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Feedback survey for people who haven't visited The Rum Story

This is for people who haven't visited The Rum Story. It asks for feedback to help us improve this attraction as part of The Rum Story Re-Imagined Project, made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The questions about you help us check that a wide variety of people are feeding in. It should take 5 -10 minutes to fill in but feel free to skip any questions you don't want to answer or aren't sure how to.

If you complete it and give your email you will be entered into a prize draw on 23.10.25. Prizes:
1 x £50 The Edge Coastal Activities Centre voucher
1 x £40 Rum Story Shop voucher
1 x £30 Zest Harbourside voucher
1 x £30 One4All gift card
1 x £30 Main Street Hair and Beauty voucher
1 x £30 The Strand voucher

(Max 1 entry/person. Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners and Anti Racist Cumbria employees may not enter.)

By completing this survey, you consent to Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners and Anti Racist Cumbria storing this data securely and using it to inform the project evaluation and recommendations report. Emails will be used for the purposes of contacting you about the project/prize draw. Data will only be accessed by project staff, evaluators, consultants and team members, and will be destroyed by 2030.

We know people self-identify in many ways and the ways we've included may not be ones you would use. Do feedback to katy.haigh@rumstory.co.uk on this.
1.What do you think The Rum Story is about?
2.Why haven't you visited?
3.What might make you want to visit?
4.Do you like visiting museums or heritage attractions?
5.What makes you want to go to a museum or heritage attraction and enjoy it when you're there?
6.What puts you off wanting to go to a museum or heritage attraction?
7.If someone was coming to visit The Rum Story, what else would you recommend they do in Whitehaven/nearby, to make a day of it?
8.How do you find out about things to do and places to visit when you're away or on holiday?
9.What changes would you like to see in the local area that The Rum Story could help make happen?
10.If you visited a museum or heritage attraction, how would you want it to make you feel?
11.What age group do you belong to?
12.What best describes your gender?
13.What best describes your sexual orientation? Please self-describe.
14.What is your ethnicity or heritage? You can pick one or more options. You can also use the comment box at the end of the question to describe a different heritage, not listed above, in your own words.
15.Are you neurodivergent? Are you autistic, dyslexic or dyspraxic, and/or do you have ADHD, dyscalculia, OCD, Tourettes, auditory processing disorder or any other neurodivergence we have not mentioned?
16.Do you consider yourself disabled or to have a long-term health condition?
17.Have you experienced barriers when looking to access places or information?
18.When you were a child did you ever receive free school meals?
19.What is your highest level of qualification?
20.Are you happy to give your postcode to tell us where people live in relation to The Rum Story?
21.Please provide your email address if you want to be entered into the prize draw.

Thank you so much for completing this survey.