FIMBY
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About this app
FIMBY (Family In My Backyard) turns the place you live into a place you belong.
Most apps teach us to scroll past each other. FIMBY helps neighbours slow down, notice each other, and share everyday life close to home.
It is built on a simple hope: that a neighbourhood shaped by generosity and love can feel different from one shaped by scarcity and fear.
FIMBY is a neighbourhood app for the people around you, not a city-wide feed. Ask for help, offer what you have, lend and borrow everyday things, coordinate shared purchases, gather, and stay connected in small, ordinary ways.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Ask and offer
Post what you need or what you can share, from moving help to extra soup.
Lend and borrow
Create a neighbourhood lending library for tools, books, kitchen gear, and other useful things. Borrowers and return dates are tracked for you.
Bulk buys
Split large purchases with neighbours. Reserve shares and let FIMBY keep the allocations organized.
Gather
Host a dinner, plan a cleanup day, share a block party, or pass along a local event worth knowing about.
Share life
Post a story, a thank you, a hard moment, or a prayer request (if that is something you do).
Messages
Coordinate through response threads, direct messages, and group chats, all in one inbox.
BUILT FOR REAL NEIGHBOURS
Local by design
You see the same neighbours over time, not thousands of strangers. Names become familiar. Small acts of care start becoming real relationships.
Belonging over performance
No likes. No followers. No trending. FIMBY is for showing up, not showing off.
Care preferences
During onboarding, you can share how neighbours can care for you, on your terms. What kind of support is welcome, what feels unhelpful, and how people should reach out. Everything is optional and editable.
Support people
Someone you trust can help you use FIMBY, including posting and messaging on your behalf. Built for elders, disabled neighbours, people with low tech confidence, and anyone who would rather have a trusted someone help them take part.
Local organizations
Community centres, shelters, churches, and other local groups can share events, meal times, programs, and practical information in the same neighbourhood feed.
PRIVACY AND RESPECT
No ads. No data harvesting. No engagement metrics. Your neighbours are not an audience to be monetized.
You choose what to share, with whom, and you can change your mind. Contact sharing is granular and revocable. Blocking is bidirectional.
Quiet by design
Set quiet hours, choose what you hear about, and let the rest wait for morning. FIMBY is a doorbell, not a slot machine.
Delete anytime
Go to Settings, then Delete my account. Your login is revoked right away, with a 30-day grace window to restore your account if you change your mind.
WHO IT IS FOR
FIMBY is for adults 19 and older who live in an active FIMBY neighbourhood. It is open to everyone, whatever your background or beliefs. You do not need to belong to any organization, church, or community group to find a place here.
FIMBY grew out of more than 20 years of neighbouring in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: shared meals, prayer, lending, checking in, practical help, and local groups trying to care well for the same place.
FIMBY is not a replacement for shelters, health care, crisis lines, detox, or other essential services. It is one small way to help neighbours and local groups share everyday life and practical care, close to home.
Technology can make needs visible. It can make generosity easier to act on. It can open a door. But it cannot make us love our neighbours. That part is still ours to live. FIMBY helps make it a little less hard to start.
Currently available in Vancouver's V6A neighbourhood, and growing neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Most apps teach us to scroll past each other. FIMBY helps neighbours slow down, notice each other, and share everyday life close to home.
It is built on a simple hope: that a neighbourhood shaped by generosity and love can feel different from one shaped by scarcity and fear.
FIMBY is a neighbourhood app for the people around you, not a city-wide feed. Ask for help, offer what you have, lend and borrow everyday things, coordinate shared purchases, gather, and stay connected in small, ordinary ways.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Ask and offer
Post what you need or what you can share, from moving help to extra soup.
Lend and borrow
Create a neighbourhood lending library for tools, books, kitchen gear, and other useful things. Borrowers and return dates are tracked for you.
Bulk buys
Split large purchases with neighbours. Reserve shares and let FIMBY keep the allocations organized.
Gather
Host a dinner, plan a cleanup day, share a block party, or pass along a local event worth knowing about.
Share life
Post a story, a thank you, a hard moment, or a prayer request (if that is something you do).
Messages
Coordinate through response threads, direct messages, and group chats, all in one inbox.
BUILT FOR REAL NEIGHBOURS
Local by design
You see the same neighbours over time, not thousands of strangers. Names become familiar. Small acts of care start becoming real relationships.
Belonging over performance
No likes. No followers. No trending. FIMBY is for showing up, not showing off.
Care preferences
During onboarding, you can share how neighbours can care for you, on your terms. What kind of support is welcome, what feels unhelpful, and how people should reach out. Everything is optional and editable.
Support people
Someone you trust can help you use FIMBY, including posting and messaging on your behalf. Built for elders, disabled neighbours, people with low tech confidence, and anyone who would rather have a trusted someone help them take part.
Local organizations
Community centres, shelters, churches, and other local groups can share events, meal times, programs, and practical information in the same neighbourhood feed.
PRIVACY AND RESPECT
No ads. No data harvesting. No engagement metrics. Your neighbours are not an audience to be monetized.
You choose what to share, with whom, and you can change your mind. Contact sharing is granular and revocable. Blocking is bidirectional.
Quiet by design
Set quiet hours, choose what you hear about, and let the rest wait for morning. FIMBY is a doorbell, not a slot machine.
Delete anytime
Go to Settings, then Delete my account. Your login is revoked right away, with a 30-day grace window to restore your account if you change your mind.
WHO IT IS FOR
FIMBY is for adults 19 and older who live in an active FIMBY neighbourhood. It is open to everyone, whatever your background or beliefs. You do not need to belong to any organization, church, or community group to find a place here.
FIMBY grew out of more than 20 years of neighbouring in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: shared meals, prayer, lending, checking in, practical help, and local groups trying to care well for the same place.
FIMBY is not a replacement for shelters, health care, crisis lines, detox, or other essential services. It is one small way to help neighbours and local groups share everyday life and practical care, close to home.
Technology can make needs visible. It can make generosity easier to act on. It can open a door. But it cannot make us love our neighbours. That part is still ours to live. FIMBY helps make it a little less hard to start.
Currently available in Vancouver's V6A neighbourhood, and growing neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
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What’s new
Turn the place you live into a place you belong.
FIMBY is where neighbours ask, offer, lend, borrow, and gather, close to home. No ads. No feeds. No strangers. Just the people right around you, slowly becoming familiar.
Our first release, starting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and growing neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
FIMBY is where neighbours ask, offer, lend, borrow, and gather, close to home. No ads. No feeds. No strangers. Just the people right around you, slowly becoming familiar.
Our first release, starting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and growing neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
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About the developer
STRATHCONA VINEYARD CHURCH
fimby@strathconavineyard.com
418 MAIN ST
VANCOUVER, BC V6A 2T4
Canada
+1 604-318-1387