Near Neighbours

Near Neighbours Near Neighbours brings together people in diverse communities, to create relationships of trust and to help people transform their neighbourhoods.

The idea is to bring people together who are near neighbours in communities that are religiously and ethnically diverse, so that they can get to know each other better, build relationships of trust and collaborate together on initiatives that improve the local community they live in. Near Neighbours has two key objectives:

1) Social interaction - to develop positive relationships in multi-faith areas i.e. to help people from different faiths get to know and understand each other better.

2) Social action - to encourage people of different faiths and of no faith to come together for initiatives that improve their local neighbourhood. Why is Near Neighbours needed? Many neighbourhoods in England have a number of different faith and ethnic communities living close to each other, some of these communities rarely interact with one another and instead live parallel but separate lives. Such separation can lead to misunderstanding and a lack of trust or respect for each other, which is not healthy for a local community. These are also often areas of deprivation, with people living there sharing common concerns for a better community. Despite this shared concern they don’t come together to talk or act on this as much as they could. Yet it is local people, in local communities, that are the ones who are ideally placed to identify and develop solutions that can improve their own neighbourhood. Thus Near Neighbours bring people together; breaking down misunderstanding and developing trust, and helps them to act to change their communities for the better.

Need to hear some joy this morning? ☀️Listen to BBC Leicester interview with people enjoying dancing and food as part of...
08/09/2026

Need to hear some joy this morning? ☀️

Listen to BBC Leicester interview with people enjoying dancing and food as part of exchange visits between rural churches and Hindu and Muslim groups.

A reminder that "If you can put people together to break down that fear of the unknown, then it isn't unknown any more, and you break that chain of misunderstanding." Cathryn Parsons, St Philip's Centre Ltd

Listen here (from 2hrs 09 mins): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030w31

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Congrats to Together For Change on the opening of Saints Bar Pool in Nuneaton, a welcoming community café and social ent...
04/08/2026

Congrats to Together For Change on the opening of Saints Bar Pool in Nuneaton, a welcoming community café and social enterprise where local people can access support, develop new skills, build friendships and take part in activities shaped by the needs of the neighbourhood. https://buff.ly/4LboW4d Church of England Diocese of Coventry

A new community hub dedicated to bringing people together, tackling inequality and creating opportunities has officially opened in the Bar Pool area of Nuneaton.

Huge congratulations to Grassroots Luton on their nomination. A partner for 15 years, they absolutely deserve recognit...
21/07/2026

Huge congratulations to Grassroots Luton on their nomination. A partner for 15 years, they absolutely deserve recognition for their contribution to building understanding, peace and stronger relationships across Luton's diverse communities. Good luck for the next stage! More:

LUTON, 17 July 2026 – Community engagement programme GRASSROOTS Luton has been shortlisted for the National Diversity Awards 2026 in the Community Organisation Award for Race, Religion & Faith category, recognising its long-standing contribution to building understanding, peace and

This week we visited for the Arts Bridge Charity 'Windrush Stories: Portraits & Voices' exhibition. Each beautiful port...
09/07/2026

This week we visited for the Arts Bridge Charity 'Windrush Stories: Portraits & Voices' exhibition. Each beautiful portrait has a QR code underneath, linking to an audio description of the image, a brief explanation of the project and a link to the project's YouTube video. You can also see videos of the work that was done in primary schools with local children. Well worth a visit!

"We had a lovely day. Verona and I felt very special."Lesley and Verona, who regularly run intergenerational events th...
02/07/2026

"We had a lovely day. Verona and I felt very special."
Lesley and Verona, who regularly run intergenerational events that celebrate, commemorate, and educate about the arrival and contributions of the visited 10 Downing Street yesterday for the Windrush Stakeholder event.
Hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Rt. Hon. David Lammy MP and attended by Citizenship Minister Seema Malhotra, the gathering served to celebrate the legacy and contributions of the Windrush generation.
Congrats to all who went, and all who celebrated on the 22nd

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We visited Bath Abbey to celebrate the Windrush generation and their descendants through powerful artwork, photography a...
23/06/2026

We visited Bath Abbey to celebrate the Windrush generation and their descendants through powerful artwork, photography and storytelling.

Paula Ogun Hector’s new British Carnivals tapestry honours the lasting cultural contribution of the Windrush generation to Britain. Alongside it, a community-embellished Carnival canvas has been created with art students from Hayesfield Girls’ School, local residents and visitors.

The exhibition also includes INVITATION: Continuing Conversations, curated by Samantha Walker, featuring photographs and personal objects that help tell the story of Bath’s Windrush generation.

Everyone is warmly invited to a special Windrush Day Celebration Evensong today, 23 June, from 5.30pm to 6.15pm.

Find out more: https://www.bathabbey.org/whats-on/windrush-day-celebration/


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