Celebrating Neighbour Day – Stories from my Street Competition

Enter Stories from my street with your best story, movie, photos, poem or any creative way to tell us what you love about your Neighbourhood and be in the draw for some awesome prizes.

As part of celebrating Neighbour Day, Brisbane City Council is running a competition for young people under 18. ‘Stories from my street’ gives young people of Brisbane the opportunity to share stories about what they love about their street, neighbours, or share house or tell us how they met their neighbours and what neighbour day means to them.

It is also a chance to meet your neighbours if you don’t already know them and then tell us about it! Invite them over for a cup of tea, bake a cake and take it over to them, or even just say hi next time you see them.

To view current entries click here.

What is Neighbour Day?

Neighbour Day is all about people, it’s about getting to know your neighbours and the people around you; it’s about bringing people together to create safer, healthier and more vibrant communities.

Here are some questions/ prompts to get you started:

· What does community mean to you?

· Have your neighbours ever done anything to help you or your family out? Have you ever done anything to help your neighbours out? We want to hear all about it!

· Draw a picture of your street, and tell us what you love to do there? Maybe you have a favourite corner shop that you like to visit? or you love to go the park with friends?

· Do you and your neighbours ever get together for a bbq? If not why not use Neighbour Day as your first street party and then take a photo or write a poem and send it in!

· Be as creative and original as you can, paint or draw a picture, take a photo, make a mini movie, write a poem or simply share you’re a story form your street… Winners will be judged on creativity, originality and ability to demonstrate the importance of being neighbourly.

Download competition Terms and Conditions here…