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The Shropshire Accord - Feedback Survey January 2026

The Shropshire Accord is a formal agreement between public bodies including Shropshire Council and the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.

The Accord is designed to foster collaboration, partnership, and mutual accountability across sectors to improve services and outcomes for the community. It establishes shared values and principles.

The purpose of the document is to:

Strengthen partnerships: It encourages better working relationships between the council, health partners, and the VCSE sector, ensuring that each sector is valued for its contribution.

Align priorities: By setting out shared goals and values, the Accord ensures that public and voluntary sectors work towards common objectives, especially in addressing local needs such as health inequalities and community resilience.

Enhance collaboration: The Accord creates a structure for system-wide collaboration, enabling resources to be pooled and coordinated for maximum impact.

Promote accountability: It establishes clear expectations for both the public and voluntary sectors, ensuring mutual accountability and a focus on delivering measurable outcomes for the community.

The document is currently in draft. Shropshire VCS Assembly is leading work to obtain feedback on the draft document from voluntary and community sector groups and organisation and public sector partners. Please provide your feedback using this short survey below.

You can find a copy of the draft document here: DRAFT Shropshire Accord

The survey will close on 28th February 2026.
To request a discussion please email VCSAssembly@shropshire.gov.uk
1.Have you had time to read the draft Shropshire Accord Document?
2.Which area do you work in/ your group or organisation provide support for?
3.What is your overall view on the draft document?
4.Please select the option that best fits your opinion on the following statements....
Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree or disagree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Don't know/ not applicable
The introduction to the Accord helps explain the background and aim/purpose of the document.
The themes in the draft Accord reflect the key areas of partnership working between the VCS and public sector.
The commitments outlined in the document appear to be achievable for the public sector.
The commitments outlined in the document appear to be achievable for the voluntary and community sector.
The values and suggested ways of working throughout the document are clear.
The dispute resolution process is clear.
The glossary covers all the main terms used.
5.Please share your overall view on the content of the themes below.
This theme is comprehensive
This theme needs additional work
Don't know/ no opinion
1. Independence (and political neutrality)
2. Working with Volunteers
3. Equality and Diversity
4. Impact and Social Value
5. Information Sharing
6. Emerging Needs
7. Place-based Working
8. Community Buildings and Assets
9. System Working, Signposting and Referrals
10. Commissioning and Grant Funding
11. Decommissioning Well
12. Capacity Building and VCS Infrastructure
13. Partnership and Representation
14. Communication and Engagement
15. Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Response
6.If you selected that more work is required for any of the themes, please share your suggestions for improvements below:
7.Are there any missing themes?
8.Please share your overall view on the other sections of the draft Shropshire Accord.
This section is comprehensive
This section needs more work
Don't know/ no opinion
Accord in Action
Glossary
Resources
9.Please use the comment box below to highlight any more general gaps or concerns relating to the draft document.
10.Is there anything you like about the draft, and things that work well?
11.Please provide any examples of how you could use the draft document to help in the work you do.
12.Please provide any examples of recent or current cross sector challenges that the Accord could help minimise or address through a shared commitment to its principles.
13.Once finalised, would you/your organisation be likely to support the Accord and sign up to its principles?
14.Please use the box below for any other comments. Please list any partner organisations, boards or networks you would like to be involved in the Accord.
15.How are you responding to this survey?
16.If you are from a public sector organisation, which category best describes your organisation?
17.If you would like your responses to be attributed to a specific group or organisation please use the space below to name your group/organisation.
How we will use your information

This survey is anonymous and we should not be able to identify you from your responses. The information you have provided will be used to improve the draft Shropshire Accord in advance of a final version for sign off locally.

The survey results data will be shared within Shropshire Council and Shropshire VCS Assembly. The work is being led by a small sub group of the VCS Assembly with council officer support. We will not share the survey data with any third parties. We will only publish anonymised responses, parts of responses, or a summarized version of responses and will ensure individual survey respondents cannot be identified. Your response will be stored securely and kept in line with Shropshire Council’s Retention Schedule.

We comply with data protection laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For more information on how information is held by Shropshire Council and your rights to gain access to the information we hold on you please see our corporate privacy policy at www.shropshire.gov.uk/privacy


Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

If you have any questions relating to the survey please email VCSAssembly@shropshire.gov.uk and quote the name of the survey within your email (Shropshire Accord).