Be a legendary neighbour
Want to connect with your neighbours? Let us help.
To celebrate Neighbour Day 2023, we are asking residents, “would you like the opportunity to get to know your neighbours better and become a legendary neighbour (or neighbourhood)?”
Would you like be the kind of neighbours who come together to share a meal, help each other in times of need and look out for each other?
To help you rally your neighbours, we have ten Legendary Neighbour boxes up for grabs for you to share.
Boxes include:
- $75 Sinclair Meats voucher
- Legendary Neighbour invites to personalise
- Paper cups and plates
- Conversation cards
To apply for one of the boxes, fill out the below form, ensuring you tell us why you want to get to know your neighbours (or get to know them better).
The best ten answers will receive a Legendary Neighbour box from us.
Then, once you have your box, simply pick a date, pick a front yard, entertaining area or communal space, fill out your legendary neighbour invitations and pop them in your neighbour’s mailboxes. Everyone brings a plate and you’re set – it’ll be legendary.
Applications close noon, Friday, March 24, and the recipients will be announced on Tuesday, March 28.
Tell us a little bit about you and your neighbourhood?
Would you like to know more?
Building connections
Sharing a meal with neighbours not for you? Here are some things you can do to be a legendary neighbour.
- Offering to bring in a neighbours’ bin or mail when they go away
- Offering to carpool or drive a neighbour to appointments/shopping
- Offering to check in on neighbours on a regular basis
- Offering to help before, during or after a severe weather event
- Offering support throughout the impacts of COVID-19
- Offering comfort through being friendly, smiling and saying hello
- Inviting a neighbour over for a cuppa
Eligibility
- You must not be related to the people you are sharing the Legendary box with
- Agree to supply a high-quality image of the event for future advertising and/or allow us to share your application answers to promote neighbourhood connectivity.
What is the selection procedure?
- Nominations close on Friday, March 24, at noon. Late nominations will not be accepted under any circumstance.
- Short listing of applications will be completed by a panel of council representatives.
- An unsuccessful application will not prevent applications being made in the future.
Terms and conditions
- All nominations must be on the official nomination form.
- It is essential that nomination forms are completed in full, including the name and contact details of the person being nominated.
- All nominations must be lodged online and will not be accepted in any other format.
- All nomination information and material submitted remains the property of Mackay Regional Council and may be used to continue to promote Neighbour Day in the future.
- Prizes are non-transferable, non-returnable and not able to be exchanged for other products and services.
- Mackay Regional Council is collecting personal information in order to run the competitions and contact the winners. This information will not be disclosed to any third party without your written authorisation or as we are required by law.
- Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, Mackay Regional Council excludes all liability (including negligence), for any loss or damage of any nature arising out of the Promotion, including, without limitation, any variation in the value of the prize and any tax liability incurred by an entrant.
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