Deadline: 3-Nov-21
The Queensland Government is seeking applications for Active Industry Project Fund to provide funding to the sport and active recreation industry to increase their efficiency and capability and provide diverse, inclusive and responsive quality services and offerings to enhance participation for Queenslanders.
The Active Industry Project Fund is a stand-alone competitive funding program. Approved funding under this program does not indicate support or eligibility under any future funding programs targeting State Level Organisations or Industry Peak Bodies.
Categories
- The Active Industry Project Fund provides competitive grant funding to Queensland state level sport and active recreation organisations and Industry Peak Bodies for:
- Category 1: Participation Offerings: establish or expand diverse, inclusive and responsive offerings to increase participation; or
- Category 2: Affiliate Services: establish or expand services to affiliates to increase their efficiency and capability.
Funding Information
- Funding of $1.278 million (GST exclusive) is available to support projects up to $75,000 (GST exclusive).
Eligible Projects
- Eligible organisations can apply for one project only under one of the following categories:
- Category 1: Participation Offerings: Establish or expand diverse, inclusive and responsive offerings to increase participation Example projects:
- modified participation offerings to encourage diverse, inclusive, and responsive participation
- expanded delivery or development of programs for specific demographics or locations
- development and delivery of programs and initiatives through different mediums
- research or feasibility study in relation to participation offerings
- Category 2: Affiliate Services: Establish or expand services to affiliates to increase their efficiency and capability Example projects:
- operational efficiency projects that reduce volunteer burden
- technological improvement to increase efficiency
- establish a knowledge hub to facilitate shared learnings to improve efficiency and capability of affiliates
- increase capability of the management committee through tailored leadership or training initiatives
- research or feasibility study in relation to affiliate services
- Category 1: Participation Offerings: Establish or expand diverse, inclusive and responsive offerings to increase participation Example projects:
Eligibility Criteria
- All organisations must meet the following criteria to apply for the program:
- operate as a state level not-for-profit organisation and be incorporated under the:
- Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Queensland)
- Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth)
- Co-operatives National Law Act 2020
- Corporations (Aboriginal & Torres Strait) Act 2006 (Commonwealth)
- At time of program close, organisations must:
- have no outstanding compliance issues with Office of Fair Trading
- have met all obligations for projects currently funded by the department; and
- have no debt owing to the department.
- operate as a state level not-for-profit organisation and be incorporated under the:
- Additionally, organisations are required to meet the following criteria based on their type of organisation:
- State Level Organisations
- have a primary objective of sport and/or active recreation in their constitution for an eligible sport or active recreation activity and
- either:
- be the recognised state affiliated member of the national organisation or the National Sporting Organisation operating under a one management model or similar, recognised by Sport Australia or
- be a State Organisation Ordinary/Affiliate Member of Outdoors Queensland
- Industry Peak Bodies
- meets the definition of an Industry Peak Body and
- have a primary objective in relation to the representation, leadership, guidance or promotion of a sector of the Active Industry in its constitution; and
- represents an area of the Active Industry
- State Level Organisations
- Federated or Unitary Model organisations: Organisations operating under federated or unitary models such as One Management or similar, can apply for funding under the program (contingent upon the above eligibility being met). These organisations must however maintain a separate record of all financial transactions incurred in carrying out the services related to the funding in Queensland, evidencing that all funding has been spent on delivery of services in Queensland.
For more information, visit https://www.dtis.qld.gov.au/sport/funding-programs/active-industry-project-fund