SURVEY OF BIRMINGHAM ANGLICANS WITHINVOLVEMENT IN MALAWI
NB: By filling in this form you are confirming that you are consenting to Revd Richard Tucker holding and processing your personal data for the purpose of research for his forthcoming book. Remarks from survey answers may be quoted in Richard’s projected book, but they will be made anonymous. If you would rather your comments were not quoted anonymously in the book, you change your mind about your involvement at any point, or you have any queries about this survey, please contact .
Comments of interest for the future running of the partnership may be passed by Richard to Revd Paul Bracher, the current Malawi Partnership Officer at the Church of England – Birmingham. Personal data will not be shared with any other party.
- Your name and title please…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Your email address [this will not be shared]………………………………….……………………………………………..
- A. If clergy/ diocesan officer: Your post[s] in Birmingham diocese, with dates …………………………...
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[if your entry in Crockford is correct and complete, please feel free to say so and leave it at that]
B. If lay: The church[es] where you are [were] a member……………………………………………………………
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- How were you drawn into supporting the Malawi Birmingham Partnership? …………………………....
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The nature of your current or past involvement
- Fundraising, gifts, communication, prayer
Do you or does your parish support?:-the General Fund …………………………………………………………….
- projects supported by B’ham diocese [please specify]…….……………………………………………………..
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-projects particular to your own parish [please specify]…………………………………………………………..
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-Other financial support, e.g. school fees [please specify]………………………………………………………..
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-Sending gifts by Malawi container…………………………………………….....………………………………......
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-Communication: emails, Whatsapp, social media etc……………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
-Regular prayer support………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- Have you attended Malawi ‘profile-raising’ or returnees’ events:
- Diocesan?......
-Organised by your parish or another one?......
How useful would you rate them? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Have you visited Malawi? If so, when and where, approx.? For what purpose? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Did your visit[s] change you in any way? Or the way you go about your work?...... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
What did you give and what did you receive?...... …………………………………………….……………………......
Any other reflections, possibly many years on?...... …………………………………………………………………………….………….………………………………………………………......
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- Have you given hospitality to[a] visitor[s] from Malawi in your home? For a meal? To stay overnight? If so, whom and when? ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
As 6. above: Did the hospitality change you?......
What did you give and what did you receive? …………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Other reflections?……..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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- Does/ did your parish have a parish link with a Malawian one? If so, with where? When did it begin, if you know? Does it continue? ………………………………………………………………………………………………
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How is it sustained? - Emails, Whatsapp, social media? texts, photos, letters?...... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- Visits? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......
- Financial support? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......
Your experience of the parish link……………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Any reflections on the parish link …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Have you any other joys, sorrows or frustrations from your contact with Malawi to mention?
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- Any other general comments on the Partnership and its value? ……………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Can you suggest any ways in which it could be developed or improved? …………………..……………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Would you welcome the chance of atelephone or a personal interview to supplement what you have said above? [if so, please give your phone no.] ………………………………………………………………….
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Thank you for your help!
Please email your completed survey to:
Richard Tucker
Malawi Partnership Officer, 2011-17
2/2018