Wigtown Festival Company - Our Community Survey

The success of the Wigtown Book Festival and other events over the years shows that Wigtown Festival Company is an important organisation in the area. We have the potential to grow both social and economic benefit in Wigtown and beyond and want to make sure that this is driven by the people of Wigtown. We currently rent the premises at Number 11 North Main Street and believe that there may be significant benefits to securing ownership of these premises on behalf of the community. We are hoping to benefit from the ability to renovate and upgrade the premises to be fit for purpose, enabling a better provision of events and initiatives for both visitors and local people.

Owning assets however, is not without its risks and long term maintenance liability as well as the challenge to secure funding for the upgrade will need to be taken into consideration.

We will only go ahead with the proposed acquisition if the community supports it, if it will make a difference locally, if it will be financially viable and will not duplicate other activity in the village. To ensure that this is the case, we want to ask your views. Please take a few minutes to fill in this short survey. This research has been funded by Scottish Enterprise and the South of Scotland Economic Partnership and is being delivered independently by Community Enterprise (an organisation with experience of community based research).

All information gathered will be kept confidential. Unfortunately due to the coronavirus issue, paper copies of the survey are not available but if you feel you are not able to complete it, and/or want to have your views recorded, please call Douglas on 07989 306374 or email douglas@communityenterprise.co.uk

Note: All survey responses are recorded on Survey Monkey whose privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy

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* 1. Are you answering this survey as...(tick all that apply)

A local resident who attends events

A local resident who doesn't attend events

A visitor

Someone who works here

A stakeholder or partner

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Where do you live?

Within Wigtown

Outwith Wigtown but in easy travel distance

Further afield

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you are answering on behalf of a family or group of friends, how many people does this survey represent?

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* 4. How would you rate Wigtown? (marks out of 5 with 1 being very poor and 5 being excellent)

	1	2	3	4	5
As a place to live	As a place to live 1	As a place to live 2	As a place to live 3	As a place to live 4	As a place to live 5
As a place to work	As a place to work 1	As a place to work 2	As a place to work 3	As a place to work 4	As a place to work 5
As a place to visit	As a place to visit 1	As a place to visit 2	As a place to visit 3	As a place to visit 4	As a place to visit 5

Please tell us what you think about your community

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* 5. At the moment, how often do you or your family attend events run by the festival?

Very Regularly

Regularly

Now and again

Never

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* 6. Which initiatives have you attended?

The Book Festival

Young people's Festival

Our Education Programme

Children's Book Festival

Science Festival

Poetry Competition

Other bespoke initiative (please name)

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* 7. What activities would you like WFC to develop?

More literary initiatives for all

More literary initiatives for children and young people

More literary events for older people

Training and learning

Expansion into other kinds of festival

Creating a Wigtown archive

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Do you support community ownership of the buildings WFC occupy?

Yes

Not sure

Please comment

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* 9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? "Developing a better home for the Festival in Wigtown will ..."

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree
Give the area a better economic future	Give the area a better economic future Strongly agree	Give the area a better economic future Agree	Give the area a better economic future Neither agree nor disagree	Give the area a better economic future Disagree	Give the area a better economic future Strongly disagree
Help people get into work and training	Help people get into work and training Strongly agree	Help people get into work and training Agree	Help people get into work and training Neither agree nor disagree	Help people get into work and training Disagree	Help people get into work and training Strongly disagree
Help people feel less isolated	Help people feel less isolated Strongly agree	Help people feel less isolated Agree	Help people feel less isolated Neither agree nor disagree	Help people feel less isolated Disagree	Help people feel less isolated Strongly disagree
Bring the community together	Bring the community together Strongly agree	Bring the community together Agree	Bring the community together Neither agree nor disagree	Bring the community together Disagree	Bring the community together Strongly disagree

Comments

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* 10. Are you involved in any organisation that might be interested in working with us, booking rooms or renting more permanent space?

Yes

If yes, please tell us the name of the group or individual and leave your contact details below. If you are interested in space please let us know what you need.

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* 11. Please let us know who you are:

	0-11	12-16	17-24	25-50	51-65	65-75	75+
Male	Male 0-11	Male 12-16	Male 17-24	Male 25-50	Male 51-65	Male 65-75	Male 75+
Female	Female 0-11	Female 12-16	Female 17-24	Female 25-50	Female 51-65	Female 65-75	Female 75+
Other/Would rather not say	Other/Would rather not say 0-11	Other/Would rather not say 12-16	Other/Would rather not say 17-24	Other/Would rather not say 25-50	Other/Would rather not say 51-65	Other/Would rather not say 65-75	Other/Would rather not say 75+

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* 12. Please add any final comments

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* 13. Are you interested in getting involved as a volunteer? (You can leave your contact details below)

Yes - to support activity in the festivals

Yes - to help with fundraising

Yes - to help with marketing

Yes - on the board

Not sure

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* 14. Data protection regulations mean that if you do leave your personal details, we have to check you are happy with what happens with your data. If you have left contact details below, please tick the relevant boxes.

	Yes	No
I consent to Community Enterprise storing my data only for the duration of the research period	I consent to Community Enterprise storing my data only for the duration of the research period Yes	I consent to Community Enterprise storing my data only for the duration of the research period No
I consent to Community Enterprise contacting me about this project	I consent to Community Enterprise contacting me about this project Yes	I consent to Community Enterprise contacting me about this project No
I consent to Community Enterprise passing my data to WFC	I consent to Community Enterprise passing my data to WFC Yes	I consent to Community Enterprise passing my data to WFC No

Name and contact details