The purpose of this survey is to understand the research and engagement activities that take place in Birmingham & Solihull, how communities are currently involved in this activity and the gaps that people's voices fall through.
 
This survey is managed by Birmingham Voluntary Service Council and results will be shared with the other members of the REND partnership (Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (BSol ICB),  Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC), Flourish, Catalyst 4 Change and regional National Institute for Health and Care Research Infrastructures hosted at the University of Birmingham).

Data will be held in accordance with GDPR and all data will be anonymised when reports and outputs are produced. Partner organisations may contact you around research and engagement opportunities, or if funding opportunities arise.

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* 1. What is your organisation's name?

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* 2. Which geographic areas/wards does your organisation cover?

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* 3. How many total members of staff/volunteers does your organisation work with?

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* 4. What methodologies do you use to gather data and insights? (e.g. surveys, interviews, case studies etc)

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* 5. How often do you gather data and insights on health / wellbeing from the communities you work with?

  Frequently (at least 4 times a year) Occasionally (about once a year) Rarely (once or twice in the last five years) Hardly ever (done previously but nothing within the last five years) Never (we have never done this)
Feedback in your events and programmes
Listening events
Engagement projects (eg: events or drop-in surgeries)
Surveys on particular health / wellbeing topics
Connecting people to wider data gathering exercises (eg: sending out links to or helping people to complete surveys)
Participating in formal research projects (eg: funded projects with a university partner)

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* 6. Which members of the community does your organisation support? [tick all that apply]

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* 7. In general, how would you characterise the communities you work with in terms of how much they want to take part in data gathering / research?

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* 8. What are the main barriers to communities taking part in research? (tick all that apply)

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* 9. In your experience, which groups are most likely to be impacted by the barriers above?
(eg: people of certain ages, circumstances, other protected characteristics)

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* 10. Which of the following measures would support more communities to get involved in data gathering and research? (tick all that apply)

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* 11. How do you share the data and insights you gather?

  Frequently (at least 4 times a year) Occasionally (about once a year) Rarely (once or twice in the last five years) Hardly ever (done previously but nothing within the last five years) Never (we have never done this)
Published or presented within your organisation only
Shared back to the people you engaged with
Published or presented to partner/funding organisations
Shared publicly in a journal/report or online
Presented publicly at conferences or sharing events

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* 12. Aside from further funding, which of the following do you think would be helpful in research and engagement? (tick all that apply)

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* 13. Do you ever work in partnership with other organisations for the purpose of collecting data/insights from the community? If so, what kind of organisations? (e.g. NHS trusts, council, other voluntary sector organisations, private companies)

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* 14. If you are happy to be contacted, please could you confirm the contact details for whoever at your organisation is best placed to advice around community engagement or research?

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