Lancashire FA Membership - How Can It Benefit You?

Over the past couple of years, we have been working hard to modernise our governance structure at Lancashire FA. As part of this update, our attention is now turning to our membership offering so we can fulfil our promises of creating a wide-reaching scheme that offers greater benefits to many more of the diverse footballing groups that take part in the game. We need your input here. Tell us which benefits are valuable to you in your main role in football, and share the areas of the game that you feel need the most focus, energy and support to create both a thriving football infrastructure that future generations can enjoy, and to drive up standards from within the game for everyone to benefit from. We are conscious that you may be receiving many survey requests at the moment around football from The FA. This survey relates specifically to the Lancashire area, and will directly influence the future of local football. We will use this information to shape our strategy for reinvestment into the game in Lancashire going forwards. To thank you for sharing your views, once we have received sufficient survey responses we will close the survey and enter you into a random prize draw to win: *two tickets to an England match (non-transferable/non-refundable). *five £100 vouchers for equipment, kit and footwear from Nike. (valid for 6 months). To keep your survey information anonymous, we will provide you with a separate link at the end of the survey where you can submit your name and email address to be entered into the draw. Within this separate link, you will also be provided with the opportunity to 'opt in' to joining an 'in person' discussion forum to provide more of your thoughts on Lancashire FA's Membership offering. Please feel free to share this survey widely within your network so that we can hear as many views from the community as possible. Instructions: *This is an anonymous survey. *Please complete this survey with your MAIN role in football in mind. *If you are a young person, completing this survey, you may want to ask for support from your parent, guardian or caregiver. *We have included demographic questions at the end of this survey, which we are asking to all over 16s. This information will be used to help us plan inclusive programmes and services that are accessible for all community members. *We will ask you to provide your name and email address via a separate link at the end of the survey. This will be used to contact you if you have won one of the prizes offered for entering this survey or to invite you to a discussion forum if you have chosen this option and would like to share more of your thoughts with us in person. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas and views with us. We will keep you posted via our usual social media channels and newsletter as our membership plans develop.
 

Involvement in Football

So we can understand the differing needs and requirements of those within our footballing community, please let us know how you are involved in the Game
 
We are aware that many Volunteers do multiple roles within football. Please complete this survey from the perspective of the 'main' role that you do.
 

Benefits

Please share with us how valuable the following benefits are to you in your main footballing role. This will help us shape a valuable membership offering, that meets your needs. Please use the following criteria: o 4 - Very Valuable (a key, high priority benefit for me) o 3 - Of Some Value (an ‘occasional use’ benefit - still worth including) o 2 - Little Value (unlikely to use, and of little value to me) o 1 - No Value (do not include for me)
 

Raising Standards in the Game

Based on the concerns raised by many members of our football community over the years regarding the standards in football, we are very interested in identifying the key areas of the game that you feel require our focus to drive up standards in football and improve the environment for all participants. Please share your perspective on the priority level for each of the following areas of the game.
 
 
This relates to either 3G or Grass Pitches.
 
This relates to either 3G or Grass Pitches
 
 
 
 
To both progress my role in football, and provide support for using the various FA sites and systems.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hate Crimes are defined as any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice, based on a person's disability or perceived disability; race or perceived race; or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity or perceived transgender identity.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This could involve supporting Clubs or Leagues to set up a website and their social media.
 
 
This will help us to clearly prioritise the areas of the game that are of greatest importance - please only choose 3.
 
Please share any other priority areas that you feel require focus to drive up standards within football.
 
 
Please share any particular groups within football that you feel may need targeted initiatives to increase participation. Feel free to share any particular initiatives that you think would be helpful for these groups.
 
 
 
 

Current Membership Benefits

 
Are you aware of the current membership benefits at Lancashire FA?
 

Diversity Demographics

These questions help us understand our football community better and plan inclusive activities and programmes that are suitable for everyone. We will only be requesting diversity demographic data for people aged 16 and over.
 
 

Prize Draw Entry & Discussion Forum Invitation

In order to preserve the anonymity of the information you have provided, we are collecting contact details separately from this form. When you go to https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/41011a6c333a43b491e47b73df89971e you will be able to provide your name and contact details in order to be entered into the prize draw. You will also be given the option to 'opt in' to joining an 'in person' discussion forum where you will be able to share more of your thoughts with us, as we know surveys can only go so far in collecting ideas and opinions. Use of Personal Data Once we have collected your contact details, we will be using this information for the purposes of: 1. Contacting you if you have won one of the prizes offered for sharing your thoughts and views on this survey. 2. Contacting you to invite you to a discussion forum ONLY IF you have chosen to 'opt in' to this option. Once again, thank you very much for completing this survey - it will really help us shape our membership offering with your requirements in mind.