What is the Citizens' Panel?
Why have a Citizens' Panel?
What do panel members do?
What happens with the results?
What is the Citizens' Panel?
Warwickshire County Council's Citizen's Panel was set up in 2000, as a way of keeping the Council informed about public opinion. It is made up of 1000 Warwickshire residents across the county. People are chosen on the basis of age, gender, where they live, ethnicity, disability etc. in order to be representative of Warwickshire as a whole. The panel is refreshed and updated regularly to make sure good response rates are maintained.
Why have a Citizens' Panel?
Having a Citizens' Panel is a very effective and cost efficient way to:
 Consult with a representative section of Warwickshire's residents
Test awareness of services
Get levels of satisfaction
Consult with the public as part of a review
What do panel members do?
We consult with panel members about four times a year, usually by postal survey. Each consultation is called a wave. Occasionally, we use the panel to identify and recruit focus groups.
If you would like to be part of our Citizens' Panel, find out more about how to get involved
What happens with the results?
Survey results are passed to relevant service managers, council officers and elected councillors, aswell as any external partners if applicable, to help them make decisions. The panel members receive a copy of the Citizen's Panel Newsletter, which gives results of the consultations they were involved in, and any actions/ changes which the council has made as a result of the feedback.
Citizens' Panel Newsletter Winter 2007/08
Citizens' Panel Newsletter Spring 2006
Citizens' Panel Newsletter Autumn 2005
Citizens' Panel Newsletter Spring 2005
Citizens' Panel Newsletter 2003
Citizens' Panel Newsletter 2002 |  | Citizens' Panel 27 - 'Climate Change and the Energy we use' and 'Crime and Community Safety' - April 2008
Citizens' Panel 26 - Healthy Living - February 2008
Citizens' Panel 25 - Budget and Council Tax - November 2007
Citizens' Panel 24 - Customer Care/Criminal Justice System - July 2007
Citizens' Panel 23 - Local Area Agreements. January 2007
Citizens' Panel 22 - Community Engagement. September 2006
Citizens' Panel 21 - Service Appraisal. July 2006
Citizens' Panel 20 - Environment. January 2006
Citizens' Panel 19 - Priorities. September 2005
Citizens' Panel 18 - Access to Services. July 2005
Citizens' Panel 17 - Services for Older People. March 2005
Citizens' Panel 16 - Customer Focus. November 2004
Citizens' Panel 15 - Community Safety. August 2004
Citizens' Panel 14 - Environment. June 2004
Citizens' Panel 13 - Fire and Rescue. February 2004
Citizens' Panel 12 - Health and Well-being. January 2004
Citizens' Panel 11 - Lifelong Learning and Consumer Confidence
Citizens' Panel 10 - Access to Services. June - July 2003
Citizens' Panel 9 - Regional Government. February 2003
Citizens' Panel 8 - Town centres, Crime, Health. October - November 2002
Citizens' Panel 7 - Airports. August - November 2002
Citizens' Panel 6 - Cultural Services. July 2002
Citizens' Panel 5 - Road Safety and Transport. February - March 2002
Citizens' Panel 4 - Environment. October - November 2001
Citizens' Panel 3 - Communications. June - July 2001
Citizens' Panel 2 - Young people, Community safety, Environment. March - April 2001
Citizens' Panel 1 - Warwickshire as a place to live. November 2000 - January 2001
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