Deadline: 29-Oct-21
The State Government of Victoria is inviting applications for its Community Sport Sector COVID-19 Survival Package that is administered through its Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (Department).
The Community Sport Sector COVID-19 Survival Package provides grants to support the operational viability of community sport and active recreation organisations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The package builds upon the Victorian Government’s Experience Economy Survival Package which provided urgent support to help a range of key attractions, organisations and associations ride out the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and help them reboot, rebound and recover.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $2,500 are available for associations and leagues and grants of up to $1,500 are available for individual clubs and community sporting and active recreation organisations that have not previously received funding from the Survival Package.
What will not be funded
- More than one application from an applicant in total. If multiple applications are submitted the first application submitted will be considered and the subsequent applications will be automatically ineligible.
- Applications that do not provide required supporting documentation. The Department will not be following up applicants that do not attach required documentation.
- Applications submitted by third party grant writers.
- Auspice arrangements will not be accepted
- For-profit Associations, Leagues and Clubs that are not affiliated with a recognised SSA or SSARB.
- Current or future payments made to participants/athletes/players in return for their participation in the organisation’s physical activities (for example, match/coach/player payments).
- Future affiliation fees due after the end of the eligibility period and not yet charged.
- Fixed playing surfaces and structures (for example, synthetic pitch, goal posts).
- Capital expenditure including the purchase of land (for example, permanent shade structures, permanent fencing, fixed lighting, permanent practice wickets, ramps and other permanent structures).
- Repair of equipment, structures and playing surfaces (for example, golf course, turf wicket pitch).
- Non-playing/participation equipment (for example, public address systems, banners, trophies, videos, sunshades, gazebos, carpet/lino, clubroom items, wicket covers, scoreboards, GPS, computers and IT equipment).
- Canteen items (for example, microwave ovens, soft drink, food, alcohol, cooking utensils).
- Maintenance equipment (for example, lawn mowers, rollers, line markers, hose, compressors).
- Purchase or leasing of vehicles (for example, boats, bikes, golf carts, jet-skis, go-karts), trailers and accessories.
- Any activity that delivers services to children.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Community Sport Sector COVID-19 Survival Package is a program for community sport and active recreation organisations operating within Victoria.
- Target organisations for this Package are:
- Not-for-profit and For-profit Associations and Leagues – associations and leagues affiliated with recognised State Sporting Associations (SSA) or State Sport and Active Recreation Bodies (SSARB) who administer programs and competitions. An association or league must be comprised of member clubs and administer the competition between these clubs over the course of a season.
- Not-for-profit and For-profit Clubs – sport and active recreation clubs and organisations throughout Victoria that aredelivering recreational, instructional and/or competitive physical activity opportunities to community participants.
For more information, visit https://sport.vic.gov.au/grants-and-funding/our-grants/community-sport-sector-coronavirus-covid-19-short-term-survival-package