Search

Relationships Australia. What does it take to build a strong neighbourhood?

Sometimes it is a council-led initiative reaching thousands of households. Sometimes it is one resident putting a bookshelf on their verge.

In this episode, Relationships Australia bring together two very different scales of neighbourly action to share how you can create communities where people genuinely feel they belong. Ngaire Trigg from Very Neighbourly Organisation Townsville City Council in Queensland shares how a long-standing council relationship with Neighbours Every Day has grown into practical tools such as cobranded connection cards and neighbour-contact fridge magnets. Jody Moate, a community volunteer connected to three Very Neighbourly Organisations — Pasadena Community Centre, Pasadena and St Marys Action Group, and the Little Library on Lloyd Street in South Australia — shares what it looks like when neighbours simply decide to start something themselves. Together, they show that belonging grows at every scale, from council chambers to front verges.

Bringing churches, charities and civic leaders together for the common good.

Following a powerful inaugural gathering in 2025, the London Summit returns for 2026, bringing together church leaders, charities, civic institutions and community organisations from across the capital. Last year’s Summit highlighted inspiring examples of collaboration already taking place across London, created new connections between sectors and opened important conversations around how churches and civic institutions can work more effectively together 
This Summit is for those who believe collaboration is key to addressing the challenges facing our city. This year we are focusing on the following three areas; Tackling Poverty and Creating Opportunity, Building Resilient Communities, Supporting Children, Young People and Families.

The sixth in Together for the Common Good's Staying Human series, this will address what happened to communities that globalisation has written out of the future - and what it means for churches to find Christ already at work among them.

This series is exploring how to stay human as we live through a change of era. Amidst the unravelling of the old era - cultural confusion, fragmentation and the breakdown of trust – we see the limitations of government, the AI revolution, and we sense deep uncertainty ahead.

Our speaker John Clifton will open up a frank conversation about how globalisation reshaped not just our economy and our politics, but also how we treat people and places.

Drawing on his encounters with anger and grief in deindustrialised communities, and on signs of spiritual hunger in places where institutional Christianity has thinned, John will explore what these places reveal about the deeper moral and spiritual crisis of our time.

This talk is not just diagnosis but primarily constructive: inspired by Franciscan, Salvationist and Catholic Social Teaching traditions, John calls the churches back to proximity - to a way of following Christ that answers abandonment not with charity alone, but with humanising solidarity.

BE EQUIPPED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD

If you long to see culture transformed and want to contribute towards positive change within your sphere of influence, the Everything Conference is for you.

Join us for an impactful day of inspiring speakers, shared learning and practical equipping.