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Faith Action Audit ( Stoke-On-Trent )

In 2006, the Saltbox completed a faith action audit of the community care work undertaken by faith groups in Stoke-on-Trent. The Staffordshire County Faith Action Audit was undertaken separately.

An encouraging 63% of the city's 150 individual faith groups responded to the audit questionnaire, providing information on the community care activities that they organise or support. As well as mapping what is currently taking place in localities the aim of the audit was also to identify potential partnership opportunities which will help bring about beneficial change & community transformation.

Stoke-on-Trent Audit Summary:

• 150 faith groups
• 63% response rate
• 300+ community initiatives
• 13,000+ users engaging weekly
• 2,000+ weekly volunteers
• 5,000+ weekly volunteer hrs
• £1.5M+ volunteers contribution p/a @ min wage

The audit has helped faith groups to begin to share good practice & has helped to explore providing more support and training opportunities. Statutory & other partners now see the value and extent of faith-based work & this has helped to stimulate more partnership engagement, especially in the Local Area Agreement.

Faith Action Audit Report - Stoke

Faith Action Audit Questionnaire - Stoke

Faith Action Audit ( Staffordshire )

In 2006, the Saltbox completed a faith action audit of the community care work undertaken by faith groups in Stoke-on-Trent. The Staffordshire County Faith Action Audit was undertaken separately.

An encouraging 63% of the city's 150 individual faith groups responded to the audit questionnaire, providing information on the community care activities that they organise or support. As well as mapping what is currently taking place in localities the aim of the audit was also to identify potential partnership opportunities which will help bring about beneficial change & community transformation.

Staffordshire (excl. Stoke-on-Trent) Audit Summary:

• 500 faith groups
• 49% response rate
• 1,100+ community initiatives
• 51,000+ users engaging weekly
• 4,800+ weekly volunteers
• 10,500+ weekly volunteer hrs
• £3M+ volunteers contribution p/a @ min wage

When combined with the Stoke-on-Trent audit the representative summary for the whole county is:

• 650 faith groups
• 1,400+ community initiatives
• 64,000 weekly users
• 6,800+ weekly volunteers
• 15,500+weekly volunteer hours
• £4.4M+ volunteers contributions p/a @ min wage

Audit partners included the Lichfield CoE Diocese, Staffs Consortium of Infrastructure Organisations, Staffs County Council, Staffs Fire & Rescue, West Midlands Faiths Forum.

The aim of the audit is to help faith groups to begin to share good practice & to explore providing more support and training opportunities. It is hoped that statutory & other partners see the value and extent of faith-based work & that this will help to stimulate more partnership engagement, especially in the Local Area Agreement.

Faith Action Audit Report - Staffordshire

Faith Action Audit Questionnaire - Staffordshire