Break Down the Barriers to Connection in the Rutland Region

Do you want to help heal the root causes of several of our social and community challenges? When people and community systems are more meaningfully connected, communities are much more likely to thrive!

The Rutland Belonging Collective is a group of individuals, organizations, and businesses who are working together to build and foster a sustainable and equitable community-wide network that coordinates resources, experiences, and skills to identify and reduce the barriers to meaningful social connection.

Projects include:

• A County-Wide Social Isolation & Loneliness Data Project - one of the first of it's kind in the nation!
• Coordination of community engagement efforts to increase and sustain inclusive and welcoming spaces for meaningful connection!
• Change-maker peer support and advocacy opportunities to create change from lived experiences!
• Workplace workshops to help businesses, employees, and customers thrive through meaningful connection!

Your donation today enables our staff, advocates, and partners to take the time to plan and implement foundational projects that reduce social isolation and loneliness. These projects stem the tide of their impacts, such as: harmful substance use; crime and violence; poor physical and mental health; inequity, discrimination, and stigma, struggling economy, and lack of support for environmental care. Join our Connection Movement to help all people in our communities have opportunities to feel seen and valued.