Who is painting Southdean Skatepark?
25th May 2023
Following on from the success of the community murals in Drumchapel, Glasgow we are delighted to provide a third opportunity to bring young people together with their wider community to... Read more
25th May 2023
Following on from the success of the community murals in Drumchapel, Glasgow we are delighted to provide a third opportunity to bring young people together with their wider community to... Read more
17th April 2023
In times like these, where it feels like everyone is under immense pressure, people's priorities shift, often unconsciously, to help them deal with day-to day strains. The financial impacts of... Read more
14th April 2023
Neighbourhood communication groups (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook, Nextdoor) help residents to be more connected and supported, more informed on local issues and events, and to save more in the face of... Read more
12th April 2023
The last few months have been full of exciting preparations around the creative campaign developed in partnership with TfL which aims to increase appreciation towards bus staff. We wanted to... Read more
31st March 2023
The Big Help Out is launching on the 8th May. It is an initiative to celebrate the people who are already volunteering and encourage those who are interested in getting... Read more
10th March 2023
The Big Help Out is happening on the 8th May, it is a day to celebrate and strengthen volunteering across the nation and it represents a moment in time to... Read more
15th February 2023
Context At the heart of the Glimpse Project is our methodological claim that we can elicit the texture of spiritual-yearning and religious-belief by every person, by asking a single question.... Read more
8th February 2023
The Glimpse Project is an initiative from Neighbourly Lab and the Woolf Institute. Its aim is to show the common-ground in what different people yearn for or believe about God/spirituality/whatever.... Read more
1st February 2023
2022 was a very significant year for Neighbourly Lab: we found some great people to join us (we actually doubled our staff and started operating in Scotland); we worked in... Read more
27th January 2023
WHAT IS IT? It’s an experimental project to illuminate everybody’s beliefs in God or spirituality. We want to reveal what’s going on in people’s heads when it comes to believing... Read more
25th January 2023
Harry, looking a bit worried (can’t remember why) outside Westminster Abbey. This is the nearest church to Neighbourly Lab’s offices and I sometimes go to services there. I’m Harry –... Read more
19th January 2023
In a national period clouded by uncertainty and financial downturn, many local communities across the country are using online groups on platforms such as Whatsapp, Nextdoor and Facebook in novel... Read more
21st December 2022
Dressing with traditional costumes is a very popular thing in Bulgaria for all generations. It is done for community celebrations, weddings, christenings, school events, national holidays and others. The festive... Read more
30th November 2022
I can hardly believe that a year of our Essential Mix project has gone by (Happy Birthday EM! ). Time has passed at lightning speed, and yet so much has... Read more
16th November 2022
Over the past number of months, we have been working closely with TfL and bus operators in London to develop new bus signage to encourage more engagement between passengers and... Read more
19th October 2022
What we did: Neighbourly Lab, alongside the Campaign to End Loneliness and the King’s Centre for Military Health Research have run a year long evaluation of the Armed Forces Covenant... Read more
5th September 2022
As we roll out our Essential Mix project across the nation the need to be flexible, adaptable and malleable becomes increasingly evident. Where in London we have focused on increasing... Read more
30th June 2022
Technology, especially mobile devices, usually has a bad reputation, being associated with detrimental effects on in-person social connection. However, in this blog post we’ll give examples of how technology can... Read more
28th June 2022
We at Neighbourly Lab believe that local neighbourhood comms groups are an essential tool for increasing social-connectedness in the UK. Neighbours that are joined up together in these groups are... Read more
28th June 2022
We love Jane Jacobs, and particularly her book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” published in 1961. For Neighbourly Lab, this book – and particularly this passage below... Read more
26th May 2022
On Tuesday we attended the Restich: Social Fabric Summit at the scenic Church Hall in Westminster. The day was thought provoking, with a variety of speakers from different spheres from... Read moreCopyright 2026. All Rights Reserved