This chapter concludes an exploration of social connection in urban fringeurban fringe \b suburbs, synthesising findings from the Australian Research Council-funded ‘Activating Social Connection’ project to present a refined interdisciplinaryinterdisciplinary \b model of social connection. Building on previous chapters’ thematic analysis and narrative accounts, we reveal how social connection requires considerable effort, operates across physical and digital spaces, and is shaped by both contextual factors and individualindividual \b capabilities. The chapter introduces important new components to the conceptual model, including the role of context in shaping connection capabilities and individual factors that influence connection capacity. We demonstrate how viewing social connection through a relational lens helps understand it as a dynamic process rather than a fixed state. The chapter provides specific agendas for practice, policypolicy \b, and research, emphasising the need to move beyond addressing lonelinessloneliness \b to actively fostering connection opportunities. Our findings challenge the assumption that social connection should be effortless and natural, revealing instead how people actively navigate complex social landscapes using various strategiesstrategies \b and tools. This work contributes to both theoretical understanding and practical approaches for building more connected, resilient communities where diverse pathways to meaningful connection are recognised and supported.