Community Survey for Hartlepool Borough Council

Please answer the questions below. The information collected in this survey will be used by Hartlepool Borough Council for the purposes of informing its physical activity and sport forward planning. An aggregated and anonymised summary of the results may be shared publicly and used by Sport England to inform national strategy. No data will be shared with any third parties for marketing purposes.

There will also be an opportunity to leave your email address at the end of the survey to be entered into a prize draw to win one of three £50 Love to Shop Vouchers.

We would like to understand more about your level of physical activity. Please answer the following questions about what types of physical activity you do, whether you have used a leisure centre before; and what you think about physical activity.

1. In the past week, on how many days have you done a total of 30 minutes or more of physical activity, which was enough to raise your breathing rate? This may include sport, exercise and brisk walking, cycling or wheeling for recreation or to get to and from places but should not include housework or physical activity that is part of your job.

2. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about physical activity.

3. Why do you do sport or physical activity? Please select all that apply

4. Who, if anyone, do you usually get active with? Please select any that apply

6. Which types of activities, if any, would you like to do more of? Please select up to three areas

Travel - walking/cycling/running/wheeling

Indoor Leisure – e.g. dance/fitness/active play/gym/swimming/group exercise classes

Outdoor Leisure – e.g. walking/cycling/running/ using green and open spaces/outdoor fitness

Sport - informal/non-competitive

Organised sport - structured competitive activity at clubs or schools

Other

None of the above

7. Would any of the following sessions encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

Sessions for beginners

Sessions for parents and toddlers

Sessions for older people

Sessions for the ethnically diverse communities

Sessions for the LGBTQ+ communities

Sessions for people with a disability or a long-term health condition

Sessions for students/young people (under 16)

Sessions for women/girls

Other (please specify)

8. What else, if anything, would encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

11. Please tell us why you have not used a local sport and leisure centre in the last 12 months to do a physical activity. Please select any that apply

12. Which ONE of the options below, if any, would most encourage you to use your leisure centre in the near future? Please select one only

No obligation free taster sessions

Discounted prices – for disadvantaged reasons such as students; disability single parents/unemployment etc.

Discounted prices – on basis of local residents/corporate membership/work discount/family membership

Exclusive sessions for a specific group (e.g. elderly/disabled/LGBTQ+...)

Other (please specify)

None of the above

13. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements

14. How would you rate the local authority owned sport and leisure facilities in Hartlepool?

We would like to understand what would encourage you to start using indoor facilities or to use them more often.

15. What is important to you when choosing an indoor sport and leisure facility to use? Please select all that apply

16. What would you like to see us invest in at local indoor sport and leisure facilities? Please select up to three facilities/services.

We want to hear how you like to use the outdoors to get active, if there is anything that stops you getting active outdoors and if there is anything that would make using the outdoors for physical activity easier for you.

17. Which of the following places do you use to get active outdoors? Please select all that apply

18. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding green spaces and parks

19. What would encourage you to use the outdoors for sport and physical activity more? Please select all that apply

We want to know whether you have done any walking or cycling for travelling purposes (e.g. to work place, school or local shops), and if there is anything that could encourage you to travel by means other than vehicle more, and make active travel easier for you.

20. Thinking back over the last 4 weeks, in an average week, how often did you walk for active travel purposes (e.g. to and from work, school or local shops)?

24. Is there anything that would encourage you to travel by walking or cycling or other active means instead of by vehicle or, if you already travel actively, is there anything that would support you to do this more often? Please select all that apply

26. What barriers, if any, do you face getting the children you are responsible for active? Please select all that apply

We want to make sure that we are hearing from a variety of people who are representative of Hartlepool, all of the following questions are optional but by answering them you will be helping us to check that we're representing everyone's views.

27. How is your health in general?

28. Please state your age:

29. Do you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last 12 months or more? (A disability is an impairment that has (or is likely to have) a substantial (more than minor), adverse, long-term (more than a year) effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities).

Yes

Prefer not to say

30. Do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce your ability to carry out day to day activities?

Yes a lot

Yes a little

Not at all

Prefer not to say

31. Please tick the box(es) below that best describe your impairment(s). We list a few examples but recognise many other conditions could also be listed.

32. What is your ethnicity?

33. Are you...?

34. What is your current working status? Please select your main status

35. What is your postcode? (We would like to use your postcode to derive the index of multiple deprivation for the area where you live for social inclusion purposes only).

