Noosa Cultural Plan 2025-2030 Adoption · ATTACHMENT 1_NC_Cultural Plan_final

Measures of success/                                                                                                  Theme   Aim                                                    Evaluation focus (not limited)




     evaluation
                                                                                                                                   Noosa’s history and heritage will advise and           — Annual percentage increase of content on
                                                                                                                                   inspire our future.                                       Heritage Noosa online database.
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                                                                                                                                                                                          — Completion and adoption of a Heritage Plan.

                                                                                                                                   We will instigate positive change in the arts          — Level of accessibility to Council’s arts and
     This Cultural Plan is a living document that is reviewed on a 5-year basis and in alignment with                              with respect to socio-economic diversity                  cultural facilities.
     any revisions to the Corporate Plan and Delivery Program and annual Operational Plans. Council                                and inclusion.
                                                                                                                                                                                          — Diversity of arts and cultural programming.
     officers will regularly seek feedback from the cultural sector about Council’s performance in
     delivering on the key aims and actions detailed in the Plan.                                                                  We will value the role of creativity in the learning   — Percentage growth of creative practitioners in
                                                                                                                                   and community engagement space. We will use               the region.
                                                                                                                                   creativity in our everyday lives to learn, adapt,
      1       Theme 1 – Valuing our history and heritage                                                                           innovate and problem solve.                            — Percentage growth of creative learning
      2       Theme 2 – Enabling inclusion and access
                                                                                                                                                                                             experiences on offer.

      3       Theme 3 – Championing our creative community                                                                                                                                — Number of students participating in education
      4       Theme 4 – Activating our places and spaces                                                                                                                                     programs with a creative focus.
      5       Theme 5 – Engaging our community and visitors                                                                        Support opportunities for community to learn,          — Number of First Nations exhibitions
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                                                                                                                                   engage with and share in First Nations stories.           and programs presented through the
                                                                                                                                                                                             Noosa Gallery.




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Noosa Council Cultural Plan 2025 – 2030
      Theme        Aim                                                   Evaluation focus (not limited)                                                                                   — Number of First Nations focused library
                                                                                                                                                                                             programs.
                   We will respect and recognise Kabi Kabi               — Engagement frequency with Kabi Kabi
                                                                                                                                                                                          — Increased exposure to First Nations culture
                   culture and its value to Noosa’s cultural identity.      Advisory Group and First Nations arts and
                                                                                                                                                                                             through public art and performance.
                                                                            cultural agencies and organisations.
                                                                                                                                   Increase youth engagement in programs that             — Number of students participating in education
                                                                         — Number of creative project engagements
                                                                                                                                   tell the stories of the Noosa region within an            programs with a creative focus.
                                                                            with First Nation organisations and artists.
                                                                                                                                   Australian context.
                                                                            Quality and number of NAIDOC Week events.                                                                     — Number of professional development
                                                                                                                                                                                             opportunities available in the region
                   Noosa history will be accessible to residents         — Percentage increase of content available on
                   and visitors.                                            Heritage Noosa website.                                Support artist skills and professional                 — Number of training opportunities offered in
                                                                                                                                   development.                                              the region.
                                                                         — Annual number and diversity of heritage
                                                                            events and activities hosted by Noosa                                                                         — Number of applications to the Regional Arts
                                                                            Council.                                                                                                         Development Fund grants program.
                   We will understand and respect the                    — Annual percentage increase of content on
          1        contributions made to our communities through            Heritage Noosa online database.
                                                                                                                                                                                          — Number of creative practitioners supported
                                                                                                                                                                                             for training opportunities outside the region.
                   successive generations
                                                                         — Number of CMP’s and Heritage Research                  Sustain the viability of careers in the arts and       — Number and diversity of arts events in the
                                                                            projects undertaken and completed.                     creative industries by supporting emerging                region.
                   Noosa’s cultural heritage will be preserved for       — Sound maintenance of existing arts and
                                                                                                                            3      artists in the sector.
                                                                                                                                                                                          — Number of exhibitions in the regional gallery’s
                   current and future generations in a diversity of         heritage collections.                                                                                            exhibition program.
                   forms.
                                                                         — Annual percentage increase of content on                                                                      — Opportunities presented for creative
                                                                            Heritage Noosa online database.                                                                                  presentations in Council managed facilities.
                                                                         — Number of Cultural Management Plans                    Enable our creative sector to be prosperous,           — Number of creatives living and working in
                                                                            created for Noosa’s built heritage.                    productive and sustainable, recognising the               Noosa.
                                                                                                                                   important contribution creative industries make
                                                                         — Continued review and updating of heritage in                                                                  — Number of creative industry-based businesses
                                                                                                                                   to our local economy.
                                                                            Noosa Plan 2020.                                                                                                 registered in Noosa (Census data).

