About Neighbour to Neighbour

Neighbour to Neighbour Centre recognizes that community and social inclusion are protective factors against poverty and that food insecurity impacts mental and physical health and one’s ability to socialize, be included and celebrate culture.

For over 35 years, Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (N2N) has been working to meet the issues of food insecurity and poverty head on. We do this by offering programs and services that our neighbours have identified as critical to them, such as:

• literacy support to children in grades 1 -4 and math support to children in grades 5-8.  Recognizing that literacy and numeracy are both fundamental skills essential to student’s success.
• N2N’s Hamilton Community Food Centre is a welcoming and safe community space offering food and tool building programs to all ages and stages. Programs like garden club, youth kitchen and community meals bring everyone together to grow, cook, share, and advocate for good food.
• N2N offers emergency food to a growing 1700 families every month through in person shopping and home delivery to seniors and people with mobility challenges.
• The Hamilton Community Garden Network (HCGN) program is run by N2N to sustain and expand the garden community in Hamilton and support Hamiltonians to use gardens to build the community, enhance the environment and promote wellness.
• N2N Family Services works in collaboration with community partners to offer wrap around supports such as settlement services, utility subsidy programs, family and financial counselling, legal services, housing settlement, to name just a few.  Our Community Counsellors speak in 8 different languages.

Neighbour to Neighbour works with a small staff team of less than 30 people but is powered by a dedicated team of over 400 community volunteers to mobilize our mission. We are neighbours supporting neighbours. We thrive on a spirit of teamwork, collaboration, and community cohesiveness.