Deadline: 13-Jan-23
The State Government of Victoria has launched the Community Sport Emergency Flood Assistance Program which assists Victorian sport and active recreation organisations directly affected by the October 2022 Victorian floods.
$5,000 one-off grants are available to assist in the replacement of items that have been lost, damaged or destroyed.
Funding Information
- The Community Sport Emergency Flood Assistance Program provides a one-off payment of $5,000.
- You are eligible if you are a community sport and active recreation organisation, have not received funding under the Small Business Immediate Flood Relief Program, and are located in one of the Victorian Local Government Areas (LGA) deemed eligible for assistance under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be non-government and not-for-profit.
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The applicant must be operating in Victoria and registered as:
- An incorporated association under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (Vic); or
- A company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); or
- An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth),
- The applicant must be delivering a sport or activity that is a person-centric physical activity. Active recreation organisations that encourage people to participate in nature-based, outdoor activities (including sporting activities at camps) are eligible for funding.
- The applicant must adhere to and enforce the Fair Play Code, or the relevant State Sporting Association code of conduct and/or member protection policy, which incorporates the Fair Play Code.
- The applicant must implement and maintain policies relating to the Child Safe Standards in accordance with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2004 (Vic).
- The applicant must comply with the expectations of the Victorian Anti-doping Policy 2012.
- If the applicant has been named in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, or received notice that it was named in an application for redress to the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse established under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cth) (National Redress Scheme), it must join or provide advice to the Department that it intends to join, the National Redress Scheme.
For more information, visit State Government of Victoria.
For more information, visit https://sport.vic.gov.au/grants-and-funding/our-grants/Community-Sport-Emergency-Flood-Assistance-Program
