Welcome to our new cohort of Connect & Prepare partners!
BRN’s facilitator training expands the reach and impacts of Connect & Prepare. …
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How Neighbourly Connections Can Help Us “Age in the Right Place”
Working through common attitudes and resistances towards neighbourly helping. …
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No Help Needed, We’re Canadian!?
Working through common attitudes and resistances towards neighbourly helping. …
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Everyone “gets” emergencies
Why collective preparedness is a popular gateway for neighbours to help one another. …
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What if neighbours helped neighbours more? Here’s what we learned!
Neighbours Helping Neighbours: Pilot Learning Report (2023-2025) is now available. …
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Connect & Prepare “Should Be in Every Building!”
Collaborating on emergency preparedness fosters residents’ collective resilience—and lived experiences of disabilities can be valuable assets in the process. This is one of the key takeaways from a unique collaboration in Vancouver, British Columbia that resulted in many resident-participants—and also staff at the organizations involved—feeling inspired and transformed. …
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Neighbours Helping Neighbours West Coast Kick Off!
Who do you call when you could use a hand with a simple household task, when you need to borrow an item. How do you stay safe during an extreme… …
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What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods recently launched its new program Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN). Can you give us an overview of what NHN is and what needs it’s addressing? Neighbours Helping Neighbours… …
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Wendy’s Story
Wendy knows all of the residents on her floor, and they check in with each other regularly. Every evening, Wendy and her next door neighbour knock on their shared wall around the same time, just to let each other know they’re okay. …
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Pam’s story
Pam believes in the power of neighbours helping neighbours and has made an effort to know others in her building. Her next-door neighbour, Mid, was concerned a few years ago, that if something happened to her overnight, no one would know. Mid now hangs a bow outside her door from 7am to 9pm so Pam knows she’s OK. When Mid experienced a recent health emergency, Pam was there to offer help and comfort while she called for an ambulance. Now they speak just about every day. …
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Nicola & Tegan’s story
Nicola misses being in the daily lives of her daughter and grandsons, who live far away in Europe. So, when her neighbour became a new mother, Nicola offered to help out in any way she could–and now enjoys taking the baby for walks and occasionally preparing meals for the family. …
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Prepare together for extreme heat guide
Are you and your neighbours safely connected and prepared for extreme heat? Try out our new neighbour-to-neighbour guide. …
