Please give us YOUR feedback We would be very grateful if you could help us by filling in this survey.  It should take you less than 10 minutes.  We value your views on the services we provide now - and that we could provide in the near future. If you are completing this on behalf of a group, then Questions 1, 4, 6, 10 - 14 are not applicable, so skip these and just answer the ones that are.

1.	Where applicable, which venue have you visited today?

2.	Below you'll find a full list of the arts, museums and archives services these three councils are considering providing together.   Please select all the venues you have visited in the past 5 years.
	Aldershot - Military Museum
	Aldershot - West End Arts Centre
	Alton - Allen Gallery / Curtis Museum
	Andover Museum
	Basingstoke - Milestones
	Basingstoke - Willis Museum
	Basingstoke - Basing House
	Bursledon Windmill
	Christchurch - Red House Museum
	Eastleigh Museum
	Fareham - Westbury Museum
	Fareham - Ashcroft Arts Centre
	Arts and Museums programme & SEARCH at Gosport Discovery Centre
	New Forest - St Barbes Museum
	New Forest Arts Centre
	Rockbourne Roman Villa
	Southampton Sea City Museum
	Southampton City Art Gallery
	Southampton Tudor House Museum
	Southampton Archives
	Arts and Museums programme at Winchester Discovery Centre
	Winchester Great Hall Arts Programme (eg Janet Cardiff 40 part motet)
	Winchester Westgate
	Winchester City Museum
	None of these

3.	Thinking generally across all the venues listed in Q2 that you know / have been to, what would you say are their strengths?   Please select as many as appropriate
	Good opening hours
	Convenient parking
	Free entry
	Family-friendly
	Ease of getting information
	Value for money
	Hold ‘must see’ quality exhibitions
	Hold ‘must see’ shows & events
	Aimed at people like me
	Level access
	Modern, up-to-date approach
	Staff knowledge and guidance

Any weaknesses, please write in

4.	What, if anything, deters you from visiting local museums and galleries nowadays? Please circle as many as appropriate
	Lack of disabled facilities
	Lack of leisure time
	Just not interested in that sort of thing
	Other family members don't want to go
	Don't know what's on there
	Expect it to cost a lot / be poor value
	They are not aimed at people like me
	Access to transport to get me there
	None of these

Hampshire County Council, Southampton City Council and Winchester City Council are key providers of local public services.

5.	How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with each of the following services they provide? Please select one response per row
		Very satisfied		Fairly satisfied		Neutral		Fairly dissatisfied		Very dissatisfied		Don't know
	Museums and galleries
	Arts venues

6.	How frequently do you use each of these services? Please select one response per row
		At least once a week		About once a month		within the last 6 months		Within last year		Longer ago		Not in last 5 years
	Museums and galleries
	Arts venues

This survey is part of a public consultation process into a proposal to integrate the services of Hampshire County Council Arts and Museums, Southampton City Council Arts and Heritage and Winchester City Council Museums Service into a single independent organisation in the form of a Charitable Trust.  Please read the statement below in bold which describes the anticipated benefits of such an arrangement and then give us your views on this plan.

This plan aims to give Hampshire, Southampton and Winchester a single strong cultural voice and make the most of the county's rich cultural inheritance.  The expected advantages are:                                           ·Benefit from thinking big in our programming                                           ·Topical programmes mixing local with national                                           ·A strong and innovative digital presence                                           ·Bigger shared collective pool of resource and expertise                                           ·Larger, stronger team with confidence to be bold and ambitious                                           ·Strong community identity and local branding                                           ·Safeguarding cultural heritage for grandchildren                                           ·Better use of tax-payers’ funding

7.	If this plan were to go ahead what do you hope it might achieve for you/your family / local residents? Please select as many as appropriate
	Longer opening hours / evening opening		Fresh, modern approach to culture
	Improvements to buildings		Great value cultural ‘passport’ to participating venues
	Improvements to the services overall		More chance for me to have my say
	Greater sense of pride in Hampshire / my city		More big ‘must see’ quality shows, events and exhibitions
	One-stop cultural tourism website		More support for small-scale community museums
	Venues that are free, stay free		Better links with shopping and eating places
	Improved value for money		Better links with entertainment and creative sectors
	More ‘what's on’ information		More opportunities to discover and learn

8.	And if this plan goes ahead what do you consider might be the disadvantages to the services currently offered?
	No obvious disadvantages
	Loss of local identity
	General concern about change
	Increased charges

Others, write in

9.	Do you feel this plan makes sense?
	Yes, definitely
	Yes, probably
	I would need to know more
	No

About You

10.	Which gender are you?
	Male
	Female

11.	Which age-bracket do you fall into?
	16-24
	25-44
	45-64
	65+

12.	Do you have any long-standing illness, infirmity or disability?
	Yes
	No

13.	Do you have children aged 17 or under living at home?
	Yes
	No

14.	To which of these groups do you consider you belong to?
	White
	Black or Black British
	Asian or Asian British
	Other ethnic group

15.	Which kind of community do you live in?
	Urban
	Rural

16.	Purely for analysis purposes what is your postcode?

17.	Are you a designated stakeholder responding to an email invitation to do this survey?
	Yes, I am a stakeholder
	No, I'm a member of the general public

18.	If you are completing as a stakeholder, which type of organisation are you?
	Parish Council
	Town Council
	School
	Further/ higher education establishment
	Friend organisation
	Internal partner eg WCC Manager
	Other

Thank you very much for your help in completing this questionnaire.   Hampshire County Council and its commissioned agents adhere to the requirements of the UK Data Protection Act 1998. The information you give is confidential and will only be used for research purposes

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