2018-05-08 S&O Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Draft Noosa Cultural Plan

                                                                              Sport and Active Recreation Plan
                                                              The process to develop the Noosa
Outcomes                                                      Cultural Plan has highlighted the
                                                              difficulty of evaluating the health
                                                              or state of the cultural sector.
                                                              Data is difficult to obtain, often
The Noosa Cultural Plan outlines a wide range of
                                                              deficient and frequently not
strategies and actions designed to grow and develop
the arts, cultural and heritage sectors. Important to
                                                              relevant to a local level. Council will
the long-term success of these strategies is their            work with stakeholders to review
ongoing evaluation to measure their success or                the performance measurement of
otherwise and modify future actions accordingly.              the cultural sector to provide more
Individual actions will have their own relevant               accurate, effective data
measure of success however overall the Plan will be
evaluated based on the following key measures.

Broadly the Cultural Plan hopes to achieve:

•      Increased use of cultural venues and facilities

•      Increased number of new participants in cultural activities and subsequent retention rates

•      Increased number of cultural activities occurring in non-traditional spaces

•      Increased participation by young people in creative activities outside of formal education

•      Higher satisfaction levels within arts, culture and heritage sector

•      Improved perception of Noosa as a cultural destination with visitors

•      Improved sustainability of community organisations in arts, cultural and heritage sectors

•      Increased growth of people employed in cultural and creative sectors

•      Improved awareness of indigenous cultural heritage




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