Strategic Engagement Evaluation 2022

1. Shaping the Future of Sandwell - An Evaluation of VCS Strategic Engagement

SCVO is interested in gaining your feedback in relation to the strategic engagement support it has provided to voluntary and community groups through the facilitation of the VCS Health and Social Care Forum and the VCS Children and Young People's and. For further information about these Forums, please view the "Voice" section of SCVO's website - www.scvo.info

We would really value your input and feedback in order that we can establish what has worked well, what could be improved, and the areas we need to focus on in the future. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete. The deadline for responses is Friday 11th March 2022.

Please complete as much as you can of this survey. If you have any questions relating to its contents, or if you feel SCVO can help you in any way, please contact Leona Bird on 0121 525 1127 or email leona@scvo.info

The information you give to us will be treated in the STRICTEST CONFIDENCE. Figures drawn from this survey will only be shared as a collection of data: no individual information/names of participants will be disclosed to any third party.

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* 1. Your Name

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* 2. Name of your Organisation/Group

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* 3. Your position (eg Chair, Manager)

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* 4. E-mail or telephone number

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* 5. Do you currently attend the VCS Health and Social Forum?

Yes

If no please tell us the reason for this

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* 6. Do you currently attend the VCS Children and Young People Forum?

Yes

If no please tell us the reason for this

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* 7. If you have attended the VCS Health and Social Care Forum please provide your reasons for attending

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* 8. If you have attended the VCS Children and Young People Forum please provide your reasons for attending

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* 9. Below are the ambitions of the VCS Health and Social Care Forum. Overall, to what extent do you feel they are being met:-

	Not at all	A little	Greatly	Don't know
ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Not at all	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners A little	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Greatly	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Don't know
enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Not at all	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users A little	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Greatly	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Don't know
helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Not at all	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners A little	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Greatly	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Don't know
being better informed around emerging priorities and developments	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Not at all	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments A little	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Greatly	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Don't know

If not at all please say more about what could be improved

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* 10. Below are the ambitions of the VCS Children and Young People's Forum. Overall, to what extent do you feel they are being met:-

	Not at all	A little	Greatly	Don't know
ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Not at all	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners A little	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Greatly	ensuring the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector are heard by statutory partners Don't know
enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Not at all	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users A little	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Greatly	enabling meaningful dialogue to take place on issues that affect the Voluntary and Community Sector and their service users Don't know
helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Not at all	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners A little	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Greatly	helping to build relationships and networks between the voluntary sector and statutory partners Don't know
being better informed around emerging priorities and developments	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Not at all	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments A little	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Greatly	being better informed around emerging priorities and developments Don't know

If not at all please say more about what could be improved

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* 11. Are there key issues or topics that you would like any of the Forums to raise and discuss?

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* 12. If you haven't been involved in the VCS Health and Social Care Forum or the VCS Children and Young People Forum would you like find out more?

	Yes	No
VCS Children and Young People Forum	VCS Children and Young People Forum Yes	VCS Children and Young People Forum No
VCS Health and Social Care Forum	VCS Health and Social Care Forum Yes	VCS Health and Social Care Forum No

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* 13. In terms of future strategic engagement support to the Voluntary and Community Sector, please rate the importance of the following (5 being the most important - you can't rate two issues the same and you don't have to rate all choices)

	1	2	3	4	5
Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector	Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector 1	Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector 2	Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector 3	Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector 4	Regular meetings with key lead offices from the public sector 5
Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy	Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy 1	Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy 2	Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy 3	Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy 4	Facilitating a Voluntary and Community Sector response to national and local policy 5
The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services	The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services 1	The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services 2	The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services 3	The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services 4	The involvement of the Voluntary and community Sector in the design and shaping of new services 5
Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers	Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers 1	Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers 2	Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers 3	Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers 4	Developing relationships with Voluntary Sector peers 5
Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners	Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners 1	Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners 2	Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners 3	Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners 4	Developing relationships with Statutory Sector partners 5

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Please provide any other feedback or comments you may have

Many thanks for taking the time to complete this evaluation

The information you give to us will be treated IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.