Middlesbrough Council - Voiceover Citizens' Panel Survey

Voiceover Citizens' Panel Survey

Consultation Overview/Background
The Voiceover Citizens’ Panel was initially established in 1999 and comprises of 1,250 Middlesbrough residents, forming a representative sample of the town’s population in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and employment status. The panel membership is refreshed on a regular basis to ensure it remains representative of the town and to avoid consultation fatigue and keep response rates high.

Residents are randomly selected and invited to join the Voiceover Panel. Panel members agree to respond to up to three postal/online surveys a year and are consulted on a range of strategic and service issues.

The June 2008 survey contains the following topics

Neighbourhood Safety
CCTV
Social Care Schools
Improving Primary Education
Prissick Pitch and Put
Newham Grange Farm

The November 2008 survey contains the following topics

Middlesbrough News
Fairtrade
Mima
Tall Ships
Equalities Monitoring

The April 2009 survey contains the following topics

Middlesbrough Town Centre
Highway Maintenance
Road Safety and Traffic
The Transporter Bridge
Cycling

The August 2009 survey contains the following topics

Libraries
Middlesbrough Events

The March 2010 survey contains the following topics

Street Trading
Climate Change
Crime and Anti Social Behaviour
Events / Discussions

The November 2010 survey contains the following topics

General Election
Childcare Needs
Green and Open Spaces

The June 2011 survey contains the following topics

Healthy Living
Your Local Area
Council Services
Volunteering
Crime and Anti Social Behaviour

The Voiceover Panel includes 1250 Middlesbrough residents from all backgrounds and all areas of Middlesbrough. To ensure that the panel mirrors the population of Middlesbrough, people are selected on the basis of age, gender, ethnicity and the ward they live in. The complete panel is designed to be representative of the city as a whole.

When is the consultation taking place: Between two and three times a year

Feedback: The latest newsletters can be found by selecting the supporting documents tab below.

Please note that each newsletter provides summary analysis for the previous survey.

Access:: No login required
Status:: Closed
Privacy:: If you take part: your name will not be shown, your answers will not be shown, your town/city will not be shown
Service Area:: Performance and Policy
Contact Name:: Lorraine McDonald
Contact Email:: lorraine_mcdonald@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Contact Telephone:: 01642729231
Consultation Reason:: The aims of the Voiceover Panel are to: *Provide a vehicle for the expression of local community opinion in response to central government encouragement for all local authorities to engage more effectively with local people. *To give local residents the potential to influence decision making and improve service delivery *To consult residents on a range of strategic and service based issues. *To establish baseline perception information then track changes in views and priorities over time *To access local opinion in a cost effective manner.
Consultation Method:: Panel members are consulted through self reporting postal surveys
Consultation Area:: All Wards
Age:: All age groups
Gender:: All
Ethnic Origin:: All ethnic groups
Disability:: All population / not disability specific
Feedback methods:: The results of the surveys are analysed and results forwarded to the relevant council service areas and external partners such as the Police, Fire Service etc. A report highlighting the key findings is circulated to senior council officers and elected members. Panel members are kept informed of the results of the surveys via a newsletter. The latest newsletters can be found in the Result files tab.
Feedback date:: Three times a year

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Voiceover Citizens' Panel Survey