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Your free Arts and Culture Benchmark Report FY24/25

In 2024–25, Culture Counts subscribers across Australia, New Zealand and Asia collected feedback from over 130,000 survey respondents – including arts attendees, participants and artists. The data captures the powerful role of cultural events in sparking creativity, fostering connection, promoting...

Your free Evaluation for Funding Guide

Applying for funding can be a time-consuming and stressful task for organisations, but it is often necessary to maintain the running of daily operations. It can also inject much needed funds into your event planning budget. This handy guide will...

Your free Arts and Culture Benchmark Report FY23/24

In FY23/24, many arts and cultural organisations used the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform to survey their audiences, visitors and participants. We have put together a free benchmark report, containing data from 93,000 survey responses across more than 500 surveys. This...

Your free Local Government Benchmark Report FY23/24

In FY23/24, local governments collected over 75,000 survey responses from more than 1,360 surveys throughout Australia using the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform. Using the data collected from a range of stakeholders including communities, audiences, visitors and businesses, we have released...

Public Libraries Evaluation Network Report 2023-2024

The Public Libraries Evaluation Network (PLEN) is a nation-wide data collection initiative designed to help libraries better understand and illustrate their value. Delivered by Culture Counts, the project has completed its fifth year with 38 participating libraries collecting 8,100 survey...

Your free Evaluation Success Guide

Learn what makes an effective evaluation. This guide will take you through some of the important steps of evaluating covering topics including planning, consistency, collecting feedback, gaining valuable insights and communicating your value. Having the confidence to design surveys, collect...

Public Libraries Evaluation Network Report 2022-2023

The Public Libraries Evaluation Network (PLEN) is a nation-wide data collection initiative designed to help libraries better understand and illustrate their value. Delivered by Culture Counts, the project has completed its fourth year with 33 participating libraries collecting 8,667 survey...

Your free Local Government Benchmark Report FY22/23

In FY22/23, local governments collected 39,600 survey responses from more than 890 surveys throughout Australia using the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform. Using the data collected from a range of stakeholders including communities, audiences, visitors and businesses, we have released an...

Your free Library Evaluation Guide

Your guide to designing and implementing an effective plan for your library. Libraries are an important asset to local communities, but membership, attendance and lending statistics do not showcase their full value. Operating within the community portfolio of local government,...