Richard Newton Consulting has been appointed by WCVA to assess development needs of its Safeguarding service, to ensure they can develop to meet the needs of voluntary sector organisations moving forward.

We would appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to complete this survey in confidence. Should you have any questions please contact us at admin@richard-newton.co.uk.

This work is subject to WCVAs Data Protection Policy.

We are holding a series of focus groups to discuss further the survey below. If you are interested in attending these focus groups, you can register here.

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* 1. Can you confirm that your organisation has NOT received safeguarding support from WCVA since 2017?

If you have selected no above, it would be more appropriate to complete our other survey which focuses on the experiences of those organisations who have been supported by WCVAs service. This is available here.
About you and your organisation

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* 2. What best describes your governance? Please choose one

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* 3. Where are you based?

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* 4. What best describes the geography of your operations? Please choose one

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* 5. What sector does your organisation operate in?

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* 6. In terms of annual income what is the size of your organisation

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* 7. Do you employ staff?

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* 8. What best describes your role?

Your relationship with WCVA / Third Sector Support Wales

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* 9. Are you a member of WCVA?

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* 10. Are you a member of a CVC?

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* 11. What safeguarding services would you want WCVA Safeguarding to offer?

Method of Delivery

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* 12. What would your preferred option for delivery be?

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* 13. Where else do you, or would you, go for similar support? (tick all that apply)

  Have accessed Would access in future
CVCs
Head office
Other infrastructure organisations e.g. Play Wales, Children in Wales
Other freely available resources i.e. NCVO, ACEVO
Web searches
Private consultants
Other - please specify

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* 14. Thinking ahead over the mid term i.e. the next three years, please rank the following statements on a scale of 1-5 where 1 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
My organisation's safeguarding knowledge is strong
My organisation has good introductory safeguarding knowledge
My organisation has a designated safeguarding officer
My organisation has a designated safeguarding officer and the role of this officer is fully understood
My organisation's board members (trustees etc.) fully understand their safeguarding responsibilities
My organisation has good introductory safeguarding knowledge but would benefit from more developed learning
My organisation is familiar with The All Wales Safeguarding procedures
My organisation has a robust process in respect of DBS checks
Safeguarding support that we are likely to need is likely to be bespoke and linked to particular organisation challenges
For organisations based outside of Wales only - My organisation fully understands the specific Welsh differentials with regard to safeguarding

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* 15. As with many organisations, WCVA is having to adopt a prudent approach in respect of its financial resources. As such please rank the following statements on a scale of 1-5 where 1 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
It is important to my organisation that safeguarding support is free to access
It is appropriate for generic support to be delivered through resources such as pre-recorded webinars, downloadable factsheets and toolkits
Bespoke support needs to be available to support organisations with specific, individual safeguarding issues
We would be prepared to pay for bespoke support
Should there be any charges to access support these should be scaled to reflect the size of the organisation receiving support
It is important that any training delivered is certified
It is important that any training developed is accredited

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* 16. Are you aware of the new national safeguarding training, learning and development standards?

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* 17. Are you confident in your organisation's capacity to meet the new standards?

Many thanks for taking the time to complete this survey. We would like to invite you to take part in a 90 minute Focus Group to explore the survey results further.

There are two sessions to choose from below.


Focus group for those who have not used WCVA Safeguarding services -

June 6th at 13.00pm

Register here

OR

June 6th at 17.30pm

Register here

We look forward to discussing with you further, thank you.

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