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aa Vg Theme Aim Evaluation focus (not limited) Measures of success/ Noosa’s history and heritage will advise and — Annual percentage increase of content on inspire our future. Heritage Noosa online database. evaluation — Completion and adoption of a Heritage Plan. We will instigate positive change in the arts — Level of accessibility to Council’s arts and This Cultural Plan is a living document that is reviewed on a 5-year basis and in alignment with with respect to socio-economic diversity cultural facilities. any revisions to the Corporate Plan and Delivery Program and annual Operational Plans. Council and inclusion. — Diversity of arts and cultural programming. officers will regularly seek feedback from the cultural sector about Council’s performance in delivering on the key aims and actions detailed in the Plan. We will value the role of creativity in the learning — Percentage growth of creative practitioners in and community engagement space. We will use the region. creativity in our everyday lives to learn, adapt, Theme 1 — Percentage growth of creative learning Valuing our history and heritage innovate and problem solve. Theme 2 Enabling inclusion and access experiences on offer. Theme 3 Championing our creative community — Number of students participating in education Theme 4 Activating our places and spaces programs with a creative focus. Theme 5 Engaging our community and visitors Support opportunities for community to learn, — Number of First Nations exhibitions engage with and share in First Nations stories. and programs presented through the Noosa Gallery. Theme Aim Evaluation focus (not limited) — Number of First Nations focused library programs. We will respect and recognise Kabi Kabi — Engagement frequency with Kabi Kabi — Increased exposure to First Nations culture culture and its value to Noosa’s cultural identity. Advisory Group and First Nations arts and cultural agencies and organisations. through public art and performance. Increase youth engagementin programs that — Number of students participating in education — Number of creative project engagements with First Nation organisations and artists. tell the stories of the Noosa region within an programs with a creative focus. Australian context. Quality and number of NAIDOC Week events — Number of professional development Noosa history will be accessible to residents — Percentage increase of content available on opportunities available in the region and visitors. Heritage Noosa website. Support artist skills and professional — Number of training opportunities offered in — Annual number and diversity of heritage development. the region. events and activities hosted by Noosa — Number of applications to the Regional Arts Council. Development Fund grants program. We will understand and respect the — Annual percentage increase of content on — Number of creative practitioners supported contributions made to our communities through Heritage Noosa online database. for training opportunities outside the region. successive generations — Number of CMP’s and Heritage Research Sustain the viability of careers in the arts and — Number and diversity of arts events in the projects undertaken and completed. creative industries by supporting emerging region. artists in the sector. Noosa’s cultural heritage will be preserved for — Sound maintenance of existing arts and — Number of exhibitions in the regional gallery’s current and future generations in a diversity of heritage collections. exhibition program. forms. — Annual percentage increase of content on — Opportunities presented for creative Heritage Noosa online database. presentations in Council managed facilities. — Number of Cultural Management Plans Enable our creative sector to be prosperous, — Number of creatives living and working in created for Noosa’s built heritage. productive and sustainable, recognising the Noosa. — Continued review and updating of heritage in important contribution creative industries make to our local economy. — Number of creative industry-based businesses Noosa Plan 2020. registered in Noosa (Census data). 50 51