2021-10-12 P&E Agenda - Item 10 - Attachment 1 - Social Return on Investment Evaluation

6.2.4 Maintaining Noosa as a work base



 This section of the survey seeks to understand confidence among members to continue to base their work from
 the Noosa district



 Does the increased networking and professional development opportunities at the        Number    Percentage
 Hub make it more feasible for you to work in the Noosa area over the next 1-3
 years?
 Yes                                                                                    39        65
 Maybe                                                                                  10        16.5
 Not relevant                                                                           4         6.5
 No                                                                                     4         6.5
 Cannot say                                                                             2         3.5



 Do you feel you can advance your career and projects over the longer term          Number        Percentage
 working from your base in the Noosa district?
 Yes – I can advance career/ product from Noosa district                            33            55
 I could work from anywhere but want to stay in Noosa district                      16            26.5
 Uncertain                                                                          10            16.5

 Business future – what might the scale of your business be in 3 years’ time       Number        Percentage
 Much larger                                                                       22            36.5
 Slightly larger                                                                   18            30
 Same size                                                                         8             13.5
 Don’t know                                                                        6             10
 Not applicable                                                                    4
 Unlikely to still be in the industry                                              1             1.5


Discussion
These questions – by extension - relate to attribution (or ‘deadweight’), to allow assessment as to whether
respondents expect to be able to continue their work within the Noosa locality. The overall responses
communicate a combination of confidence and commitment in Noosa as a work base and the Digital Hub as a
facilitator.
SROI attribution: For the purpose of this SROI, this reinforces positive overall attribution. For the SROI
methodology this assists to understand the potential extent of future attrition and whether identified ‘gains’
are likely to be sustained. Based on the responses above, ‘drop off’ can be weighted as low, particularly as over
70% of respondents expect to operate slightly or much larger businesses in the future. Responses also
evidence potential growth in influence of the Digital Hub as a networking resource.


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