SPORT IN CAMBRIDGE QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR UNIVERSITY SPORT SOCIETY CAPTAINS It is intended that this questionnaire will be used as the basis of a report into Cambridge sports, including facilities, funding and equality. Your responses are very important to us and if you have any comments to make in addition to answers given then please contact the Hayley Simmonds, womens-sport@cusu.cam.ac.uk. If you would be happy for us to contact you further to assist our research then please leave your email address. Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions and help us in the writing of what will be a milestone report on opportunities in Cambridge sport. You and your club 1. What position do you hold within your society? ................................................................................................................... 2. Is your society open to both males and females? If so, are the men’s and women’s divisions run separately, or together? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... 3. What are your experiences of your society, (mens/womens sections individually and as a whole), and the way in which it is run? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... Facilities 4. What facilities, (e.g. equipment, training rooms, pitches for practice/competition, transport), does your society have and who are these facilities provided/owned by? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... 5. Do you feel that the facilities you have are adequate? Yes/No/Don’t know What, if any, improvements would you like to see in terms of facilities, and how do you think these improvements would have an impact on your society? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... 6. Do you share facilities with other societies/teams, (including your male/female equivalent University team)? Yes/No Comments? ............................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... 7. What is your experience of sharing facilities? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... Funding 8. Where does your society’s funding come from? .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... 9. What proportion of your society’s funding, (roughly), is… a) corporate, (on average per annum)? ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… b) University Sport’s Syndicate? ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… c) personal athlete expenditure, (average per athlete, including any annual subs costs)? ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… 10. How, if at all, does funding, or lack of, affect your society? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 11. Does the cost of participating in your sport/joining your society have an impact on who takes part in your society? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 12. Do you feel that there is adequate support offered to individual athletes in terms of funding from colleges/other University bodies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Publicity 13. How many times per season does your society get coverage in… a) University media? ……………………………………………………………………………… b) Local or National media? ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Please elaborate/explain................................................................................. ……………………………………………………………………………… 14. Do you feel that this coverage is fair and/or proportionate? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Finally, in general… 15. Do men and women have equal opportunities to play sport in Cambridge? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 16. Do men and women get equal recognition for playing sport in Cambridge? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17. Do men and women get equal funding for playing sport in Cambridge? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 18. How, if at all, has inequality affected your experiences of sport in Cambridge? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 19. What changes would you like to see made that you think would most benefit your society and its performances the most? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… .................................................................................................................................... 20. Do you have any further comments you would like to make in relation to the survey or the issue? ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………...... If you are happy to be contacted further in relation to this questionnaire and Cambridge sport then please enter your email address here: ……………..@cam.ac.uk Thank you once again for answering these questions and assisting us in our research.