Meeting papers

                                       • NRG trial of Young Ambassadors program (2022 - present) whereby selected group of 18 - 30 develop and
                                         deliver young people focused public programs.




7   Support emerging areas of          • Live and Local Music performances in October 2021. 22 performances at 11 venues over 2 days across the
    creative practice to provide new     region from Hastings St to Kin Kin. Live Music Forum in June 2022 with Live Music Office and APRA - 40
    avenues of participation             people attended. Data from Live and Local performances and Live Music Forum gathered to inform future
                                         music industry activities
                                       • 2023- GYA supported Songwriters Circle events as a follow on from Live and Local connections.
                                       • Partnership projects with Sunshine Coast Council on The Path - Visual Arts professional development program
                                         and Sunshine Coast and Gympie Council on First Nations Engagement Project
                                       • 2023 - partnered with Comm dev team and Pomona Community House to deliver Creative Recovery Training
                                         and projects
8   Work with stakeholders to          • RADF Priority Areas of Art and Wellbeing and Art Makes Social Impact have attracted applications that provide
    provide creative programs and        arts opportunities for older people and people with disabilities
    activities which meet needs and
    expectations of older residents
9   Encourage the use of creative      • COVID-19 Community Arts Post-card program; Live Music Program (funding from bushfire recovery
    activities in the improvement of     programs); COVID and ME children's Art Display Prep to Year 8 to record their thoughts, feelings, experiences,
    health and wellbeing                 and emotions on living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
                                       • Applied for three Regional Tourism Bushfire Recovery Grants. The objective of this funding was to assist in
                                         the recovery of regional tourism and restore visitor numbers. There was a strong focus on economic impact –
                                         bed nights, local employment, ripple effect to the local economy
                                       • Digital Hub Firetech Conference (2 events to highlight promising fire-related technologies and research -
                                         November 2020 and March 2021).
                                       • Noosa Eat & Drink Celebration – food, drink and entertainment one day event held concurrently across local
                                         venues in the shire. Dec 2020
                                       • Noosa Alive Reignite – cultural event held across three nights at Noosa Springs. May 2021
                                       • Anniversary events held for three fire affected communities - Peregian Beach, Cooroibah and North Shore.
                                       • Barbora Tomikova's RADF supported exhibition about the fires was featured at all these events as well as an
                                         exhibition at BFAC.
                                       • Connecting Noosa program being run to connect people after Covid disruptions.
                                       • RADF Priority for 2020-21 - Recovery and Resilience.
                                       • Summer 2021/22 touring exhibition curated by GOMA, surveying 30 years of APT delivered workshops with
                                         children from schools most impacted by bushfires, built around themes of the use of fire in traditional practices
                                         by some of the 2021 APT exhibiting artists.
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