Questionnaire for PEN Centres

Dear PEN Centre

 

We are undertaking a review of the work of the Writers in Prison Committee for Oxfam Novib and would like to hear what your Centre thinks.

 

If you could complete the following questionnaire and send it back directly to us we would be most grateful.

 

Peter Firkin – Continuing to Learn.

 

Please send the completed questionnaires, no later than the 20^th March 2008, directly to

 

pfirkin@contolearn.demon.co.uk

 

 

 

WiP Committee - PEN Centres Questionnaire

 

1.      Do you have a WiP Committee within the Centre?

If yes what activities has it undertaken in the past two years?

 

 

2.      What contact has your Centre had with the WiP Committee at the London Office in the past three years – when were you last in contact and why?

 

 

3.      What are your general Impressions of the service that the Writers in Prison staff in London provide?

 

 

4.      What do you think is the impact of the service they provide?

 

 

5.      The WiP Committee has run a number of campaigns or events over the past five years which ones did your Centre took part in?

 

 

6.      Did anyone from your centre attended the WiP Conference in Barcelona - 2004 or in Turkey -2006 – if not can you tell us why not.

 

 

7.      Does  WIP address the question of Gender in its work effectively - if not what more should it be doing?

 

 

 

 

8.      Which of the following do you think should be the top two priorities for the WiP London team

 

              o        Direct campaigns for writer

              o        General Campaigns on thematic issues — both solo and jointly

              o        Research and Publications

              o        Support to other front line organizations

              o        RANs

              o        Case List

              o        Other – define

 

9.      Are there things the Writers in Prison committee is doing that you think they shouldn’t be doing?

 

 

 

10.  Are there things the Writers in Prison aren’t doing that you think they    should be doing?

 

 

11.  Any other comments you wish to make

 

 

 

 

Many thanks for taking the time to complete this questionnaire – your comments will be very useful in completing the review.

 

Peter Firkin

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