Female Friendly Community Sport Facilities and Lighting Upgrades Grant Program (Australia)

Deadline: 23-Nov-22

The NSW Government has launched the applications for its Female Friendly Community Sport Facilities and Lighting Upgrades Grant Program to support the provision of new and upgraded lighting that will enable more women and girls to train and compete in sport in a safe and inclusive environment.

Objectives

• The primary objectives of the Program are to:
  • Increase the number and type of safe, equitable, accessible, and inclusive sport and active recreation facilities across NSW
  • Foster positive sport and active recreation experiences for women and girls through the provision of welcoming and supportive community spaces and environments
  • Increase utilisation of sport and active recreation facilities for women and girls through enabling more female participation opportunities.
• Secondary objectives of the Program are to:
  • Increase utilisation of sport and active recreation facilities for people with disability, First Nations peoples and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities through enabling more participation opportunities
  • Contribute to the evidence base in supporting best-practice female inclusive design
  • Incorporate environmental sustainability and climate resiliency into design, construction, and operation.

Funding Information

• The NSW Government is allocating up to $25 million for this Program.
• The grant amount requested by an applicant must be a minimum of $50,000 and cannot exceed $500,000.

Eligible Projects

• Applications should be limited to constructing new or redeveloping existing sport amenities (change rooms and bathrooms) and lighting projects. The Program will prioritise facilities that demonstrate inclusive and accessible design, maximise women and girls’ sports participation and can demonstrate provision of accessible program content and scheduling for women and girls.
• Projects must be on be on land within NSW. Applicants should submit a landowner consent form for the project on the land on which the facility is to be developed or redeveloped.
• For projects located on public land, a landowner consent form or signed letter of consent from the appropriate authorised delegate must be provided. For example, for projects located on public school land a letter of support for the specific project must be provided from School Infrastructure NSW as part of the application.
• Additional information also sought includes evidence of applicant’s tenure and lease arrangements.
• Examples of eligible project types and project components include:
  • Construction of new or upgraded (including prefabricated modular facilities) unisex and universally designed change rooms for female participants, coaches, and officials.
  • New and/or improved lockable shower and toilet cubicles.
  • Provision of parent and child change spaces.
  • Construction of new or upgraded lighting to sports fields, sports courts or playing areas (e.g., bowling greens) that support increased use time and area coverage and/or achieve environmentally and operationally sustainable outcomes.
  • Construction of new or upgraded lighting around sport facilities that improves safety for women and girls (e.g., connectivity pathway lighting between fields and clubhouses).
• Project’s design components for change rooms, bathrooms, and lighting:
  • New and upgraded provision of disability access and universally designed female change room and bathrooms amenities that are beyond compliant and provide dignified inclusion in sport participation.
  • Environmentally and operationally sustainable initiatives that support energy savings including new or upgrades to sport field/court lighting including technology-controlled and LED lighting and installation of solar panels and smart metering technology.

Eligibility Criteria

• Local government authorities in New South Wales
• Regional Joint Organisations of councils, the Lord Howe Island Board and the Unincorporated Far West groups
• NSW Office of Sport recognised NSW State Sporting Organisations (including National Sporting Organisations where the state body is part of a unitary governance model)
• Incorporated, community-based, not-for-profit sporting organisations (clubs and associations whose primary purpose is to organise sporting activities/deliver sport programs)
• Organisations providing sport and recreation programs that benefit the community, such as PCYCs, YMCA and YWCA
• NSW based professional sporting organisations competing in a national or state competition
• Private enterprises (companies established under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), incorporated associations established under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW) or incorporated limited partnerships established under the Partnership Act 1892 (NSW)).
• Applications involving partnerships between groups are encouraged and will be considered favourably for example a sporting organisation with a council. A council may apply on behalf of a sporting club or association; however, the council will be the grant recipient and responsible for project delivery.

For more information, visit NSW Government.

 

For more information, visit https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au/grants/female-friendly-community-sport-facilities-and-lighting-upgrades-grant-program