Barnsley Voice 21

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Barnsley Voice 21

• Results presentation to Cabinet
  by Sandy Ochojna
• 14/02/07

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Objectives

• THE SURVEY
• To explore
• Access to services without a car
• Crime and Community Safety
• Public spaces (cleanliness)
• Welfare Rights
• Exercise and physical activity
• Health
• THIS PRESENTATION
• To present some key findings and highlight
  implications for services

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Fieldwork

• Postal self-completion survey
• Out In
• Random sample 6000 767
• Panellist 674 347
• 1114
• Dates September 18 November 6, 2006
• Data balanced to be representative of the Borough

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Access to Services
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Ease of getting to places without a car
Area of least accessibility Dearne North/Dearne
South 66 Stairfoot/Worsbrough
66 Stairfoot/Worsbrough 52 Stairfoot/Worsbroug
h 47 Darton East/Darton West/Dodworth
46 Stairfoot/Worsbrough 35 Penistone
East/Penistone West 31 Stairfoot/Worsbrough
20 Dearne North/Dearne South 22 Penistone
East/Penistone West 12
very/fairly easy
Base All responding see legend (weighted)
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Do you feel you can influence priorities for
Net agree ( yes -
no) -23 -33 -38 -37 -44 -46
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Access summary

• Stairfoot/Worsbrough
• Dearne North/Dearne South
• Penistone East/Penistone West

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Crime Community Safety
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The Context
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Parental responsibility
Household composition
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Crime in general is falling?
Area Forum
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Concern about types of crime in the area where
you live
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Concern about types of crime in the area where
you live by Forum Area
8 most concerned significantly more likely to
say very concerned 4 least concerned
significantly less likely to say very concerned
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Level of concern previous waves
Base See legend (weighted)
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Concern about types of anti-social behaviour in
the area where you live
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Concern about types of anti-social behaviour in
the area where you live previous waves
Base See legend (weighted)
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Summary

• three quarters of respondents believe people in
  their neighbourhood treat others with respect and
  consideration. Half think people are made to
  take responsibility for their children
• one quarter (25) believe that crime in general
  is falling two thirds (71) think otherwise
• drug related crime and theft from home or
  property cause the greatest concern
• major anti-social issues revolve around
• underage drinking (41 very concerned)
• litter/rubbish lying around (41 very concerned)
• drug abuse (38 very concerned)
• nuisance behaviour by youths (34 very concerned)
• hot spots Dearne North/Dearne South

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Cleanliness of the Borough
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Barnsley Councils performance in improving the
cleanliness of Barnsley as a whole
Area Forum
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Barnsley Councils performance in improving the
cleanliness of your local area
Area Forum
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Satisfaction with cleanliness of parks opens
spaces in Barnsley as a whole
Net ( sat. - dissat.) 5 32 21 9 5 5 2
0 0 -16
Area Forum
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Satisfaction with cleanliness of parks opens
spaces in your neighbourhood
Net ( sat. - dissat.) 2 30 28 21 16 14 -
2 -13 -25 -37
Area Forum
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Barnsley Councils performance in improving the
cleanliness of parks open spaces in your local
area
Area Forum
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Summary

• Improving cleanliness 24 see good performance,
  26 see poor performance
• locally, residents in Darton East/Darton
  West/Dodworth are least likely to have seen
  progress
• Overall, respondents are satisfied with the
  cleanliness of parks open spaces across the
  borough (net balance 5). Locally net
  satisfaction is
• lowest Dearne North/Dearne South and
  Cudworth/North East, higher Penistone
  East/Penistone West and Hoyland Milton/
  Rockingham
• At local level, 25 are happy with the Councils
  progress to improve cleanliness of parks open
  spaces while 32 are not
• Dearne North/Dearne South is where progress is
  considered to be the weakest

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Welfare Rights
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Awareness of the Welfare Rights Service
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Is Welfare Rights an important service that your
council should be providing
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Awareness of all the benefits entitled to
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Know enough about benefits/topics to make a claim
if needed
Children in h/h 78 knowledgeable
Long term sick 54 knowledgeable
Children in h/h 49 knowledgeable
Unemployed 64 knowledgeable
In employment 46 knowledgeable
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Most important aspects of Welfare Rights Service
Base All 1,114 (weighted)
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Overall satisfaction with your most recent enquiry
Base All answering Q30 111 (weighted)
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Summary

• half of respondents (45) are aware of the
  Welfare Rights Service
• nine out of ten respondents believe the WRS to be
  an important service
• two fifths of respondents are aware of the
  benefits they or their family may be entitled to
• the most important aspects of the WRS are
  considered to be
• confidentiality
• staff competence
• an easy to use service

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Barnsley Voice 22?

• Whats the problem in Dearne North/Dearne South?
• Why do people in Stairfoot/Worsbrough find it
  relatively difficult to access services?
• Does anti-social behaviour young people?

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Household composition
Area Forum
Base All non panellists 1,114 (weighted)
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Length of time at current address
Area Forum