Outstrays to Skeffling Learning

The Environment Agency is carrying out a short piece of research to better understand if - and how - community attitudes and perceptions of the Outstrays to Skeffling Managed Realignment Scheme have changed over time.

We’d like to hear your honest views - both positive and negative - to help us learn lessons for future projects of this kind.

Your responses will be kept confidential and used solely to inform reporting and learning about this type of work. All data will be stored securely and accessed only by authorised staff at Icarus Collective Ltd, the independent research organisation conducting the study on behalf of the Environment Agency. You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your data at any time. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact: helen@icarus.uk.net

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The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete, and we'd appreciate it if you could complete it before 20th July.

1. How would you describe your connection to the scheme (please tick all that apply). *

2. When / how did you first hear about the scheme?

3. When you first heard about the managed realignment scheme, how did it make you feel? *

4. Please briefly explain what your main concerns or hopes were at the start? *

5. To what extent have your views about the scheme changed over time?

They have become more positive
They have become more negative
They have stayed the same
They have changed over time, to be both more positive and more negative at different points
I'm not sure

6. If your views have changed, what do you think the main reasons were for those changes (please tick all that apply)?

Better understanding of the need for the scheme
Better understanding of the benefits of the scheme
Changes to the project design or delivery
Communication from the Environment Agency
Conversations with others in the community
Conversations with contractors working on the scheme
My views have not changed
Other (please specify):

Please explain why you have responded in this way - for example, what methods have helped build understanding, which communication methods from the Environment Agency have helped you understand more etc.

7. How do you feel about the project now?

8. What do you think are the main positive impacts of the project for you and your community, if any?

9. What do you think are the main negative impacts of the project for you and your community, if any?

10. Do you now have concerns or worries about the project or how it has been / is being carried out?

Yes
No
Not sure

If yes, please briefly explain: