This website, currently under construction, brings together all the elements of what it is to live in a good neighbourhood.

We advocate communication as the key enabler to good communities. That is why we are advocating drawing up a 'Neighbour Charter'. It sets out the rights, responsibilites and expectations in your neighbourhood on which the majority can agree and abide by.

It is a useful means to bring people together under a common aim. For new people moving to your neighbourhood, it will be an important component in having them feel that they are part of something that is strong and has a cultural tradition and responsibility. It will also remove a good deal of mis-understanding.

We provide advice on how to be a good neighbour, how to build good relationships with your neighbours and how to resolve the differences that can sometimes exist between neighbours.

We do not live in a homogeneous population: we all have different backgrounds and experiences as well as cultural expectations. Even if we had people living next to us who were just like us, imagine even as part of the same family, then our experience has shown that even close relatives can fall out and have differences.

This fact alone, you might think would be enough to give up on realising the impossible.

There are several fundamentals to successfully building communities of people that can live peacefully together:

• fair law & order, where all are equally culpable for their actions
• local government that consistently enforces planning regulations
• an open, unbiased, principalled culture
• a local community to which certain baseline common law rules apply, to celebrate difference or special values

If you have all of these you can build a strong community. What is more, you can start right now with your nearest neighbours.

If, however, you are a private person, then you have every right to not be bothered by all this bonhomie. But please consider that your neighbours could be of great help in the future: to protect, support or look after you and your family should a threat to the peace of your neighbourhood or personal disaster happen.

You may also want eventually grow to become a Residents Association, to further improve your environment and build a greater representation in local politics and how your community will grow.

If you would like to find out more, do not hesitate to contact us.