The Dorset Citizens' Panel is a representative
group of 3000 members of the public from
across Dorset.
The Panels are organised by Dorset County Council and
Purbeck District Council has participated since 2008 with a
section of questions for its own residents. There are 500
participants for Purbeck and an average of 300 respond to each
survey.
The Panel members complete postal surveys 3 times
a year. They may also be invited by Dorset Council
Council to attend face-to-face consultation meetings from time to
time.
Each year, a third of the Panel (1000 Members)
is refreshed so that no Panel member can serve for more than three
years.
To ensure that everybody in Dorset has an
equal chance of being selected to be on the Panel, recruitment is
based on random sampling methods. Volunteers for the Panel are not
accepted.
The Panel is one of the ways in which we
consult local people and find out their views. This includes
seeking the views of the users of our services and also the
non-users, particularly in relation to front-line services such as
Environmental Services, Benefits, Development Control and the
Sports Centre.
The questions vary each time. Some
questions are asked annually so that trends can be measured over
time. Other questions are one-offs where we need to ask views
on a particular topical subject.
Purbeck District Council's Corporate Strategy
expresses that it must be an effective, motivated and
customer-focused organisation and have key targets to
achieve its priorities for change, with measurable outcomes,
for the District. The results of the Citizens' Panel
are an aid to the council's measurement of these outcomes.
Results and Analysis
Here are the results and analysis of our Citizens' Panel
questionnaires:
Contact: Communications Officer, Purbeck
District Council. Telephone: 01929 557201
Want to find out more?
If you are a member of our Citizens Panel and
have a change of address, or would like to find out some more
information please contact the Market Research Company:
Lisa Stuchberry, The Market Research Group
Dorset House, Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5BB
Telephone: 01202 964794
Email: lstuchberry@bournemouth.ac.uk