Dear BHFA members, I hope this email finds you well. Community Works were generous in organising a funding consultant for us recently, and we were given some excellent advice. One of the elements of that advice was to demonstrate that our charity is needed, and it was suggested that we conduct an online survey of faith groups and relevant secular organisations and use the results in our funding applications. The board of trustees decided to set up a working group to oversee this work we would ask our wider membership for suggestions and comments. The working group has met and our suggested questions are as follows. Would you help us by suggesting further questions or suggesting improvements to the questions below please? The deadline for suggestions are noon, next Friday 3rd October. Online Survey Questions: 1. My organisation feels well informed over what social action projects are being delivered by faith groups in Brighton and Hove. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree 2. Would your organisation know how to refer someone seeking help with the following? (please tick all that apply) a) Personal Debt g) Support for ex-offenders b) Hunger / poverty h) Addiction c) Homelessness i) Domestic Abuse d) Poor mental health j) Social Isolation e) Benefit advice k) Help for the elderly f) Housing issues l) Immigration / Asylum advice 3. My organisation believes that local faith organisations already work well together on social action projects. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree 4. My organisation would value an interfaith group providing extra support to faith groups over social action projects. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree 5. My organisation would value an online mapping service that details social action projects delivered by local faith groups. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree 6. My organisation would value an interfaith group promoting social action partnerships between faith groups and secular third sector organisations. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree Kind regards, Lev Eakins Secretary, Brighton and Hove Faith in Action Website: <http://brightonandhovefaithinaction.wordpress.com/> http://brightonandhovefaithinaction.wordpress.com/ Twitter: <https://twitter.com/BHFiA> https://twitter.com/BHFiA Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/BrightonHoveFaithAction> https://www.facebook.com/BrightonHoveFaithAction