Online Survey

Evaluation of Community Food and Health (Scotland) – 2008/11

Section 1 - About you

Q1 Which sector does your organisation/group operate in?

Voluntary/community sector

Public sector

Private sector

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q2 How would you best describe yourself?

Community Activist

Volunteer

Community Food Worker

Health Promotion Staff

Health Improvement Officer

Local/National Policy Maker

Other National Agency Worker

Academic

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q3 How big a priority is food and health improvement for your organisation/group?

It is the top priority

It is one of a number of important priorities

It is low down on our list of priorities

It is not a priority at all

Q4 What are the food and health activities which your organisation/group carries out?

Growing

Food preparation

Retail

Catering

Education and skills development (e.g. cookery classes)

Information and advice

Health promotion

Wholesale/distribution

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q6 Please describe the food and health activities work that you do?

Section 2 - This section is about your contact with CFHS

Other

Q7a How useful have these services and support been?
	A lot	A little	Not a lot
CFHS Website
Fare Choice
On-line Community-based Food and Health Activity Searchable Directory
e-bulletins
Publications (e.g. practice development guides, thematic publications, factsheets etc)
Case Studies
Study Tours
Funding Opportunities (e.g. annual Small Grants Scheme or Youth Funding Scheme)
Pilots/project development work (e.g. Healthier Food Pilots, Community Cafe Programme)
Training and Learning Opportunities (e.g. Community Engagement courses, Evaluation Support Scotland Learning Account, Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Programme)
Conferences
Networking Events
Contact with CFHS team
Information and advice
Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q8 Please provide an example of the support or service you have received?

Q9 Considering your answers, how often are you in contact with CFHS or the support that they provide?

Regularly, at least once a week

Monthly

Quarterly

Less often

Almost never

Section 3 - Satisfaction with CFHS

Q10 Overall, how satisfied are you with the support/services provided by CFHS?

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Neither/nor

Dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

Please explain your ratings

Q12 What do you think CFHS do particularly well?

Q13 What do you think CFHS do less well?

Section 4 - Difference made by CFHS

Q14 How much has CFHS helped you to.....
	A lot	A little	Not a lot	Don't know
have a voice in informing food and health policies
build capacity, confidence, and enthusiasm of yourself and the voluntary/community food and health sector to be better able to do their job
access opportunities for networking, sharing experiences/learning, and collaboration

Q14a Can you give an example when CFHS has helped you?

Q15 How has the work of CFHS helped your organisation/group the most?

Q16 Has the work of CFHS made a difference for you as an individual?

Yes

Q16a Please identify from the list below how you have benefited?

I have increased knowledge and awareness of food and health generally

I have increased knowledge and awareness of specific topics and food/health (e.g. older people, BMEs, homelessness, mental health, etc.)

I have increased confidence in food and health work

I have developed new skills

I have developed new contacts and networks

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q17 Has the work of CFHS made a difference for your group/organisation?

Yes

Q17a Please identify from the list below how your group/organisation has benefited?

We are better able to meet the needs of local communities

We have developed resilience in our work

We have increased the reach of our work

We work more with other groups/organisations

We are better able to demonstrate the impact of our work

We have increased skills to carry out our work

We have increased capacity to support local communities

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q18 Has there been any impacts/changes for the communities you work with?

Yes

Q18a What impacts/changes have you seen?

Communities have a greater involvement in local food and health activities

Communities have a greater say in local food and health issues

Work on food and health is undertaken on a more collaborative basis

There are more opportunities to network with other groups/organisations

There are more opportunities to share experiences and learning with other groups/organisations

There are more opportunities to undertake joint work and collaborate with other groups/organisations

Other (Please specify below)

Other

Q19 To help us illustrate the changes, please provide some practical examples of how the work of CFHS has supported your organisation/group to make a difference to the health and diet of local communities?

Section 5 - Future

Q20 What are your organisation’s/group’s top three priorities around food and health improvement for the future?
1
2
3

Other

Q22 Please expand on any specific developments you would like CFHS to take forward in the future

Q23 Please provide any final comments or anything you would like to say which hasn’t been covered in this questionnaire

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Q11 Please rate your satisfaction with CFHS support/services against the following criteria?

Relevance of support/services

Range of support/services offered

Quality of support/services

Accessibility of support/services