yougov polling on public priorities for council spending by simon kitchen
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YouGov polling on public priorities for Council spending By Simon Kitchen Head of Secretariat, Dementia Action Alliance. Context. Polling. Contribute to the debate and support members Commissioned YouGov to look at public attitudes to cuts to services for people with dementia - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
YouGov polling on public priorities for Council spending
By Simon KitchenHead of Secretariat, Dementia Action Alliance
Context
Polling• Contribute to the debate and support members• Commissioned YouGov to look at public attitudes
to cuts to services for people with dementia• Questions drafted by Communication Steering
Group
Methodology• Online interview of members of the YouGov Plc
GB panel of 280,000+• 2003 responses• Representative sample broken down by age,
gender, employment status, socio-economic group, region and marital status
Questions asked1. People with dementia and carers of those with
dementia need more help and support
2. Funding for dementia services is likely to be threatened by the current financial climate
3. In which ONE of the following areas would you be LEAST willing to see local authorities make cuts?
1. People with dementia and carers of those with dementia need more help and support
14%
1%
2%
47%
35%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Don't know
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Op
tio
ns
of responses
2. Funding for dementia services is likely to be
threatened by the current financial climate
23%
1%
4%
53%
20%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Don't know
Stronglydisagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Op
tio
ns
of responses
3. In which ONE of the following areas would you be LEAST willing to see local authorities
make cuts?
5%
8%
5%
6%
8%
15%
18%
36%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Don't know
None of these
Libraries
Transport
Road improvements
Bin collections
Children’s services
Social care for older people
Co
un
cil
Se
rvic
es
of responses
Breakdown
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Total
Male
Femal
e
18 to
24
25 to
34
35 to
44
45 to
54
55+
Gender / Age Range
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nse
s
Social care for olderpeople
Children’s services
Bin collections
Road improvements
Transport
Libraries
None of these
Don't know
Conclusions• The public overwhelmingly believe that dementia
and carers of those with dementia need more help and support and that the services they already receive are at risk of being cut
• High level of awareness of dementia within the public at large
• When faced with difficult choices, the public overall prioritise social care for older people
Next Steps• Communication Steering Group to use poll to
raise profile of DAA within national, local and trade press
• Full results, with breakdown, circulated to members to support local and national advocacy work