Deadline: 25-Feb-22
The NSW Government has announced the applications for the Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund to recognize the critical role local sport infrastructure plays in keeping communities healthy, active and connected.
Key objectives
- The primary objectives of the Fund are to:
- Increase the number and type of multi-sport facilities
- Improve the standard of existing multi-sport facilities
- Increase the utilisation of sport facilities
- Support the equitable provision of, and access to multi-sport facilities to grow sport participation for women and girls
- Provide inclusive and accessible multi-sport facilities that support sport participation for people with disability, First Nations peoples and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
- Secondary objectives of the Fund are to:
- Establish a diversified funding model
- Improve operational sustainability
- Promote and incorporate environmental sustainability and climate resiliency into design, construction and operation.
Funding Information
- The NSW Government is allocating $100 million in 2021/2022 (Round 1).
- The grant amount requested by an applicant must be a minimum of $1 million and cannot exceed $5 million. All applications are required to provide a minimum 50% financial co-contribution of the grant amount requested (e.g. if an applicant’s grant amount requested is $2 million, they must demonstrate at least a $1 million financial cocontribution).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are:
- 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 and State Sporting Organisations for People with Disability (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 (for-profit organisations).
Ineligible
Ineligible applicants are any organisation types not listed in the ‘Eligible Applicants’ section, and include (but are not limited to):
- Individuals
- Schools, TAFEs, and Universities
- Parents and Citizens (P&C’s) Associations
- Progress Associations
- Other community based or religious groups that do not have a primary purpose of sport and/or recreation
- NSW Government agencies.
For more information, visit https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au/grants/multi-sport-community-facility-fund#important-dates