NSW Government announces Local Sport Grant Program

Deadline: 19-Nov-21

The NSW Government has announced the applications for the Local Sport Grant Program to increase regular and ongoing participation opportunities in NSW.

Objectives

The key objectives of the Program align to the Office of Sport Strategic Plan with the specific objectives to:

Increase regular and on-going participation in sport
Increase participation and access for women, girls and population groups under-represented in participation including, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, people with a disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI)
Address barriers to participation in sport or structured physical activity
Assist sport clubs to provide quality service to their members and meet community needs.

Funding Information

The NSW Government has allocated up to $4,650,000 in 2021/22 for this Program.
Funding of $50,000 per electorate will be allocated to all 93 electorates throughout NSW
Funds from under-subscribed electorates will be made available to over-subscribed electorates
Applicant must identify their ‘home ground’ address to ensure the application is assessed in the correct electorate e.g., your training ground
The maximum requested amounts available are:
- Sport Development: $2,000
- Sport Event: $5,000
- Sport Access: $5,000
- Sport Facility: $15,000
The minimum requested amount available is $500 for all project types. The amount organisations request should reflect the scale of the project/s.
Applicants may apply for one application per project type but should prioritise their projects as the maximum available to any one organisation under this round of the program is $20,000 in a financial year.

Eligibility Criteria

Incorporated, not-for-profit grassroots sport clubs whose primary focus is to organise sporting activities; deliver ongoing sporting programs; and/or develop member’s skills.
Applications from Licenced Sporting Clubs may be considered providing the project directly benefits the sport, not the administration processes of the licenced club or upgrades of the licenced premises.
Applications may be considered from Sport Clubs associated with a school, church or university providing they are a not-for-profit club incorporated in their own right.

Ineligible Applicants

Ineligible applicants are any organisation types not listed in the ‘Eligible Applicants’ section, and include (but are not limited to):

Individuals, groups of individuals and unincorporated organisations
Incorporated not-for-profit organisations that are not a sport associated with the list of sports listed in the guidelines
Organisations named by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme are not eligible for funding under this program
Clubs whose activities are considered to be of a recreational nature e.g., remote/radio-controlled activities, fishing
Sporting zones or sporting groups that are not based at a specific location within an electorate
Individual sporting competitions
State Sporting Organisations and State Sporting Organisations for People with a Disability
National Sporting Organisations
Regional Academies of Sport
For profit, commercial organisations
Organisations limited by shares
Government departments and agencies
Educational institutions including schools and their Parents and Citizens (P&C’s), Universities, TAFE, Colleges and childcare centres
Local Government Authorities operating under the Local Government Act, 1993
Local Government Committees
Organisations that are the responsibility of another Minister’s portfolio
PCYCs, YMCA/YWCA, Scouts/Girl Guides, Gyms, and Surf Life Saving