COMMUNITY SURVEY
In April 2009 all the homes in the Parish received a leaflet sharing the latest news about our plans to develop the hall site. We took this opportunity to survey a representative number of homes to gauge their support for the project and also to collect data about previous hall use and importantly, intended future use.

In total 159 homes gave feedback for the survey showing an encouraging response for the project. Nearly 85% said they would support the project in some way or other and over 75% indicated they would probably use the new hall in the future. This is really encouraging as it includes people who have not historically had occasion to use the current hall premises. Since the survey there have also been a number of financial gifts made directly to the church office to support the project. This direct support from the community is greatly appreciated.

The following charts more fully represent the results of the survey

HISTORY OF HALL USE

159 Houses surveyed

Used Hall Before	104
One off Use	37
Regular Use	43
Both Regular and one off Uses	23

1 house did not indicate how used hall previously

86 out of 104 hall users expressed interest to use it again.
Of 55 houses who had not used hall, 39 expressed interest to use the new hall

INDICATED SUPPORT FROM SURVEY

159 Houses surveyed

How indicated support for project
	104 Used hall before	55 Not used hall before
Support events	71	31
Fund Raising Activities	9	3
Direct Giving	6	2
Other	8	4
No support	10	15

SUPPORT OFFERED FOR PROJECT

159 Houses surveyed

How indicated support for project	Responses
Support events	102
Fund Raising Activities	12
Direct Giving	8
Other	12
No support	25

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