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

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I think the Peregian Digital Hub provides excellent technology and digital support above and beyond school education and is always great as a different school
holiday learning experience.


It is so brilliant to be able to offer this future vision of the Digital Hub concept and cadetships to young people to show them you can live on the Sunshine
Coast but be involved in leading edge technology. My kids only thought these opportunities existed for big city kids (and we have driven to Brisbane often to
attend programs), so have these facilities and programs here on the Sunshine Coast and Noosa is amazing. I am so grateful to Dedrie and Chris and other
organisers who are supporting and encouraging the next generation of entrepreneurs and developers to live, stay and grow their businesses right here. Please
keep funding the Digital Hub and allowing cadets to run holiday programs and I will continue to shout from the rooftops about this amazing facility on our
doorstep. Thank you.


My son has loved attending the hub, and my daughter who is in grade 6 is already hoping for procreate and coding workshops next holidays so she can go to
the hub tooo!


The students running classes is brilliant for my son to feel this could be a career and more of a peer relationship. Love the environment the hub offers.


As a parent of a creative child I was thrilled at this opportunity. There are not many extra-curricular activities for creative kids. I can't think of any other. I really
like that the kids participating are from various schools and is casual- I told my son this is what uni is like. Meeting people with similar interests in a more peer
to peer like instruction not the traditional teacher /student that school is.. you do the work because you want to, no one is forcing the student to participate.


It's so important that kids interested in tech, coding and robotics have a welcoming community. These kids are often not the sport teamsters but sometimes
the nerds that feel like they don't fit in. The Hub is hugely welcoming, non-judgemental and my son absolutely loves his time hanging with his new like-minded
mates from all walks of life, backgrounds and cultures. This is such an amazing community of cool people. Best thing though, is the class is run by its own grass
roots kids and my son is already planning what classes he can teach. The "giving back" feel good stuff is alive and well. Fantastic place.


Inventor's Club was great fun. We loved George! Esports with the x2twins was a huge highlight.




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