Managing parks and green spaces Question Title * 1. What kind of group are you? Friends Group Tenants or residents association Parish/Town/Community Council Charity Voluntary Sports Club Individual Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What additional support or advice would make your group more effective at developing or managing parks and green spaces? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Funding and fundraising 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Recruiting and managing volunteers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Legalities of owning or managing assets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Support from businesses 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Engagement with young people (under 24) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Technical skills in horticulture, landscape, conservation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Publicity, marketing or social media 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Having your park protected 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Green Flag Award and Love Parks campaigns 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Close co-operation with landowner/council Question Title * 3. What do you think would be the most effective method for you to receive this support? (Please select as many as applicable) Online resources and toolkits Social media forums and discussion groups Bespoke training - such as webinars and workshops Meeting/visiting other groups doing similar things Local or regional forums Support from local expert Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Would having access to a reliable pool of volunteers make your work to manage and develop your green space easier? Yes No Question Title * 5. How easy does your group find recruiting volunteers? Very easy Easy Neither easy or difficult Difficult Extremely difficult Never tried Very easy Easy Neither easy or difficult Difficult Extremely difficult Never tried Question Title * 6. How easy does your group find retaining volunteers? Very easy Easy Neither easy or difficult Difficult Extremely difficult Never tried Very easy Easy Neither easy or difficult Difficult Extremely difficult Never tried Question Title * 7. Do you currently, or in the last 12 months, have any of the following groups/individuals volunteering with your group? (Please select as many as applicable) Businesses Community members Young people (under 24) If you have selected any of the above, please state how many and if this is a one off or regular commitment Question Title * 8. Do you want more young people/community members/businesses to volunteer? Yes No Unsure N/A Please provide any additional comments Question Title * 9. PART A: What barriers do you think are stopping you recruiting community members to volunteer? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of awareness among wider community 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of interest among wider community 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of variety of tasks involved 1 2 3 4 5 People worried about commitment 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of time Question Title * 10. PART B: What barriers do you think are stopping you recruiting community members to volunteer? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 Lack of skills to recruit and manage volunteers 1 2 3 Funding 1 2 3 Unsure how to go about it Question Title * 11. PART A: What barriers do you think are stopping you recruiting businesses to volunteer? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of skills to recruit and manage volunteers 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of awareness from businesses 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of variety of tasks to offer 1 2 3 4 5 People worried about commitment 1 2 3 4 5 Lack of appropriate times for commercial opportunities Question Title * 12. PART B: What barriers do you think are stopping you recruiting businesses to volunteer? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 Funding (for extra materials/equipment/other) 1 2 Unsure how to go about volunteering Question Title * 13. PART A: What barriers do you think are stopping young people getting involved with volunteering? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 Lack of interest among young people 1 2 3 Different priorities of young people and adults about what needs to be done 1 2 3 Lack of time due to work/study Question Title * 14. PART B: What barriers do you think are stopping young people getting involved with volunteering? (Please rank in order of priority, 1 being most important) 1 2 3 Lack of confidence or skills in your organisation to engage with young people 1 2 3 Lack of support to ensure young people can be supervised safely 1 2 3 Lack of funding to run activities appropriate to young people Done