Community Survey for Active Wirral and Wirral Council

Thank you for taking part in this important survey, the information gathered in this survey will be used by Active Wirral (Wirral Council),and Sport England/Moving Communities to inform their planning for physical activity and sport in your community.

This survey is intended for individuals aged 16 or over only. Please do your best to answer all the questions below. All data will be securely stored on the Moving Communities Platform and managed in accordance with data protection regulations. Moving Communities undertakes research as part of its function for the community under its legal status. Data protection allows us to use personal data for research with appropriate safeguards in place under the legal basis of public tasks that are in the public interest. A full statement of your rights can be found at https://www.sportengland.org/privacy-statement. Your responses will be kept confidential as results will be anonymised and summarised before being reported. Participation in this survey is voluntary, and you can choose not to answer a certain question or withdraw at any time. By continuing, you confirm that you understand and agree to how your data will be used.

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, movement, active hobbies, exercise, and brisk walking or cycling for recreation or travel between places but should not include housework or physical activity that is part of your job. Any such activities performed in bouts of 10 minutes or more, totalling at least 30 minutes for the day should be included.

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

3. What would encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

4. In the UK, physical education, physical activity, and sport are seen as a fundamental right. We would like your view on how often this right is supported or experienced in your context.
Please respond to each question using the provided scale

5. Have you done any physical activity at any of these local leisure centres in the last 12 months? Please select any that apply

6. If you haven't used local leisure centres for physical activities, could you tell us why?

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

16. What do you think is the SINGLE most important change or improvement that could increase opportunities for people to be more physically active locally?

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

18. How physically active are you currently? (Choose the option that best describes a typical week for you.)

We are asking about "moderate" physical activity, which means moving your body in a way that increases your heart rate, makes you breathe faster and feel warmer, and you can still hold a short conversation (examples of activities might range from playing sport and attending gym classes to digging in the garden or doing active housework).

Fewer than 30 minutes per week

30-149 minutes per week

At least 150 minutes per week

19. What stops you from being more physically active/moving more? Please select any that apply

20. Active Wirral is the name for the leisure service run by Wirral Council. It encompasses a wide range of physical activity and sport opportunities available across the Wirral, with a mission to make physical activity accessible, free or affordable, and a part of everyday life for all residents. If you would like to be more active, how could Active Wirral help you? Please select any that apply

21. To what extent do you agree with the following statement?

‘I trust Active Wirral to understand and respond to the needs of my local community when it comes to sport, leisure, and physical activity.’

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree or disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
I feel that I have the ability to be physically active
The social benefits of sport and physical activity are important to me
I feel that I have the opportunity to be physically active
I feel confident when I take part in physical activity
It’s important to me to exercise regularly
I exercise to help me relax and worry less about things
I find exercise enjoyable and satisfying
I know the recommended guidelines for physical activity
I understand the benefits of physical activity
I understand that there are risks to being inactive (or sedentary)
I have enough time to be active
I have the necessary resources to be active (e.g. money/equipment etc)
I want to be active
I feel I am active enough through my job or home-related activities (e.g. housework/gardening)

	Very frequently	Frequently	Occasionally	Rarely	Very rarely	Never	Don't know
Overall do you feel that you have the opportunities and freedom to be active?
Overall do you feel involved in being able to make or influence decisions about your opportunities to be active? (for example - in relation to being included about decisions around facilities/services and having the access to being physically active)
Overall do you feel that you can be physically active in ways that are meaningful for you (for example - where your personal priorities are being met - such as feeling healthy/being healthy/feeling happy or feeling satisfied)

	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't know
I have easy access to parks (e.g. local parks and playgrounds)
I have easy access to green spaces (e.g. forests/countryside and national parks)
I have easy access to blue spaces (e.g. coastlines/lakes/rivers)
I know where to find information on my local parks
I know where to find information on my local green spaces
I know where to find information on my local blue spaces
I feel safe when/if I use the parks near where I live
I feel safe when/if I use the green spaces near where I live
I feel safe when/if I use the blue spaces near where I live

Community Survey for Active Wirral and Wirral 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. What would encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

4. In the UK, physical education, physical activity, and sport are seen as a fundamental right. We would like your view on how often this right is supported or experienced in your context.
Please respond to each question using the provided scale

LEISURE CENTRE ACTIVITES

5. Have you done any physical activity at any of these local leisure centres in the last 12 months? Please select any that apply

6. If you haven't used local leisure centres for physical activities, could you tell us why?

ACTIVE TRAVEL

7. During an average week, how many days do you use walking or cycling as a means of transport to get to places (e.g. to commute to work, attend school, or visit local shops)?

8. On an average day, how much time do you spend walking or cycling as a means of transport to get to places? (e.g. to commute to work, attend school, or visit local shops)?

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

9. Are you responsible for children under 16?

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

YOUR WELLBEING

11. How is your health in general?

12. On a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied, overall, how satisifed are you with your life nowadays?

ABOUT YOU

13. What is your age (years):

14. In which of the following ways do you identify? Please select one option

15. Please enter your FULL postcode to help us understand participation by area. Please be assured that the data you provide is for research purposes only.

VIEWS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR AREA

16. What do you think is the SINGLE most important change or improvement that could increase opportunities for people to be more physically active locally?

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

19. What stops you from being more physically active/moving more? Please select any that apply

21. To what extent do you agree with the following statement?

‘I trust Active Wirral to understand and respond to the needs of my local community when it comes to sport, leisure, and physical activity.’

END OF SURVEY

Thank you for your participation in this survey, please click 'Submit'

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Community Survey for Active Wirral and Wirral 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. What would encourage you to be more active? Please select any that apply

4. In the UK, physical education, physical activity, and sport are seen as a fundamental right. We would like your view on how often this right is supported or experienced in your context.Please respond to each question using the provided scale

LEISURE CENTRE ACTIVITES

5. Have you done any physical activity at any of these local leisure centres in the last 12 months? Please select any that apply

6. If you haven't used local leisure centres for physical activities, could you tell us why?

ACTIVE TRAVEL

7. During an average week, how many days do you use walking or cycling as a means of transport to get to places (e.g. to commute to work, attend school, or visit local shops)?

8. On an average day, how much time do you spend walking or cycling as a means of transport to get to places? (e.g. to commute to work, attend school, or visit local shops)?

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

9. Are you responsible for children under 16?

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

YOUR WELLBEING

11. How is your health in general?

12. On a scale of 0-10, where 0 is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied, overall, how satisifed are you with your life nowadays?

ABOUT YOU

13. What is your age (years):

14. In which of the following ways do you identify? Please select one option

15. Please enter your FULL postcode to help us understand participation by area. Please be assured that the data you provide is for research purposes only.

VIEWS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR AREA

16. What do you think is the SINGLE most important change or improvement that could increase opportunities for people to be more physically active locally?

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

19. What stops you from being more physically active/moving more? Please select any that apply

21. To what extent do you agree with the following statement?‘I trust Active Wirral to understand and respond to the needs of my local community when it comes to sport, leisure, and physical activity.’

END OF SURVEY

Thank you for your participation in this survey, please click 'Submit'

4. In the UK, physical education, physical activity, and sport are seen as a fundamental right. We would like your view on how often this right is supported or experienced in your context.
Please respond to each question using the provided scale

21. To what extent do you agree with the following statement?

‘I trust Active Wirral to understand and respond to the needs of my local community when it comes to sport, leisure, and physical activity.’