2 Questionnaire sent to RFFs

Questions about relationship with regional governance

1. Which of the regional governance structures do you work with?

2. Are there sub-regional or other structures of governance that you work with?
If so please say what they are.

3. Do you work with identified officers? If so who are they (job title rather than name)?

4. Are there regional or sub-regional or other structures of governance that you would like to work with but do not? If so what are the barriers that prevent this happening?

5. Does the Regional Forum of Faiths have formal representation on any regional or sub-regional structures? If so please describe these.

6. Has the relationship with the regional forms of governance shaped the pattern of representation that the Forum has adopted? If so please give details.

7. What is most effective in the way that the Forum relates to the structures of governance in the region? What should or could be changed to improve this?

8. What are the weakest points in the way the Forum relates to the structures of governance? What could or should be done to improve this situation?

9. Is there anything else that you would like to say about the relationship between the Forum and governance structures in the Region that we have not given you the opportunity to say?

Questions about social action, regeneration and community development

10. Bearing in mind the material that FbRN used in its publication Priceless, Unmeasurable? Faiths and Community Development in 21st Century England, to which you contributed and a copy of which is attached, is there anything you would like to add about the extent and role of faith based social action, regeneration and community development in the Region?

11. Does the Forum directly undertake social action, regeneration or community development? If you do please give details and examples; how do you measure the effectiveness of what you do?

12. Does the Forum offer support for social action, regeneration or community development? What form does this take?

13. Would the Forum wish to offer more support, or become more involved in these activities? If so please say what this would be. What would be the challenges and opportunities associated with offering such support?

14. What other organisations, both faith based and non faith, are there that support groups engaging in faith based social action, regeneration and community development in the Region?

15. What other organisations has your Forum worked with in supporting faith based social action, regeneration and community development in the Region?

16. What government interventions affect faith based social action, regeneration and community development in the Region? In what way?

17. What funding or other support did the Forum receive for its work in connection with faith based social action, regeneration or community development in the current and previous financial years? (2006-7 and 2007-8)

18. Does the funding you receive include full cost recovery in respect of your work on social action, regeneration and community development?

19. Do you have any further comments on the funding or support for this type of work?

20. How many staff do you have working on faith based social action, regeneration and community development?

21. What support and assistance would help to make your Regional Forum of Faith as effective and comprehensive as you would like to be in faith based social action, regeneration and community development?

22. Is there anything else that you would like to say about social action, regeneration or community development or ways the work of the Forum benefits the wider community?

General

23. To what extent do you feel supported in these areas of your work by regional and national government agencies and Third Sector infrastructure bodies?

24. Is there anything else that you think we need to know?