Community support, close to home

Ask your neighbours for a hand.

Anyone can post a request — shelving that needs putting up, shopping that needs collecting, a garden that has got away from you, or help with money worries. Your listing goes up on the noticeboard for people nearby who want to help.

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Neighbours of all ages helping each other on a residential street — carrying shopping, gardening and walking a dog

The kinds of help people ask for

Ordinary streets, extraordinary neighbours.

Gardening & outdoor jobsMowing, hedges, weeding and a tidy-up before winter.Shopping & errandsA weekly shop collected, a prescription picked up.DIY, shelving & repairsFlat-pack, shelves, dripping taps and small fixes.Painting & decoratingA room freshened up, a front door given a new coat.Lifts & getting aboutA run to an appointment, a bike back on the road.Dog walking & pet careA walk after school, a cat fed while you're away.

Three steps, start to finish.

Write your request

Give it a title in your own words, pick a category, and say roughly where you are. It takes about two minutes.

Neighbours see it

Your listing appears on the public noticeboard and in filters for your town, county and region.

Someone offers a hand

Offers of help come through privately. You choose who to reply to, and close the listing when you're sorted.

Ask for support Read the full guide

Fresh on the noticeboard

Latest requests

Just six of the thousands of requests posted by neighbours — see them all on the browse page.

Browse all requests

Every listing checked

Moderators review each request before it appears on the noticeboard.

Your address stays private

Only your town and county are ever shown publicly.

Free for everyone

No fees, no commission, no adverts in your inbox.

See every request near you

Search by town, county or country, filter by the kind of help you can offer, and find someone you could help this week.