Australia: Sport and Active Recreation Grants

Deadline: 1-Jun-22

The City of Onkaparinga is offering Sport and Active Recreation Grants to recognise and support individuals and groups who reside in the City of Onkaparinga and who have been selected to compete in sporting and active recreation events more than 250km away.

The Sport and Active Recreation Grants align with the Community Plan 2030 theme of ‘People’, strategic plans including (but not limited to) the Sport and Active Recreation Action Plan 2021–25. The funding provides recognition and support to individuals and groups who reside in the City of Onkaparinga and who have been selected to compete in sporting and active recreation events.

Funding Information

Grants of up to $1500 for groups, and up to $150 for individuals are available.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this program the competitor must:

be a resident of the City of Onkaparinga
be competing in a sport or active recreation event; this is defined as:
- Active recreation is where the primary purpose and focus of the activity undertaken is to engage in physical activity for its own sake
  - the physical activity gained is not an indirect benefit of the primary activity
  - organisations delivering these activities do so for the primary purpose of human physical activity.
- Sport is an activity capable of achieving a result requiring physical exertion and/or physical skills, which by its nature and organisation is competitive and is generally accepted as being a sport
  - be competing in an interstate or international competition or travelling intrastate with a distance greater than 250km return (this distance is applied to attendance at a single event, and does not include multiple journeys)
  - submit their application form at least four weeks prior to the event taking place
  - have completed an evaluation form for any previous sport and active recreation donations received.