Introduction

Brendan Research has been commissioned by the national Lay Ministries Team, part of the Archbishops’ Council, to help them understand the training and support needs of churchwardens across the Church of England.

This survey asks a range of questions around the training and support that churchwardens may have already received as well as what would be helpful in the future. There are different sections of the survey for churchwardens, parish clergy and archdeacons (or those in diocesan roles responsible for churchwarden training).

Your responses will be seen by researchers with Brendan Research, and anonymised quotations may be used in our reporting. All survey responses are confidential and no personal data is requested. When completing the survey please do not include any names or locations.

Please read the Project Information Sheet and Privacy Notice. This includes the reason we ask churchwardens and clergy for postcode data (with the exception of the Diocese of Europe and Diocese of Sodor and Man) and explains that data will be retained by Brendan Research for six months after which the anonymised dataset will be transferred to the Lay Ministries Team to be held permanently by them.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the team via churchwardens@brendanresearch.com

This survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete and will remain open up to, and including Monday 30 November (this is an extended deadline from that which was originally advertised).

If you are happy to continue, please check the box below and then “Next”.

Question Title

1. I confirm that I have read and understood the Project Information Sheet and Privacy Notice and I am happy to continue with this survey research to help the national Lay Ministries team understand the training and support needs of churchwardens. (Required.)

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