Ep 039 - How To Support Your Neighbourhood Businesses during COVID-19 with Neighbourgood

<p>In this episode, we speak to Emily Yau, founder of the Neighbourgood which is a social good initiative that is lending a hand to small businesses in Toronto. They first started off helping temporarily closed businesses - restaurants, cafes, bards, shops, services, fitness studios - to bring in cash flow by helping them sell gift cards. Since launching, they are now expanding their support by assembling a team of creators – photographers, videographers, designers, social media strategists – who want to donate their time and skills to help these small businesses. They are their neighbourgood (free)lancers.</p> <p>We speak about:</p> <p>- How did the idea of Neighbourgood come up?</p> <p>- Response from the customers and business side.</p> <p>- lessons learned from running a social good initiative</p> <p>Here are the links to check out Neighbourgood:</p> <p>Website - <a href="https://theneighbourgood.com/">https://theneighbourgood.com/</a></p> <p>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theneighbourgood/">https://www.instagram.com/theneighbourgood/</a></p> <p>If you have certain skills within graphic design, social media marketing or photography, feel free to reach out to the Neighbourgood to possibly volunteer your time!</p>