Deadline: 6-Dec-21
ACT Government is seeking applications for the Inclusive Participation Funding Program (IPFP) to increase participation opportunities in sport and recreation for the identified target populations:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Culturally and linguistically Diverse (CALD) People
- Older Adults
- People with a Disability
- LGBTIQ people
Objectives
The primary objective of the IPFP is to increase participation opportunities in sport and recreation for the identified targeted population groups. This can be achieved in the following ways:
- To provide financial assistance to eligible organisations in the ACT to create new, or improve existing programs, to increase the participation of the target population groups;
- To enhance the capacity and usage of sport and recreational facilities through the provision of specialised non consumable equipment for the target population groups to participate in sport and active recreation programs; and
- Improvement of education and training for those assisting in the development and delivery of sport and active recreation programs and services for the target population groups.
Funding Information
- Through the IPFP organisations can apply for up to $15,000.00 (GST exclusive), no matching funding required.
Outcomes
The intended outcomes of the IPFP are:
- to increase participation in sport and active recreation for the target population groups;
- to encourage the sport and recreation industry to implement new or improve existing programs to increase participation opportunities for the target population groups;
- to provide training and education opportunities for employees, volunteers and members that will assist in the improved development and delivery of sport and active recreation activities for the target population groups; and
- to assist organisations purchase non-consumable, specialised equipment that will increase sport and active recreation opportunities for the target population groups.
Eligibility Criteria
Any organisation applying for funding must:
- Provide a minimum of one quote (preferably two) outlining all costs associated with the proposed project;
- be a not for profit organisation;
- be incorporated in the ACT under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991, or a company registered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) with its principal place of business in the ACT;
- deliver programs within the ACT;
- have current Public Liability Insurance coverage to a minimum level of $10,000,000;
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN);
- be registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) if applicable (if turnover is greater than $150,000 per annum);
- have compliance requirements under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 up to date; and
- have satisfactorily acquitted all previous grants provided by Sport and Recreation (except for current year’s funding), including financial acquittals for any other ACT Government agency grant.
- Have, if named in an application to the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse and having been assessed as having the financial capacity to join the Scheme, joined the Scheme.
For more information, visit https://www.sport.act.gov.au/grants/sport-and-recreation-grants-program/inclusive-participation-funding-program-ipfp
