Hoplr makes it easy to submit help requests for daily tasks, care, meals, or specific expertise in your neighborhood. Through the app or website, you can quickly share a help request, choose reach and category, and after completion, mark your message as resolved and thank neighbors.
Need help in the neighborhood?
Are you looking for a helping hand for a task you can't do yourself at the moment? Whether you are temporarily less mobile due to health reasons or simply looking for someone with specific experience: the Hoplr neighborhood is here for you.
For example, think of help with:
Daily tasks: Raising the shutters, walking the dog, or doing groceries.
Care and meals: Cooking together or delivering a fresh meal.
Specific expertise: Such as a midwife, a tutor, or someone handy with technology.
Want to do something for someone else? Of course, you can also submit a help request for someone else in your neighborhood who isn't on Hoplr themselves, such as an elderly neighbor. Together, we make the neighborhood more caring!
How to submit a help request:
Via the app 📱
Start your message: Open the Hoplr app and tap the plus sign (+) at the bottom. Then select the 'Help request' option.
Describe your request: Give your help request a clear title and explain in the description exactly what you need help with.
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Choose your reach: Followers: Check 'Visibility' to also show your message to people who follow your neighborhood (such as neighbors from surrounding areas).
External parties: Do you want local organizations (such as the municipality or a care institution) to see your request as well? Then check 'Share with external parties'.
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Add details: Select up to two relevant categories to make your message easier to find (optional).
Optionally, add a photo or attachment via the camera or paperclip icon for extra clarification.
Post: Tap 'Post message' to share your request with the neighborhood.
Via the website 💻
- Log in at www.hoplr.com.
- Click the button at the top to create a new message and select ‘Help request’.
- Enter your request and fill in a description.
- Do you also want your message to be visible to followers of your neighborhood? Then check the box next to 'Visibility'.
- Choose up to two appropriate categories for your help request. (optional)
- If desired, add a photo or attachment.
- 'Share with external parties': To make your help request visible to external parties, check this box.
- Click 'Create message'.
- Your message has now been posted in your neighborhood. Neighbors can easily start a private conversation via a button to offer help.
Did you receive help?
- Mark your help request as 'Solved' using the toggle under your message. This helps keep the neighborhood feed organized.
- When you close your help request, you can thank your neighbors by clicking the 'Thank you' button. They will then receive a notification of your appreciation.
Examples of help requests
- Companionship wanted for ill lady
- Can someone help with groceries?
- Who can walk my dog?
Hoplr makes it easy to ask for help and support each other as a neighborhood!
(Last updated on: 02/26/2026)