Survey 1: How can Sheffield prevent and respond to domestic abuse, sexual violence and violence against women and girls (VAWG)?

Introduction:
We want to know what matters to Sheffield residents when making new plans to prevent and respond to the following:

• Domestic abuse 
• Sexual violence
• Wider Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
• People who do harm (perpetrators)

Definitions:

You can read more detailed definitions with examples in the easy read glossary. 

Domestic abuse:

Domestic abuse is when you are harmed by: 

• Someone you have a close relationship with, like a partner or ex-partner.
• A family member.

Sexual violence:

Sexual violence is a term that describes when you are made to do sexual things when you do not want to.

Sexual harassment:

Harassment is when someone acts in an unwanted way that makes someone feel uncomfortable. Sexual harassment is when this is of a sexual nature.

Stalking:

Stalking is fixated, obsessive, repeated and unwanted behaviour. 

Image-based offences:

These offences are when someone takes, shares, or threatens to share sexual images or videos of a person without their knowledge or permission, and with the aim of causing them harm.

Sexual exploitation:

Someone trying to pressure you to have sex or do sexual things. They might use a power imbalance, money concerns, or give you gifts in return. If the person is aged under 18 this is defined as childhood sexual exploitation. 

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA):

Childhood sexual abuse is when someone forces, tricks, or persuades a child or young person to take part in sexual activities. It may with or without their understanding.

What will I be asked in the survey? 

We want to hear about your experiences in Sheffield. We know that these issues can be hard to talk about, we are asking to try and make things better and will not ask for any detail. 

The survey will start by asking you about yourself, so we know who has and who has not responded. 

After this the survey is in 3 parts: 

Part 1: Your experiences in Sheffield

Questions around your own experiences in Sheffield. We need to know how they impacted you and what you did as result. This helps us to understand the scale and impact of issues in Sheffield and identify gaps in the wider support system. 

Part 2: Your awareness and experience of accessing support services