Get involved to strengthen neighbourly connection, personal belonging, and community resilience across the Capital Region.
Loneliness is a quiet crisis, and the solution lives right next door.
Capital Region Connection in Action is a campaign running from May 18 through June 21, 2026. We’re inviting people across the region to take simple, everyday steps to connect with their neighbours and community members, and to celebrate and strengthen the social ties that make our communities healthier, safer, and more resilient.
We’re building toward a shared regional moment and we’d love for you to be part of it: Loneliness Awareness Week, June 15-21, a global movement to inspire conversations and actions on the growing issues of social isolation, disconnection, and loneliness. In the weeks leading up to it and throughout that week, individuals and organizations across the Capital Region will host events, run activities, and take action to bring people together in their neighbourhoods and communities.
Every act of connection counts, whether you attend an event, host a gathering, or simply reach out to someone nearby.
Events
See what’s happening near you:
News & stories
From jiu jitsu sidelines to playground party: A Connection in Action story from Paul
An impromptu invitation turned familiar faces into friends.Real ideas for building connection: What connectors are doing for Loneliness Awareness Week
Small moments, big impact: inspiration from the Capital Region community.Lucky potlucks: A Connection in Action story from Susana
A few shared meals grew into a building-wide network of support.
Tell us your story of connection
Have you done something, during this campaign or some other time, to help build a more socially connected community?
Did you strike up a conversation with a stranger? Host a party for your neighbours? Launch a communications platform for your building? Or maybe someone reached out to you in some way or helped you out and made you feel especially grateful for the sense of connection and community?
Whatever it was, no matter how big or small, we’d love to hear about it! Please take a couple minutes to fill out this brief, six-question survey.
Supports for connectors
Are you planning a neighbourhood gathering, community project, or local initiative? The following programs offer funding, resources, and other supports to help make it happen.
City of Victoria: My Great Neighbourhood Grants
Small grants for Victoria residents to organize neighbourhood activities and build community connections.
Neighbourhood Small Grants
Micro-grants for community members to bring neighbours together and strengthen local connections. Open to all BC residents.
District of Saanich: Neighbour to Neighbour Resilience Initiative
A Saanich program supporting residents to build neighbourly connections and community resilience.
District of Central Saanich: Meet Your Street
A program to help Central Saanich residents get to know their neighbours and build a stronger sense of community on their street.
Town of Sidney: Meet Your Street
Sidney’s neighbourhood connection program, helping residents build relationships on their block.
Coastal Community Credit Union: Community Investment Program
Micro-grants for community groups and initiatives, available with a non-profit sponsor. Coastal Community also offers free tent lending for community events.
Thrifty Foods: Community Sponsorships and Donations
Thrifty Foods occasionally provides donations and sponsorships in support of community events and initiatives.
District of Saanich Sustainable Living Seniors Housing Program
A Saanich initiative focused on seniors home facilities (55+ strata, independent living and care homes) providing free support, including funding and facilitated workshops, to conduct simple, meaningful activities that build connection, wellbeing and purpose.
Stay connected
Join the conversation and share your own actions on social media using #CRDConnectionInAction.
Receive ideas, resources, and updates during the Connection in Action campaign by joining our mailing list or following our social media accounts:
Partners
West Coast Speaks 
Creating Community Wellness Society 
Collaborators
Funders & supporters
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