Wirral Carers Health Survey - From September 2025 WIRED & Active Wirral will be offering a range of free support to help people with caring responsibilities to improve their strength and balance.

This survey is designed to explore what free strength & balance activities carers want

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* 1. Do you currently have have caring responsibilities? (i.e. do you provide regular, unpaid care and support to a family member, friend, or neighbour who is unable to cope without your help due to illness, disability, mental health problems, or addiction? This care is not part of a paid job or formal volunteering)

Yes

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* 2. Do you currently have a physical health condition or illness that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or more?

Yes

If you answered yes, please tell us what physical health condition you have and anything else you feel is relevant

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* 3. How has your physical health changed since you started having caring responsibilities? (please tick one option)

Got better - My physical health has got better since I started having caring responsibilities

No change - My physical health has not changed since I started having caring responsibilities

Got a bit worse - My physical health has got a bit worse since I started having caing responsibilities

Significantly worse - My physical health is significantly worse since I started caring responsibilities

Comment - Please tell us anything else you think is relevant to this question, e.g. the symptoms/impact of your physical health condition and how your physical health has changed

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* 4. How much do you feel any changes in your physical health are due to your caring responsibilities? (please tick one option)

All - I feel all of the changes to my physical health are due to my caring responsibilities

Some - I feel some of the changes to my physical health are due to my caring responsibilities

None - I don't feel any of the changes to my physical health are due to my caring responsibilities

Not applicable - my physical health hasn't changed since I started my caring responsibilities

Comment - Please tell us why you feel the changes to your physical health are linked to your caring responsibilities

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* 5. Do you currently have a mental health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more?

Yes

If you answered yes, please tell us what mental health condition you have and anything else you feel is relevant

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* 6. How has your mental health changed since you started having caring responsibilities? (please tick one option)

Got better - My mental health has got better since I started having caring responsibilities

No change - My mental health has not changed since I started having caring responsibilities

Got a bit worse - My mental health has got a bit worse since I started having caring responsibilities

Significantly worse - My mental health is significantly worse since I started caring responsibilities

Comment - Please tell us anything else you think is relevant to this question, e.g. the symptoms/impact of your mental health condition and how your mental health has changed

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* 7. How much do you feel any changes in your mental health are due to your caring responsibilities? (please tick one option)

All - I feel all of the changes to my mental health are due to my caring responsibilities

Some - I feel some of the changes to my mental health are due to my caring responsibilities

None - I don't feel any of the changes to my mental health are due to my caring responsibilities

Not applicable - my mental health hasn't changed since I started my caring responsibilities

Comment - Please tell us why you feel the changes to your mental health are linked to your caring responsibilities

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* 8. Your understanding of strengthening activities - What do you think counts as muscle strengthening activities? (Please describe any activities you think might help to build or maintain muscle strength, ps, its ok if you don't know any)

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* 9. Do you currently do any muscle strengthening activities each week? (This could include things like lifting weights, yoga, resistance band exercises, or bodyweight movements like squats or push-ups, please tick one option)

Yes, at least twice a week

Yes, once a week

Not sure

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* 10. Your understanding of balance activities - What do you think counts as balance activities? (Please describe any activities you think might help to improve or maintain your balance, ps its ok if you don't know any)

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* 11. Do you currently do any balance activities each week? (This could include things like Tai Chi, yoga, dancing, or exercises that improve stability like standing on one leg, please tick one option)

Yes, at least twice a week

Yes, once a week

Not sure

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* 12. Barriers to you doing strengthening exercises or movements - What makes it difficult, or might make it difficult, for you to do strength or balance activities each week? (Please tick any that apply to you)

Not enough knowledge - I don't know what to do

No time - I don't have enough time

Not confident - I don't feel confident enough

Not enough space - I don't have enough space to do them

Physical ill-health - I can't do them because of my physical illness or health condition

Mental ill-health - I can't do them because of my mental health condition

Not enough energy - I'm too tired after everything I have to do each day

Not enough money - I don't have any spare money to cover any additional costs

No facilities near by - No sessions or groups near me

No carer cover - No one to look atter the person I care for

I don't like gyms - I don't want to go to the gym

Not applicable - I am already doing strengthening exercises

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Things that could help - What helps, or might help to enable you to do strength and balance activities each week? (Please tick any that apply to you)

More knowledge of strength and balance exercises

Having access to a face to face group or class near by

Access to low cost or free classes

Having access to a digital group or class

Wanting to feel stronger or more stable when moving around

Having exercises that I can do at home without any equipment

Support from someone qualified to help me

Someone to sit with the person I care for

Sessions where I can bring along the person that I care for

Being part of a group of people who have similar physical health to me

Other (please specify)

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* 14. When would be the most likely time during the week that you would do strength and/or balances activities?

