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An accessible Selwyn: Resident survey to identify your priorities regarding accessibility enhancement in Selwyn district

1.Firstly it is useful to know who we are hearing from. Do you, or someone in your care identify as living with a disability or accessibility need?(Required.)
2.Please select the boxes that best describe you and your accessibility needs(Required.)
3.Please select your age range and the age range of anyone in your care with accessibility needs
4.Where in Selwyn district do you live?
An accessible community is barrier-free - a place that does not limit anyone's participation in everyday life. When a community is accessible, people with disabilities and impairments can be active participants. Everyone benefits - an accessible community means it is easy for everyone to get around (eg. parents with babies in strollers, kids on scooters, frail older adults) and to access information, supports and services to help them thrive.
5.What are the places and spaces (including services) in Selwyn that you find MOST accessible, and what is it about these places that make them accessible?
6.What are the places and spaces (including services) in Selwyn that you find LEAST accessible, and what is it about these places that make them hard to access?
(It will be helpful if you are as specific as possible)
7.What are the activities and events in Selwyn that are MOST accessible, and what makes them accessible?
(It will be helpful if you are as specific as possible)
8.What are the activities and events in Selwyn that are LEAST accessible, and what makes them hard to access?
(Again, it will be helpful if you are as specific as possible)
9.Thinking of Selwyn district as a whole, and its public facilities and spaces (footpaths, road crossings, parks, halls, sports facilities and fields, public toilets, playgrounds etc.), services and information resources, please give its accessibility a star rating out of 10, where 10 means it is highly accessible.
10.Thinking of the area in Selwyn district where you live, and its public facilities and spaces, services and information resources, please rate its accessibility out of 10, where 10 means it is highly accessible.
11.What do you think are the most important accessibility needs in the Selwyn community which Selwyn District Community could help address?
If you want, you can send a photo(s) / more information to show what you refer to to the researcher, swylie@socialresearch.co.nz
12.Who do you think needs to be actively involved to work together to address the needs you have identified?
13.Is there an accessibility challenge or barrier you are aware of and have already been trying to get improved / addressed, without success?
14.To help guide priorities for Selwyn District Council regarding improving accessibility, do you have any other feedback you would like considered?
As well as this and another survey, the researcher, Sarah Wylie will also be running some focus groups in the community
15.Please indicate if you may be interested in taking part in a low-key small group chat for any of the following groups
16.If so, please share your name, contact phone number and email so Sarah can make contact to explain what this might involve.