{"id":3643,"date":"2026-04-21T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/?page_id=3643"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:16:45","slug":"100c","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/community\/100c\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a lot that\u2019s good about Dorset\u2019s public services. At the same time, we know we can do better. When the people who plan services (us) make assumptions about the people those services are for (you), it\u2019s less likely to work out well. We want to listen and involve local people more in our planning, and in the way we deliver services.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just about public services. In fact, the role those services play in keeping people happy and healthy is more limited than we sometimes think.
\nThere are loads of factors that can positively influence our day to day lives \u2013 family, friends, work, community activities, finances, our homes, the local environment\u2026 it\u2019s a big list.<\/p>\n

Our role is not only to provide services, but to practically support those other things that keep people happy and well on a day-to-day basis. People and communities are more than able to help themselves, and we want to support those efforts, not get in the way of them.<\/p>\n

The 100 Conversations project saw us speak with 100 local people in Dorset to find out what it means to people to live their best life.<\/p>\n

We spoke to people from all walks of life, with a particular focus on wide representation across geography, age, sex, protected characteristics, deprived communities, minority communities and disability groups.<\/p>\n

The feedback we received has since fed into, along with other public feedback projects from across the ICS, the Working Better Together strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i>Download 100 Conversations report summary<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>Download 100 Conversations full report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>Download Working Better Together strategy (NHS Dorset)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3643","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3647,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3643\/revisions\/3647"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/listening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}