Guided Conversation Guidance

The Guided Conversation is HAIRE’s adaptable tool that aims to understand how a person’s life experiences, local area and social connections (to other people, organisations and activities) influence their wellbeing.

Guided Conversations place the participating individual at the centre of the conversation. Their life experiences, opinions and how they relate to topics of interest lead the conversation to identify their needs and what can be done to support them - including what they can do to address the issues that they are experiencing.

HAIRE's Guided Conversation

In HAIRE, the target audience for conversations was older adults in rural locations across Europe. Additionally, the project was interested in how issues relating to wellbeing were being experienced in these specific locations.

Overall, the conversation’s purpose was to reflect on issues and identify what could support the participating individuals. Discussions involved what individuals could do themselves, as well as thinking about how they could be supported and by whom.

To manage the priorities of 14 project partners in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, HAIRE built a quite expansive Guided Conversation. Not all Guided Conversations have to have so many components! In the sections below, the key considerations for designing a Guided Conversation are covered. Materials from HAIRE will be presented as an example of how these considerations were put into practice during the project. These materials are free to use and adapt for individuals, groups and organisations who want to design their own Guided Conversations.























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