Loneliness Awareness Week
Marmalade Trust founded Loneliness Awareness Week (June 15 – 21) in England in 2017, and it has since grown into…
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How density can bring people together
Research from Canada and around the world has explored how different housing environments shape opportunities for social connection. While high-density…
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Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: How three municipalities are designing for social wellbeing
When: June 24th, 9:30 am – 11:00 am Pacific Format: 90-minute | 1 hour presentation + facilitated Q&A Co-hosts: Hey…
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Webinar recap: The Benefits of Being an Enabling Host
On April 14th, 2026, Hey Neighbour Collective and United Way BC’s Seniors’ Housing Working Group co-hosted the webinar “The Benefits…
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Webinar Recap: Innovative community programs to build social connection in housing
On March 6, 2026, Hey Neighbour Collective and United Way BC’s Seniors’ Housing Working Group co-hosted the webinar, titled “Innovative…
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HNC Feature: “No Place like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis”
Jessica Barrett, author of No Place Like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis, writes, “most people actually yearn…
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Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Benefits of Being An Enabling Host
When: Tuesday, April 14th, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST Format: 2-hour, participatory model | Presentations, panel, Q&A, and facilitated…
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Join us for the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: Innovative Community Programs to Build Social Connection in Housing
When: Friday, March 6th, 10AM – 11:30AM PST Format: Zoom webinar, 1 hour presentation and 30-minute facilitated Q&A (90 minutes)…
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Practical and Emotional Supports are “Close To Home”
West End Seniors’ Network’s “Close To Home” program aims to grow social connections and reduce isolation and loneliness–especially in multi-unit…
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Partner highlight: No help needed, we’re Canadian!
One of the most important learnings from Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN) pilot was that connecting is an…
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Partner highlight: How neighbourly connections can help us “age in the right place”
Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s (BRN) Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN) pilot (done in collaboration with Hey Neighbour Collective and ten delivery partners)…
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Partner Highlight: “Everyone ‘gets’ emergencies”
In this article, the Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) team breaks down the sustained benefits of their “Neighbours Helping Neighbours” program,…
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Building Community is Good for Business
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Landlord BC’s quarterly print magazine, ‘The Key.’ Read the original…
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Igniting Resident Leadership
Over the past five years, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) demonstration partners piloted a wide range of social connectedness programs in…
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Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)
For more than five years, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) has been bringing together housing operators, community-based organizations, researchers, policy makers,…
