Want to meet your neighbours and build stronger communities?
Your neighbourhood is filled with talented, passionate people just like you, who care about your community.
United Way’s Hi Neighbour Initiative helps you meet them and works with you to create opportunities to make a difference in your community in ways that matter most to you.
It starts with acts of local love. It might be as simple as saying hello to someone on the street, as fun as hosting a block party or as exciting as building a new community garden.
Why it matters
Making connections and creating places and spaces where people feel welcome and a part of a community makes people’s lives better. That’s because loneliness and isolation are increasing. You and Hi Neighbour are the antidote!
When we get together, share and create the fabric of a community or neighbourhood becomes stronger, more vibrant and inclusive. When people are connected to their neighbours, they feel safer, less socially isolated, and healthier and that’s great for everyone.
Hi Neighbour Communities
I’d like to try this on my own
Here are some fun, easy ways to connect with your neighbours.
Let’s have a (block) party!
Friends, food and fun! Block parties are a great way to get together with your neighbours. Check out our guide on how to throw a great party.
What is the Acts of Local Love card deck challenge?
The 31-day challenge is a simple to use card deck that will inspire you to carry out one act of local love every day.
Take the challenge as an individual or get together with family, friends or neighbours and challenge them to share the love!
Why? Because small things add up.
Share your talents and your skills!
Here are 7 talents you can use to give back to your community.
Other ways you can be a good neighbour
More ways to connect with your neighbours
Get together with your neighbours
It’s a great way to get to know them.
Get together with your neighbours. It’s a great way to get to know them. Offer to host an activity or party in your neighbourhood or work with a local businesses or community group to get something started.
Share your time and talent
It’s a great way to connect with neighbours.
Share your time and talent. It’s a great way to connect with neighbours. Spread the word by attending events, posting your skills and talents at a local coffee shop, by stopping to talk to your neighbour or by sharing on social with #HiNeighbour.
Create something
Create a mini-project, gathering or activity in your neighbourhood.
Create a mini project, gathering or activity in your neigbhourhood. It helps you get to know your neighbours– the family down the street, the senior who lives next door and the teen you see in the playground.
Want to have Hi Neighbour work with your community?
Creating connections with your neighbours is joyful and inspiring. But knowing how to start can sometimes seem challenging. That’s where United Way’s Hi Neighbour Initiative can help. We have experience and know-how to help support your dreams for your community.
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