You are here: Home > WildPlay > What's on > Early Years > Parents Questionnaire

Parents Questionnaire

WildPlay is a children’s play initiative based at Herefordshire Nature Trust. We run outreach, open access play sessions across the county, encouraging children of all ages and their families to come outside and enjoy their parks and green spaces! We strive towards giving children the opportunities to play that we had, the challenges that we set ourselves and the element of risk that all
children need and cherish. We offer children the opportunity to build dens, playing waterways, learn how to cook on a campfire, be creative, dress up and above all be free to play in the ways that they choose. We offer parents the opportunities to enjoy playing  outdoors with their children, or to know that their children are supervised while playing with their friends in local green spaces. Through this we hope to foster a keen interest and love for the outdoors, natural history and environment.

WildPlay funding is coming to an end but we are applying for more to help us to support adults in local communities to learn how to support children’s outdoor play and to get a qualification along the way!

Please help us by filling in this questionnaire!

We would be extremely grateful if you could take a few moments to complete the following questionnaire. Your feedback will be fundamental to the continued work of WildPlay in Herefordshire. All responses will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Please tick the answer or answers you feel describe you, there may be more than one for each question.

 

Questionnaire

Your name: * Required
Where you live?:
Are you: Mum    Dad    Grandparent     Childminder
Childcare worker

 

  • Have you heard of WildPlay before? 
Yes     
No

 

  • How many times have you or your children been to a WildPlay event?
1 - 5     
6 - 10     
10 - 15     
15+      

 

  • Which WildPlay sessions have you been to?
Large event      
At local park     
Outdoor Play Training
WildPlay at Sure Start     
WildPlay at a Nursery/ School    

 

  • What prevents you from coming to more WildPlay events?
No WildPlay events in your local area
Transport
Don’t know its on
Children don’t want to come

 

  • Do you feel that your children are more interested in playing outdoors when they have been out with WildPlay?
Yes
No

 

  • Where do the children play in your community?
Garden
Street
Local woods
Fields
Open space within estate
Park
Don't play outside

 

  • What do the children aged 5-12 years old in your community tend to do for fun?
Ride bikes
Play on play equipment
Sit and chat in a group
Play sports
Engage with nature
Vandalise

 

  • What age are the children who play outdoors?

 

  • What is available for children to do in your local community?
School
Sure Start
Park
Community Centre
Community events
Friends to play with
Accessible countryside
Other:

 

  • Which of the following differences would WildPlay make in your community?
Children play outdoors more
Young People more interested in their environment
Adults would appreciate why children need to play
Less antisocial behaviour
The community would use their park more

 

  • How did you or your children benefit from coming to the event?

 

  • If you would be interested in learning how to support outdoor play in your local community please write your email address here

 

 

Thank you for completing this questionnaire  

Herefordshire Nature Trust is a registered charity, number 220173, and a company limited by guarantee, number 743899.
Registered Office: Lower House Farm, Ledbury Rd, Tupsley, Hereford, HR1 1UT

Last updated Tuesday November 16, 2010 © Herefordshire Nature Trust 2007. All rights reserved.
Protecting Wildlife for the Future