How safe do you feel being openly Jewish in Plymouth? We want to hear from you
This year, Plymouth Jewish Community CIC is delivering training for a range of services and organisations across the city. The aim is simple: to help them understand what Jewish life in Plymouth actually looks like, and what it takes for Jewish people to feel safe being themselves at work and in public.
But we're not willing to guess at that on your behalf. So we're asking you.
Take the survey
It takes about five minutes, and you can skip anything you'd rather not answer.
What we're asking
The survey covers three things:
How comfortable you feel being openly Jewish at work and around the city
What you'd want organisations here to change
The one thing you wish other people in Plymouth understood about Jewish life
Completely anonymous
There is no name, no email and no sign-in. We can't see who submitted what, and nothing you write will ever be published in a way that could identify you or your workplace.
Good experiences count too
If your experience of being Jewish in Plymouth has been overwhelmingly positive, we want to hear that just as much. A training session that only describes fear gets the city wrong. We want to show organisations the full picture: what's working, what isn't, and what would make a real difference.
Why your voice matters
Plymouth has one of England's oldest provincial Jewish communities, dating back to the 1740s. Yet many Jewish people here, and across the wider South West, live their Jewish lives quietly, sometimes far from any synagogue or community group. Their experiences rarely reach the people who make decisions about workplaces, schools and public services.
This survey is a chance to change that. What you tell us will directly shape what we say in training rooms across the city, so that organisations hear from Jewish people in Plymouth themselves, not from assumptions or headlines.
Please share it
If you know anyone Jewish in Plymouth or the surrounding area, please pass this on, whether or not they're connected to the community here. The people we hear from least are usually the ones whose experience we most need to understand.
Once the responses are in, we'll share what we've learned with the community.
Support if you need it
If anything in this brings something up for you, or you've experienced antisemitism and don't know where to take it, CST (Community Security Trust) is there 24 hours a day on 0800 032 3263, or you can report online at cst.org.uk/report-incident. CST can report to the police on your behalf if you'd rather not do it yourself. In an emergency, always call 999 first, then CST.
You can also contact us any time at hello@plymouthjewishcommunity.org
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