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Participant information and questionnaire

This survey aims to understand personal and organisational experiences of living with a serious illness or grieving in the workplace.  The hope is that by sharing both good and more challenging experiences we can support employers and colleagues in better understanding their unique contribution to wellbeing.

The use of this data will be anonymised; if however, you are happy to be contacted about your responses, please input your email in the form below.  A report, article and presentation will be produced from the data collected via this survey as part of our work with employers and communities.  No personal data will be stored or used for any other purpose.

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* 1. If you are happy to be contacted about the experiences you have shared, please provide your email address

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* 2. What country are you from

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* 3. What county are you from (if relevant)

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* 4. Are you answering based on your personal experience, organisational experience or both

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* 5. Do you have personal experience of living with a serious illness

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* 6. Do you have personal experience of grieving for a loved one whilst at work

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* 7. Have you supported an employee who is living with a serious illness or who is grieving at work

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* 8. If you feel able to do so, please share a personal experience relating to you or your loved ones regarding living with a serious illness or grieving at work

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* 9. I felt supported by my employer

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* 10. My employer was flexible in ensuring I had the time off that mattered most to me

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* 11. I felt my colleagues were understanding and supporting

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* 12. Do you think the company you most recently work/worked for is compassionate?

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* 13. Please tell us why you have answered yes or no above

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* 14. What does being a compassionate company mean to you?

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* 15. I have had some training in order to help me manage personally in the workplace with a serious illness or whilst grieving

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* 16. I've had additional training in order to help me support colleagues in the workplace who are living with a serious illness or who are grieving

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* 17. Please provide any relevant information relating to this training

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* 18. I felt isolated whilst at work

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* 19. Looking back what would have made a difference in your experience?

Please answer these next questions if you are a line manager/employer.  If not go to the end,

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* 20. Do you have a policy for compassionate or bereavement leave?

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* 21. If yes please describe it below

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* 22. Do you have a specific policy that supports people working whilst living with a serious illness?

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* 23. Our organisational policies provided all the guidance I needed to feel confident supporting someone with a serious illness or who was grieving whilst at work

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* 24. I felt confident in supporting someone with a serious illness or who was grieving whilst at work

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* 25. Please share a professional experience of supporting an employee who was living with a serious illness or grieving whilst at work

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* 26. I have had additional training to help me support employees who are living with a serious illness or who are grieving whilst at work

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* 27. Please provide any relevant information relating to this training

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* 28. Reflecting on your experiences, what would have helped you in your role supporting your team/employees?

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* 29. If you would like to be kept informed of our work in this area and that related to Compassionate Communities UK  https://www.compassionate-communitiesuk.co.uk please provide us with your email address

Thank you very much for your support!
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