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
9am - 12 noon	9am - 12 noon Monday	9am - 12 noon Tuesday	9am - 12 noon Wednesday	9am - 12 noon Thursday	9am - 12 noon Friday	9am - 12 noon Saturday	9am - 12 noon Sunday
12 noon - 1pm	12 noon - 1pm Monday	12 noon - 1pm Tuesday	12 noon - 1pm Wednesday	12 noon - 1pm Thursday	12 noon - 1pm Friday	12 noon - 1pm Saturday	12 noon - 1pm Sunday
1pm - 5pm	1pm - 5pm Monday	1pm - 5pm Tuesday	1pm - 5pm Wednesday	1pm - 5pm Thursday	1pm - 5pm Friday	1pm - 5pm Saturday	1pm - 5pm Sunday
5pm - 7pm	5pm - 7pm Monday	5pm - 7pm Tuesday	5pm - 7pm Wednesday	5pm - 7pm Thursday	5pm - 7pm Friday	5pm - 7pm Saturday	5pm - 7pm Sunday
After 7pm	After 7pm Monday	After 7pm Tuesday	After 7pm Wednesday	After 7pm Thursday	After 7pm Friday	After 7pm Saturday	After 7pm Sunday
None of these	None of these Monday	None of these Tuesday	None of these Wednesday	None of these Thursday	None of these Friday	None of these Saturday	None of these Sunday

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* 15. What strength and balance activities would you be most likely to be interested in doing? (Please tick any that apply to you)

Beginner strength and balance exercises on my own

Beginner strength and balance exercises in a group

Circuit training outside

Circuit training inside

Yoga

Pilates

Tai Chi

Strength training with weights

Dance, Zumba, movement to music

None

Other - Please tell us any other strength or balance exercise that we haven't list that would be of interest to you

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* 16. Where/Venue - Which of the options you feel would work for you? (Please tick any that would work for you)

At home following my own ideas

At home following a free written strength and balance activity programme set by a qualified person

At home following a free online session or a pre-recorded session

In a local community venue (not a gym) with people of a similar ability to myself (No cost - free session/s)

In a local community venue (not a gym) with people of mixed abilities (No cost - free session/s)

Outdoors in a local park or open space (No cost - free session/s)

In a local gym or leisure centre (No cost - free session/s)

Other - Please tell us

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* 17. What is your full name?

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* 18. What is your age?

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* 19. What is your gender?

Male

Female

Non - Binary

Prefer not to say

Other

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* 20. Is the gender that you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?

Yes

Prefer not to say

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* 21. What is your ethnic group? If you have mixed ethnicity, please select which combination of ethnicities describes you best

White British

Other British

Bangladeshi

Chinese

Indian

Pakistani

Other Asian

African

Carribean

Black British

Other Black

Arab

Latin American

Irish

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Roma

Central and Eastern European

Western and Southern European

Any other ethnic group (please specify)

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* 22. What is your home address?

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* 23. What is your home post code?

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* 24. What is your mobile phone number?

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* 25. What is your email address?

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* 26. What is your current employment status?

Employed - Full time

Employed - Part Time

Self employed - Full time

Self employed - Part time

Unemployed

Retired

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* 27. Do you live in the same household as the person who you care for?

Yes

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* 28. How many hours per week do you spend on your caring responsibilities?

0-10 hours per week

11-20 hours per week

21-30 hours per week

31-40 hours per week

41-50 hours per week

Over 50 hours per week

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* 29. Is there anything else you’d like to tell us? (optional)

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* 30. Your data - In order for WIRED and Active Wirral to be able to use your data to inform the development of free strength and balance activities for people with caring responsibilities in Wirral we need you to confirm that you give the following consent by ticking all of the consents - if you do not tick all of the consents we will not be able to use your data/feedback on this occasion

Data Collection - I give my consent for WIRED to collect the data within this form for the purpose indicated - to research and facilitate the delivery of free strength and balance activities for people with caring responsibilities in Wirral

Data Storage - I give my consent for WIRED to store this data for the purpose indicated - to research and facilitate the delivery of free strength and balance activities for people with caring responsibilities in Wirral

Data Sharing - I give my consent for WIRED to share an anonymised version of this data with Active Wirral, The University of Liverpool, Wirral Council & Wirral Health and Wellbeing CIC for the purpose indicated - to research and facilitate the delivery of free strength and balance activities for people with caring responsibilities in Wirral

Data Processing - I give my consent for WIRED, Active Wirral and the University of Liverpool to process the data within this form for the purpose indicated - to research and facilitate the delivery of free strength and balance activities for people with caring responsibilities in Wirral