community organisation. We help people turn streets into communities and foster a national network of neighbourhood groups. We help people across Australia feel happier, safer and more supported by creating neighbourhoods where connecting with neighbours in real life is the norm. Neighbourhood Connect facilitates the formation of neighbourhood groups. The neighbourhood group is the social infrastructure which builds much needed social capital and social cohesion. This is why since 2014 we have been creating neighbourhood groups that encourage community, sometimes in addition to a focus on sustainability, placemaking, safety, gardening, addressing local issues, or something else, to be part of our network.