The Big Conversation
The Big Conversation about social care
In Nottinghamshire, lots of people need support to live their best life. Social care is personal, emotional, and practical support for people who need it. It works alongside health care.
We know that everyone’s social care experience is different, and the system can feel complicated. We want every person in the county to live in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them. This vision for Adult Social Care has been developed by a national movement called Social Care Future.
In 2023, we held a Big Conversation working with an independent organisation and the Our Voice co-production group. We spoke to over 500 people in Nottinghamshire.
What they told us helped shape the 2024 Local Account, the Adult Social Care strategy, that sets out what’s working, what needs to change and what we’re focussing on next. In February 2025, we produced a Local Account Progress Report [PDF] that showed progress made so far and the impact this had on people’s lives.
Now we’re building on that work and want to know how we’re doing and what we need to do next. We want to make sure more people have a chance to be heard, especially those we didn’t hear from before.
To help us with our Big Conversation in 2025, we are working with another independent organisation Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), the National Co-production Advisory Group (NCAG) and the Nottinghamshire Our Voice strategic co-production group.
Visit the TLAP website
Read about 'Our Voice' strategic co-production group
How you can take part
Survey
Tell us about your experience of adult social care by completing a survey. There are two surveys, one for people who draw on services and one for family carers. The surveys are open until the end of September 2025.
Take part in survey for people who draw on social care (Microsoft Forms)
Easy Read survey for people who draw on social care [Word]
Take part in survey for family carers (Microsoft Forms)
Events
Join a Big Conversation and book onto an event near you. These are safe, welcoming spaces where you can share your thoughts, ideas and experiences. Come along and tell us what matters to you.
The Big Conversation Mansfield
4 September 2025, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Mansfield Central Library, Four Seasons Centre, West Gate, Mansfield, NG18 1NH
The Big Conversation Bassetlaw
8 September 2025, 2.00pm - 4.00 pm
The Well Retford, Hospital Road, Retford, DN22 7BD
The Big Conversation Newark
12 September 2025, 11.00am - 1.00pm
National Civil War Centre, 14 Appleton Gate, Newark, NG24 1JY
The Big Conversation Rushcliffe
15 September, 11.00am - 1.00pm
The Cotgrave Club, Woodview, Cotgrave, NG12 3PJ
The Big Conversation Gedling
23 September, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
St George's Centre, 91 Victoria Road, Netherfield, NG4 2NN
The Big Conversation Ashfield
24 September, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
The Summit Centre, Pavilion Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 7LL
The Big Conversation Broxtowe
29 September, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Middle Street Resource Centre, 74 Middle Street, Beeston, NG9 2AB
Further support
If you need information in a different format, such as Easy Read, or support to take part, please email us at nccbigconversation@nottscc.gov.uk or contact our Customer Service Centre. We want to make it as easy as we can for everyone to have their say.
