Neighbourly Lab News & Resources

The Importance of Prioritising Social Connection in the Design of Built Environments

February 2024
Thought pieces

An abandoned pub car park, located off the busy South Circular in South London, became an unexpected community meeting point... Read more

Civic informedness and engagement with online community spaces across Newham

January 2024
Insights

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Researching Social Capital at Scale: Our New Project

December 2023
Thought pieces

We are working with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) in partnership with Stripe Partners and the RSA, on a first... Read more

What enables the development of good Social Infrastructure?

November 2023
Thought pieces

What we have learnt from the field In our previous blog post, we explored what constitutes ‘good social infrastructure’, based... Read more

Heart of the Community Event: The role of convenience stores in safer, more connected communities

November 2023
Thought pieces

Image courtesy of ACS website This October I attended the ‘Heart of the Community’ event hosted by the Association on... Read more

Kickstarting Social Infrastructure What we have learnt so far

November 2023
Insights

At Neighbourly Lab we are working on an exciting project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. The project is... Read more

Supporting London Boroughs to Engage with their Residents

September 2023
Thought pieces

We are delighted to announce that we are working in partnership with London Councils and the Greater London Authority, supporting... Read more

Small interactions matter… and the nation agrees

August 2023
Thought pieces

A week on from the launch of our report 'Encouraging greater kindness and interaction on London buses: findings and impact... Read more

‘Encouraging greater interaction and kindness on London buses’. Read our findings and impact report

August 2023
Reports

We are delighted to publish this report in partnership with Transport for London and University of Sussex. This report shares... Read more

Why you should join the Belong Network

July 2023
Thought pieces

The vision of The Belong Network is a more integrated and less divided society. Belong aims to be the UK’s... Read more

Toolkit: Reimagining Volunteering in our communities

July 2023
Toolkits

Explore our new toolkit, together with Spirit of 2012 we have developed a free to use toolkit exploring how people... Read more

Reimagining Volunteering,The Role of ‘Community Helpers’

July 2023
Thought pieces

Have you ever wondered how and why and people across the UK help out in their local community? Our new... Read more

Introducing our latest social innovation project: increasing social-connection through shops

July 2023
Thought pieces

Neighbourly Lab’s mission is to figure out how to tilt the way that local-places are set up, so that people... Read more

Illustration of a diverse group of people standing closely together, symbolising unity, support, and strong neighbourhood networks in building community resilience across London.

FREE Webinar – How to Boost Helping Out Locally

June 2023
Webinars

Have you ever wondered what motivates people across the UK to help out in their local community? We were lucky... Read more

Bringing Londoners Together Toolkit

June 2023
Toolkits

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Watch us on Al Jazeera tonight!

June 2023
Videos

Tonight one of our Directors, Harry Hobson, will take part in a live discussion about technology's role in the loneliness... Read more

Who is painting Southdean Skatepark?

May 2023
Thought pieces

Following on from the success of the community murals in Drumchapel, Glasgow we are delighted to provide a third opportunity... Read more

Empowering young people in their community pays off

April 2023
Thought pieces

In times like these, where it feels like everyone is under immense pressure, people's priorities shift, often unconsciously, to help... Read more

Join our free webinar Thurs 27th April 12-1pm

April 2023
Webinars

Neighbourhood communication groups (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook, Nextdoor) help residents to be more connected and supported, more informed on local issues... Read more

Our Bus Staff Appreciation Campaign has transformed Hammersmith Bus Station for a month

April 2023
Events

The last few months have been full of exciting preparations around the creative campaign developed in partnership with TfL which... Read more

The Big Help Out is launching on the 8th May

March 2023
Events

The Big Help Out is launching on the 8th May. It is an initiative to celebrate the people who are... Read more