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Hoplr is renewed: new features since October 2025

Key points of this articleNew activity calendar:Users can now easily discover local events within a 5 km radius, with filters for distance, category, period, or neighborhood – strengthening social cohesion.Gebruikers kunnen nu gemakkelijk lokale evenementen ontdekken binnen een straal van 5 km, met filters op afstand, categorie, periode of buurt – wat sociale cohesie versterkt. […]

One in five households in the municipality of Terneuzen is active on the participation platform of Hoplr

One in five households in the municipality of Terneuzen is active on Hoplr's participation platform. How they achieved this, you can read here!

Neighbourhood Concierge in Sint-Niklaas: referring help requests quick and efficient

We recently launched a web form that allows you to easily submit requests for assistance to the Neighborhood Concierge at any time.

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Hoplr for Governments is a powerful platform that enables local governments to connect with their communities. Through a user-friendly interface, governments can easily share information, gather feedback and foster engagement.

Neighbourhood app

Stimulate social cohesion and circular economy through a peer-to-peer network.

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Public participation

Involve the silent majority, generate insights and make data-driven decisions.

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Neighbourhood concierge

Support vulnerable citizens with volunteers from within the neighbourhood.

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Neighbourhood app

Stimulate social cohesion and circular economy through a peer-to-peer network.

Expand your reach by lowering the treshold to participate

On average 32% of the households in a neighbourhood sign up and actively use Hoplr on a weekly base for circular economy, help requests and information. Local governments can communicate to one, several or all neighbourhoods.

User-friendly interface
Hyperlocal connection and relevance
Neighbourhood oriented communication

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Stimulate resilient and self-organizing communities

Activate the social capital within the neighbourhood. This concerns resources such as material, knowledge, time, volunteers and infrastructure. 43% of all neighbourhood messages involve exchanging items or help.

Asset based community development
Connect citizens with different backgrounds
Resilient and self-organizing communities

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Increase exchanges, strengthen offline connections and wellbeing

From online connections to offline encounters. More than 40% of the Hoplr users meets a new neighbourhour in real life within the first year. Each connection helps to fight loneliness.

Stimulate circular economy
Strengthen social cohesion
Improve social contact

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"Our audience is now much more diverse than before, with not only older men above 50, but also many young adults and a larger number of women. Hoplr has become an indispensable part of Terneuzen. We regularly receive questions from council members whether a certain message has already been shared via Hoplr."

Jozien Borgmeijer Advisor citizen and government participation, municipality Terneuzen

Public participation

Involve the silent majority, generate insights and make data-driven decisions.

Involve the silent majority in local projects and decision-making

More than 20% of the Hoplr users engages with participation projects. Hoplr shifts the focus from the individual to the local community and activates the silent majority.

Involve the silent majority
Shift the focus to the community
Better urban planning and development

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Community building is the key to inclusive policy making

Social cohesion and community engagement are essential. Make neighbourhoods more livable and improve the quality of life with inclusive community engagement and public participation.

Inclusive policy making
Meaningful public participation
Strengthen the involvement

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Generate more bottom-up initiatives

Citizens can run their ideas and initiatives by the community or share them with the local government. Optional, the most popular projects can be funded with participatory budgeting.

Bottom-up initiatives
Share ideas
Participatory budgeting

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Neighbourhood concierge

Support vulnerable citizens with volunteers from within the neighbourhood.

Mobilize more volunteers in each neighborhood

Reduce the pressure on social services and healthcare by supporting the elderly, immigrants and the digital illiterate with volunteers from within the community.

Mobilize volunteers
Support vulnerable citizens
Build a strong local support network

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Ageing in place and independent living

Too often, the potential in neighbourhoods remains untapped. More than 20% of the Hoplr users want to help other neighbours.

Users can activate their account to help neighbours
Over 100 neighbour skills available
Informal community care

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Support vulnerable citizens offline and reduce the time to match

Reduce the pressure on social services and healthcare systems by supporting the elderly, immigrants and the digital illiterate with volunteers from within the community.

Offline outreachment by volunteers
Smart automations to match the right help
Central registration for all help requests

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Why should governments be investing in local community building right now? What can they do to connect more residents to the social capital of the neighbourhood?

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“The past two years were a difficult period for many people. And the pandemic made us realise that we must stay in touch with others, be able to interact with them and not leave others behind. The Hoplr app is a great solution to all these challenges, especially in a city that is constantly growing. The aim is to encourage social interaction and solidarity within a neighbourhood by, for example, helping users lend and borrow items to reduce household expenses. So yes, Hoplr can really create such connections.”

Maurice Bauer Alderman, City of Luxembourg

“Hoplr helped us to make a good analysis of the neighborhood. We got a good insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the neighbourhood. Many residents voted for the priorities in the neighborhood and gave reasons why they considered a theme the most important. We were able to focus the Neighborhood Roadmap on the problems that people experienced. Hoplr helped us to structure the open answers in a clear report, which we also shared with the district.”

Wouter de Hoog Community Engagement, City of The Hague

“When social life came to a complete standstill during the first lockdown, our own neighbourhoods became the anchors that citizens could cling onto. The need for neighbourly connections was never greater and the Hoplr proved to be the perfect channel for our neighbourhoods to connect or stay connected. Strengthening social cohesion through an online neighbourhood platform such as Hoplr means making small help possible offline. These engagements are worth their weight in gold for the neighbourhood care project.”

Annelies Daniels Social Services, Municipality of Knokke-Heist

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