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What do you need to stay connected and supported?
In 2025 Community Catalysts joined partners in Bromley to hear from residents from retirement age onwards. We wanted to know what would help you to have a good day, to stay connected to friends, family and the community, to continue doing the things you enjoy (or to try new things) as you get older.
The project aim was to gain people’s views on what is working well, and what kinds of support people need, now and in the future, to live a good life at home and in their community.
The Big Conversation is an approach that supports people and organisations to have quality and insightful conversations with communities to coproduce action plans for change.
Bromley residents shared their views using the survey below.
The Big Conversation activity
Through in-person meetings and surveys 504 people’s voiceswere heard. These included retired and older people who attend day centres or other community groups in Bromley. Those with long-term health conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and or autism, sensory impairments, as well as people who considered themselves to be well and active, took part. Paid workers, including social workers and people who work in health care also contributed.
We purposefully drew out insights from men who responded to the survey to understand their perspective and provide insights to commissioners on any differences. We also drew out insights from people who work in health and care to understand if there are barriers and opportunities to using what is available in the community.
The results for Bromley
The Big Conversation set out an inclusive approach to capture the experiences of people. Through the process we were able to:
Get a picture of community activities in Bromley
Understand what activities people attend and how they experience them
Provide Bromley Council with a report of the findings, including the challenges and opportunities to plan for next steps in the development of their commissioning strategy. We also produced a short video animation that summarised the findings of the report.
In 2025 Community Catalysts joined partners in Bromley to hear from residents from retirement age onwards. We wanted to know what would help you to have a good day, to stay connected to friends, family and the community, to continue doing the things you enjoy (or to try new things) as you get older.
The project aim was to gain people’s views on what is working well, and what kinds of support people need, now and in the future, to live a good life at home and in their community.
The Big Conversation is an approach that supports people and organisations to have quality and insightful conversations with communities to coproduce action plans for change.
Bromley residents shared their views using the survey below.
The Big Conversation activity
Through in-person meetings and surveys 504 people’s voiceswere heard. These included retired and older people who attend day centres or other community groups in Bromley. Those with long-term health conditions, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and or autism, sensory impairments, as well as people who considered themselves to be well and active, took part. Paid workers, including social workers and people who work in health care also contributed.
We purposefully drew out insights from men who responded to the survey to understand their perspective and provide insights to commissioners on any differences. We also drew out insights from people who work in health and care to understand if there are barriers and opportunities to using what is available in the community.
The results for Bromley
The Big Conversation set out an inclusive approach to capture the experiences of people. Through the process we were able to:
Get a picture of community activities in Bromley
Understand what activities people attend and how they experience them
Provide Bromley Council with a report of the findings, including the challenges and opportunities to plan for next steps in the development of their commissioning strategy. We also produced a short video animation that summarised the findings of the report.
