Meeting the needs of the Armed Forces Commmunity

1. This survey is about how domestic abuse and sexual violence support services can better meet the needs of serving personnel or their family members.

The questions are primarily aimed at anyone from the British armed forces community (Royal Navy, British Army, RAF) who has used domestic abuse or sexual violence support services, regardless of how long ago or the type of service it was (e.g. one to one support, group work programmes, or counselling).

You are also welcome to complete the survey if you haven't used these services yourself, but you are a current or former serving person, or family member of a serving person, and you want to share your thoughts.

The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. Your answers will be completely anonymous and you are not required to provide your name or contact details, unless you wish to do so.

To begin, please tell us a bit about you. Are you: *

2. If you are a serving person, or a family member of a serving person, are you currently based: *

In the UK
Overseas

3. Have you personally accessed domestic abuse or sexual violence/abuse support services before? *

4. If you have accessed support yourself, was the service able to meet your support needs at the time?

Yes - completely
Yes - somewhat
No

Could you say a bit more about that? What was done well? What could have been better?

5. If you were seeking support in relation to domestic abuse or sexual violence, what factors would be most important to you when choosing a service?

There are 10 options below. Please rank them in order of importance, with 1 being most important and 10 being least important

As you rank the answers they will change position in the table. You can also add your own thoughts and additional comments at the end.

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A service that is recommended by someone I know
Staff with knowledge and understanding of the armed forces community
Staff with relevant qualifications
Knowledge of armed forces policy and procedure
Being able to refer myself (so I don't have to go through other services or personnel to get support)
Flexible ways to make contact with the service (phone, email, messaging service)
Good working relationships with other services relevant to my case (e.g. welfare, police)
The ability to meet a support worker face to face
Experts in domestic abuse and/or sexual violence
Able to support me at court/court martial

Other answers/Additional comments:

6. What might discourage you from seeking support from an external service around these issues?

What things would you be concerned or worried about? What would put you off?

If you have no concerns, please enter 'not applicable' or 'N/A'

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Additional comments:

7. What one thing could services do to make themselves more accessible to the armed forces community, or better meet their needs? *

8. Please use this box to record any other comments or feedback you may have

9. Would you be interested in giving us your thoughts on this subject in more detail by taking part in a one to one interview or focus group?

If so, please leave your name and preferred contact details in the box below and we will be in touch with some more information.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

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