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

    Acknowledgements
    ----------------------------
    The evaluators acknowledge the open support of Digital Hub Director, Chris Boden for this evaluation.
    Chris provided open access to information, including the hub’s database to allow contact with
    stakeholders. Our thanks also to Deidre Marczynski, a teacher and mentor at the Digital Hub, for her
    assistance with the design of stakeholder and participant surveys.
    The evaluators also appreciated the insight of Kim Rawlings (Noosa Shire Council) who explained her
    experience applying a Social Return on Investment methodology within a Local Government context
    at Knox City Council, Melbourne.
    We greatly appreciate the contribution of many stakeholders who provided detailed and valuable
    anecdotes about their experience working, networking and/or teaching and learning at the Digital
    Hub. This contribution helped ensure reliability of findings and depth of appreciation of the many
    social and economic benefits being generated through the Digital Hub.


    Vaxa Group
    Social and Economic Analytical team
    August 2021




4