Steering group fifth meeting

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The main survey questionnaire was reviewed at tonight's meeting, prior to production and distribution later this month. Raising the publicity profile of the survey is now a priority task.

The questionnaire can be found here.

Reports were received about collaboration with Gweini and CYTUN projects funded by FCCBF, their involvement in the conference planning and participation, also in publication of each other's research findings.

The Steering Group will be represented at a 'Best Practice consultation with Faith Groups' seminar organised for public service workers and local government officers in Bristol on 10th October.

Meeting minutes here

Survey preparations

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At a meeting of the research team with Roy and Keith today, important steps were made toward finalising the content of the survey questionnaire, and formulating questions to be included in the November edition of the 'Ask Cardiff' circulated via 'The Capital Times' to 6,000 households in the County Borough. The latter will give the project enquiry an added dimension in gathering views of a wide range of citizens about the place of religion and religious communities in the life of the City. The project survey questions will be addressed to organised religious groups, rather than the general public.

Shaping the enquiry

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Meeting today with our project researcher Rebecca Edwards, to look at questionnaire design, and promotion and publicity. 'Becca produced some interesting background research reading material on the diversity of views and attitudes to be found within different religious communities. Stories which might be the basis of particular case studies are beginning to emerge.

We need to encourage steering group members to contribute stories which illustrate both the social contributions made by religious communities, and which illustrate the positive and negative sides of relations between religious groups and agencies of national and local government.