Safety Survey 2023

Safety Survey 2023
Who can complete the survey?

Any individual who identifies as a woman that has accessed a service in Sheffield. This includes (but is not limited to) health settings (hospitals, GP’s, clinics), mental health services, council services such as housing offices, domestic and sexual abuse services, day centres, drug and alcohol services, voluntary organisations, the job centre etc.

A service can be defined as any organisation which you have been in contact with for support, treatment or care.

What are the aims of the survey?

This survey has been collaboratively designed with women with lived experience and organisations from the voluntary and statutory sector. Full details of the organisations involved can be found at the end of the survey.

The aim of this survey is to improve our understanding of the concerns women have that impact how safe they feel to access a service in Sheffield. The results of this survey will be used to support organisations to respond effectively to women’s safety concerns and improve women’s experiences of accessing support and using a service.

Definitions

Cis-gender - a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex registered for them at birth

Transgender - a person whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex registered for them at birth

Non-binary - someone whose gender identity isn't exclusively male or female

Gender Fluid - a person who does not identify as having a single unchanging gender

Access - making phone calls to or receiving calls from a service, apointments with a service that may be face to face or online, virtual contact via chat function on a website, attending peer support groups, email contact with a service

Safe - protected from or not exposed to danger or risk and not likely to be harmed

Unsafe - unprotected from and at risk of danger or harm

All survey submissions will be entered into a prize draw for the opportunity to receive a £10 One4All gift card. Multiple gift cards are available.

Those who are randomly selected will be contacted after the survey has closed on 10th November 2023.

Please ensure you leave a safe email address, or the details of a named support worker, their organisation and your initials, so we can contact you should you receive a voucher.

Diversity Information

The options in this section are based upon Office for National Statistics 2021 Census and the 2023 Gender Census. This enables us to compare local and national data.
Age*
Gender*
Ethnicity*

Safety
Do you feel safe accessing services in the city?*
What can make it feel unsafe for you to access a service?
Have particular services felt more safe to access? If yes, which ones and why?
Have particular services felt unsafe to access? If yes, which ones and why?
Being a womanMy religionMy race or cultureBeing from another countryHaving a disabilityMy sexual orientationMy gender identityOtherPrefer not to answer
If you've answered 'yes' to any of the above, can you provide further details?

Travel
What method(s) of transport do you use to access services?
How safe do you feel travelling by this method?
How safe do you feel safe travelling into and/or across the city centre to access a service?
How safe do you feel safe travelling outside of the city centre to access a service?
What could be done to help you feel safer to travel to a service?

Locations and Buildings
Does the location of a service in the city centre affect your feelings of safety? If so, why?
Does the location of a service outside of the city centre affect your feelings of safety? If so, why?
Are there certain areas in the city that feel more unsafe for you? If so, which areas?
Does the building an organisation is based in contribute to you feeling unsafe? If so, how?
Do other people who also access the service and are unknown to you contribute to you feeling unsafe? If so, how?
Do other people who also access the service and are known to you contribute to you feeling unsafe? If so, how?
What do you think could be done to or within the building to help you feel safer while at a service?

Staff Support
How confident are you that organisations and staff are able to keep you safe while you’re at their service?
Have you had positive experiences where you’ve been supported to feel safe? If so, how were you supported?
Have you had negative experiences where you’ve not been supported to feel safe? If so, how were you not supported?
What could be done to increase your confidence that staff will be able to keep you safe while at a service?
Do you feel that you, and your safety concerns, are understood and believed by staff and organisations when you receive support, advice or treatment from them?
If you have experienced feeling unsafe while at a service, what impact did this have on you?
Do you have any other feedback or ideas you’d like to share on how you could be supported to feel safe?
Please leave a safe email address or contact details OR details of a named support worker, their organisation and your initials so we can contact you about the prize draw *
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Safety Survey 2023

Diversity Information

Safety

Travel

Locations and Buildings

Staff Support