Draft Questionnaire for North West Vcs Learning, Skills & Workforce Development Survey

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NORTH WEST VCS LEARNING, SKILLS & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SURVEY (ACTIVITY PROFILES)

NOTE TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE:

It would be very helpful if you make it clear who the contact person for the questionnaire is so that we can follow up requests for information or clarification. Also, we may want to arrange visits to discuss aspects of your engagement with the Workforce Development initiative and if you are willing for that to happen please could you tick the box: □

If you are willing for the information contained here to be shared across the sector and with key partners such as LSC, NWDA and SSDA please could you tick this box □

If you are willing for the information to go on the VSNW website and/or the UK Workforce Hub website please could you tick the box □

Please return this questionnaire by Wednesday 16 May 2007 to:

John Diamond Centre for Local Policy Studies Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP

Or by email to: [email protected]

Phone 01695 584765

1 CONTACT DETAILS & ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND:

1 Name of organisation: …………………………………………………………... ………………………………………………………………………………………

2 Address of organisation: …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ………

3 Name of contact: …………………………………………………………………

4 Telephone number and email address: …………………………………..…… ………………………………………………………………………………………

ACTIVITY PROFILES

Please complete this template for each discrete learning/skills/workforce development activity that you are currently delivering, have recently delivered or plan to deliver. There is no limit to the number of completed templates that you can submit although please use you discretion to focus on principal and substantive activities

5 What is the activity called? ………………………………………………..……. ………………………………………………………………………………………

6 When did it start? (Month/Year) …………………………………………..……

7 When did it finish? (Month/Year) …………………………………….…………

8 Where did activity take place: locally based/ regionally/nationally? ……………………………………………………………………………………..

9 Which one of the following categories best describes the project: (please tick one only)

 Recruitment and Retention support  Human Resources (HR) Support

2  Leadership and Management Development  Learning and Skills Development 10 How was the project financed?: Source (Yes/No) Amount (£) a) Self financing (e.g reserves) b) Fees/charges to participants c) Change Up d) Learning and Skills Council (please specify specific fund/ programme if possible) …………………………………………… e) European Social Fund f) National Lottery g) Charitable Foundations (please state) ……………………………………………. h) Other (please state) ……………………………………………..

11 Strategic Fit. Please indicate how your activity sits within national and regional Learning and Skills Council (LSC) priorities:

a) Skills for Life ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………

b) First Level 2 Qualification ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… c) Level 3 Qualifications ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………

d) Community/Learner Engagement ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………

12 How many people took part? …………………..

3 13 We want to try and capture the target audience for these activities: Are your projects/initiatives aimed at an "internal" VCS audience or an external one? (Please tick all that apply)

a) VCS Staff b) VCS Managers c) VCS Volunteers d) VCS Trustees e) BME Individuals/Communities f) Disabled Individuals/Communities g) Women/Men h) Lesbian and Gay Individuals/Communities i) Children and Young People and Families j) Migrant Workers k) Rural Communites l) Other Target Group(s) (please state)

14 For each separate initiative we would like you to provide a short description/summary which captures the following areas and you may want to use the following bullet points as headers:

 Key Aims ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………  Key Features ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………

 Key Success Factors ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………

4  What worked? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………

 What have you learnt? ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.