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Local Sport Grant Programs Now Available

10 Sep 2020

Get involved today with a Local Sport Grant Program currently available and eligible to Not-for-Profit Sporting & Recreation clubs.

Aimed at increasing regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport and active recreation in NSW, click below to find out more on how your club can gain a much-needed grant in what have been unprecedented times due to COVID-19.

Funding Providers

Office of Sport (NSW)

Location

NSW

Funding Type

Cash grant G07111

Primary Category

Sport & Recreation

Eligible to

Not-for-Profits

Funding

Amount: $250 to $20,000
Total pool: $4,650,000

Round

Opened 31-Aug-2020 – Closes 07-Oct-2020 5pm

Last Round

Closed 25-Nov-2019

Purpose

The Local Sport Grant Program aims to increase regular and ongoing participation opportunities in sport and active recreation in NSW.

Overview

Through this program the Office of Sport are working towards their goals to achieve:

Participation: Everyone in NSW participating in Sport and recreation throughout their life.
Places and Spaces: Everyone in NSW having access to places and spaces for sport and active recreation.
Sustainability: The sector continues to grow sport and active recreation across NSW.

Applications should demonstrate how the project will address at least one of these objectives:

Increase regular and on-going participation in sport
Increase participation and access for women, girls or population groups with low rates of participation
Address barriers to participation in sport or structured physical activity
Assist sport clubs to provide quality service to their members and meet community needs.

Funding available

Funding available for this Program is up to $4,650,000
Funding of $50,000 will be allocated to all 93 electorates throughout NSW
Any remaining funds from undersubscribed electorates will be made available to over-subscribed electorates
Applicant must identify the electorate where their ‘home ground’ is situated as well as the GEO code of the location e.g. your training ground

Approved funding for projects that are declined, withdrawn or are unable to go ahead will be re-allocated to the next ranked project(s) in the same electorate.

The maximum requested amounts available are:

Sport Development: $2,000
Sport Event: $5,000
Sport Access: $5,000
Sport Facility $15,000

The minimum requested amount available is $500 for all project types.

The maximum available to any one organisation under this round of the Local Sport Grant Program is $20,000 in a financial year. The amount organisations request should reflect the scale of the project/s.

Limitations

To be eligible for this grant program, the applicants must be an:

Incorporated, not-for-profit grassroots ‘sport club’
Applications from Licenced Sporting Clubs may be considered providing the project directly benefits the sport, not the administration processes of the licenced club or upgrades of the licenced premises
Applications may be considered from Sport Clubs associated with a school, church or university providing they are a not for profit club incorporated in their own right.

Applicants that are not eligible include:

Individuals, groups of individuals and unincorporated organisations
Incorporated not-for-profit organisations that are not a Sport associated with the list of sports at Appendix B in the guidelines document
Clubs whose activities are considered to be of a recreational nature e.g. Remote/ Radio controlled activities, fishing
Sporting Zones or Sporting Groups that are not based at a specific Location within an electorate
Individual Sporting Competitions
State Sporting Organisations and State Sporting Organisations for People with a Disability
National Sporting Organisations
Regional Academies of Sport
For profit, commercial organisations
Organisations Limited by Shares
Government departments and agencies
Educational institutions including schools and their P & Cs, Universities, TAFE, Colleges and child care centres
Local Government Authorities operating under the Local Government Act, 1993
Local Government Committees
Organisations that are the responsibility of another Minister’s portfolio
PCYC’s/YMCA/Scouts/Gyms/Surf Life Saving