36. If you were looking for information on opportunities/activities/events in the community to be active, where would you go? Please select all that apply

37. Do you use a fitness smart watch or a fitness App to help encourage you lead a healthy lifestyle?

Yes

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
I know the recommended guidelines for physical activity
I understand the benefits of physical activity
I am physically capable of being active
I have the necessary sporting skills to be active
I have enough time to be active
I have the necessary resources to be active (e.g. money and equipment)
I have the social support I need to be active (e.g. support from family or someone to take part with)
I find sport or physical activity enjoyable and satisfying
It’s important to me to do sport or physical activity regularly
I feel guilty when I don’t do any sport or physical activity
I want to be active
Being active is part of my routine

	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
I am aware of the sport and leisure facilities in my local area
I know what activities are offered by these sport and leisure centres in my local area
In the next three months I intend to exercise at least once a week at the leisure centre
I intend to exercise more often at the leisure centre than in more informal settings (e.g. at home/in the park etc.)
The leisure centre does not play a significant role in the lifestyle I want to live

	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disgree	Don't know
I have easy access to a green space/park
There are green spaces/parks near where I live
I feel safe when using the green spaces or parks near where I live
I know where to find information on green spaces/parks in my local area

Community Survey for Hartlepool Borough Council

Questions

YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

We would like to understand more about your level of physical activity. Please answer the following questions about what types of physical activity you do, whether you have used a leisure centre before; and what you think about physical activity.

2. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about physical activity.

3. Why do you do sport or physical activity? Please select all that apply

4. Who, if anyone, do you usually get active with? Please select any that apply

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASPIRATIONS

We would like to understand if you want to make any changes to your current activity levels and what might encourage you to make them.

5. Do you want to be more physically active than you are now?

6. Which types of activities, if any, would you like to do more of? Please select up to three areas

7. Would any of the following sessions encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

8. What else, if anything, would encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

INDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

We would like to know about your indoor physical activity and the use of sport and leisure centres.

9. Have you used any of the following leisure centres to do a physical activity at least once in the last 12 months? Please select any that apply

10. How recently and regularly have you used these sports and leisure centres in the last 12 months?

11. Please tell us why you have not used a local sport and leisure centre in the last 12 months to do a physical activity. Please select any that apply

12. Which ONE of the options below, if any, would most encourage you to use your leisure centre in the near future? Please select one only

13. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements

14. How would you rate the local authority owned sport and leisure facilities in Hartlepool?

INDOOR SPORT AND LEISURE FACILITIES

We would like to understand what would encourage you to start using indoor facilities or to use them more often.

15. What is important to you when choosing an indoor sport and leisure facility to use? Please select all that apply

16. What would you like to see us invest in at local indoor sport and leisure facilities? Please select up to three facilities/services.

OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

We want to hear how you like to use the outdoors to get active, if there is anything that stops you getting active outdoors and if there is anything that would make using the outdoors for physical activity easier for you.

17. Which of the following places do you use to get active outdoors? Please select all that apply

18. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding green spaces and parks

OUTDOOR SPORT AND LEISURE FACILITIES

19. What would encourage you to use the outdoors for sport and physical activity more? Please select all that apply

ACTIVE TRAVEL

We want to know whether you have done any walking or cycling for travelling purposes (e.g. to work place, school or local shops), and if there is anything that could encourage you to travel by means other than vehicle more, and make active travel easier for you.

20. Thinking back over the last 4 weeks, in an average week, how often did you walk for active travel purposes (e.g. to and from work, school or local shops)?

21. If any, on an average day, how much time in minutes do you spend walking?

22. Thinking back over the last 4 weeks, in an average week, how often did you cycle for active travel purposes (e.g. to and from work, school or local shops)?

23. If any, on an average day, how much time in minutes do you spend cycling?

24. Is there anything that would encourage you to travel by walking or cycling or other active means instead of by vehicle or, if you already travel actively, is there anything that would support you to do this more often? Please select all that apply

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

We would like to hear the views of parents, guardians and those that work with children about what would help the children they are responsible for get active.

25. Are you responsible for children under 16?

26. What barriers, if any, do you face getting the children you are responsible for active? Please select all that apply

ABOUT YOU

We want to make sure that we are hearing from a variety of people who are representative of Hartlepool, all of the following questions are optional but by answering them you will be helping us to check that we're representing everyone's views.

27. How is your health in general?

28. Please state your age:

30. Do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce your ability to carry out day to day activities?

31. Please tick the box(es) below that best describe your impairment(s). We list a few examples but recognise many other conditions could also be listed.

32. What is your ethnicity?

33. Are you...?

34. What is your current working status? Please select your main status

35. What is your postcode? (We would like to use your postcode to derive the index of multiple deprivation for the area where you live for social inclusion purposes only).

LOCAL QUESTIONS

36. If you were looking for information on opportunities/activities/events in the community to be active, where would you go? Please select all that apply

37. Do you use a fitness smart watch or a fitness App to help encourage you lead a healthy lifestyle?

38. Which do you use?

39. On a usual day how many minutes physical activity do you do? This may include sport, exercise and brisk walking or cycling for recreation or to get to and from places but should not include housework or physical activity that is part of your job.

PRIZE DRAW

40. Would you like to be entered into our prize draw to win one of three £50 Love to Shop Vouchers?

41. Please enter your email address here. Winners will be selected at random and notified once the survey has closed.

END OF SURVEY

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