Experience of volunteering in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

We are supporting a piece of work that will seek to improve the experience of those volunteering locally, increase the opportunities available for everyone and develop support for volunteers.

Your current experience is incredibly valuable to this work and we would also welcome your ideas. This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and is confidential; we will not ask for your personal details or the name of the organisation where you volunteer.

Thank you very much for your time and help.

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* 1. What is important to you when you volunteer?
(Please select up to 3 answers)

Meeting people

Making friends

Satisfaction of making a positive difference

Something to do

Learning new skills

Gaining experience for work

Learning about my community

It helps me manage my mental health

Keeping active

Using my existing skills

Gaining a qualification

Nothing

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How long have you volunteered your time?
(Not just in your current role but in all volunteer activity)

Less than a year

1 to 5 years

6 to 10 years

More than 10 years

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* 3. How many organisations do you currently volunteer with?

More than 3

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* 4. How often have you volunteered your time to 'one off' activities in the last 5 years?
(These are activities such as a school disco; fundraising event; carol singing)

Once

2- 5 times

6 - 10 times

Never

I've lost count!

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* 5. How many hours do you regularly gift to volunteering activities?

1 - 4 hours a week

5 - 8 hours a week

9 - 12 hours a week

More than 12 hours a week

1 - 4 hours a month

5 - 8 hours a month

9 - 12 hours a month

More than 12 hours a month

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* 6. How would you describe the work of the organisation (s) you volunteer with?
(Please select all that you feel apply)

Healthcare

Charity

Education

Environment

Youth services

Social care

Disability

Young children

Older people

Human rights

Festivals and events

Public sector

Private business

Community

Vulnerable people

Animal welfare

Other (please specify)

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* 7. How would you describe your volunteering role / activity?
(Please select all that you feel apply)

Caring for people

Driving

Advocacy

Event management

Help with reading / writing / completing forms

Preparing food and drink

Giving advice / signposting

Running creative activities

Running sporting activities

Administration - helping with the management of the organisation

Running errands for people (e.g. shopping, collecting prescriptions)

Social media and other communications

Legal and governance support

Fundraising

Gardening

Education support

Help with mobility

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Where do you carry out most of your volunteering activity?

At a fixed venue

In the community - out and about

In other people's homes

In my own home

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How do you usually travel to your volunteering activity?
(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

Walk

Cycle

Bus

Train

Bus and train

Car - I drive

Car - someone else drives

Taxi

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* 10. How long does it take you to travel to your volunteering activity?
(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

Less than 5 minutes

6 - 15 minutes

16 - 30 minutes

31 - 60 minutes

More than an hour

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* 11. Have you ever been asked to provide health and wellbeing advice in your volunteering role?
(e.g. about increasing exercise; personal care; financial affairs)

Yes and I feel confident doing so

Yes and I don't feel confident doing so

Yes and I declined to do so

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* 12. Which one of the following statements best describes the extent to which your ideas and opinions are valued by the management of the organisation(s) you volunteer with?

I feel part of the leadership in the organisation I volunteer with

I feel an equal member of the team I volunteer in and we work collaboratively

I am included in discussions about my role and responsibilities

I feel well informed about the organisation I volunteer in

I am not involved in decision making in the organisation I volunteer with and I don't particularly want to be

I am not involved in decision making in the organisation I volunteer with but I would like to be

I've not really thought about it

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* 13. Our individual circumstances contribute to who we are; they can both help and hinder us. For this reason we would like to know a little more about you, we're not being nosy!

Please select all the following descriptions that you feel apply to you:

Male

Female

Transgender

Lesbian, gay, bisexual

Heterosexual

Physical disability

Learning disability

Long term illness / condition

under 18 years of age

18 - 29 years of age

30 - 49 years of age

50 - 64 years of age

Over 65 years of age

White and born in the UK

White and not born in the UK

Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic and born in the UK

Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic and not born in the UK

English is not my first language

Refugee

Retired

Carer for someone who lives with me

Carer for someone who lives elsewhere

Parent of a child / children under school age

Low income household

Currently in the armed forces

Ex armed forces

Mental health illness

Widowed

I am a person of Faith

Full time work

Part time work

Unemployed

Self-employed

Pregnant

Homeless

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Have any of the personal circumstances you selected in Q13 ever made it easier or harder for you to volunteer?

Yes

I didn't select any

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* 15. If you said 'yes' to Q14 please could you describe how:

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* 16. Is there anything that you feel could be done to improve your experience of volunteering?

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* 17. You have now completed the survey, thank you very much!

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Experience of volunteering in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

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* 1. What is important to you when you volunteer? (Please select up to 3 answers)

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* 2. How long have you volunteered your time? (Not just in your current role but in all volunteer activity)

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* 3. How many organisations do you currently volunteer with?

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* 4. How often have you volunteered your time to 'one off' activities in the last 5 years? (These are activities such as a school disco; fundraising event; carol singing)

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* 5. How many hours do you regularly gift to volunteering activities?

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* 6. How would you describe the work of the organisation (s) you volunteer with?(Please select all that you feel apply)

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* 7. How would you describe your volunteering role / activity? (Please select all that you feel apply)

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* 8. Where do you carry out most of your volunteering activity?

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* 9. How do you usually travel to your volunteering activity?(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

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* 10. How long does it take you to travel to your volunteering activity?(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

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* 11. Have you ever been asked to provide health and wellbeing advice in your volunteering role? (e.g. about increasing exercise; personal care; financial affairs)

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* 12. Which one of the following statements best describes the extent to which your ideas and opinions are valued by the management of the organisation(s) you volunteer with?

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* 13. Our individual circumstances contribute to who we are; they can both help and hinder us. For this reason we would like to know a little more about you, we're not being nosy!Please select all the following descriptions that you feel apply to you:

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* 14. Have any of the personal circumstances you selected in Q13 ever made it easier or harder for you to volunteer?

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* 15. If you said 'yes' to Q14 please could you describe how:

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* 16. Is there anything that you feel could be done to improve your experience of volunteering?

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* 1. What is important to you when you volunteer?
(Please select up to 3 answers)

* 2. How long have you volunteered your time?
(Not just in your current role but in all volunteer activity)

* 4. How often have you volunteered your time to 'one off' activities in the last 5 years?
(These are activities such as a school disco; fundraising event; carol singing)

* 6. How would you describe the work of the organisation (s) you volunteer with?
(Please select all that you feel apply)

* 7. How would you describe your volunteering role / activity?
(Please select all that you feel apply)

* 9. How do you usually travel to your volunteering activity?
(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

* 10. How long does it take you to travel to your volunteering activity?
(If you volunteer in more than one role, please answer in relation to the place where you gift most of your time)

* 11. Have you ever been asked to provide health and wellbeing advice in your volunteering role?
(e.g. about increasing exercise; personal care; financial affairs)

* 13. Our individual circumstances contribute to who we are; they can both help and hinder us. For this reason we would like to know a little more about you, we're not being nosy!

Please select all the following descriptions that you feel apply to you: