Deadline: 23-Sep-22
The Sport Australia is seeking applications for its Organisation Grants to support eligible organisations by providing funding to undertake projects that address systemic and cultural barriers for women leaders in sport.
Aims
The Organisation Grant program aims to:
- Support organisations in the development of practices, systems and processes that lead to a sector that is more diverse and inclusive, particularly in the promotion and advancement of women leaders.
- Provide education and training opportunities for eligible organisations to support in advancing their diversity, equity and inclusion goals and commitments.
- Address systemic and cultural barriers for women leaders in sport
Funding Information
- In 2023, up to $170,000 (GST exclusive) will be available for Organisation Grants.
- The maximum funding amount available per organisation is $15,000 (GST exclusive).
How funding will support?
Organisations need to demonstrate how the funding will support either the leadership, capability, or culture of their organisation.
- Leadership
- Projects that help attract, develop, or retain women
- Projects that create more leadership pathways for women
- Projects that offer career development opportunities for women (i.e., mentoring, scholarship, career planning sessions etc)
- Projects that support women in senior roles (Exec, CEO, Board, HP Coaches, Match Officials etc)
- Projects that develop inclusive leadership programs
- Projects with an enhanced focus on the career development of women from culturally diverse backgrounds, First Nations women or women with a disability
- Capability
- Projects that see the organisation develop and implement new policies and practices (e.g., Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan)
- Projects that build a positive, gender inclusive action plan to embed in the organisation
- Research projects that contribute to the information/evidence base for gender equity plans
- Projects that improve the recruitment processes for women both on and off the field and addresses biases
- Culture
- Projects which educate the organisation around the importance of gender equity, including improving processes, embedding gender neutral inclusive language in policy and capability, strategic planning, and communication
- Projects which educate senior leaders (Board, CEO, Executive team) around promoting, prioritising, and resourcing gender equality within their organisation
- Projects which establish ongoing communities of practice within their sport, focusing on gender equity and diversity
- Projects which educate and develop the organisation to address the systemic issues women leaders face in the workplace
- Projects which support the communications & marketing team with increasing the visibility and changing the narrative around women leaders in sport
- Projects that promote cultural and behavioural initiatives that help create an environment in which everyone is valued and can thrive.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, organisations must satisfy all the following criteria:
- Be a national sporting organisation, a national sporting organisation for people with a disability, be a state/territory sporting organisation of a national body that is recognised by the ASC, the Australian Olympic Committee or Commonwealth Games Australia
- Have the commitment of, and a letter of support from, the Chair or CEO
- The project must be new and commence in 2023
- Organisations must co-contribute to the project either financially, through staff contribution or resources. The organisation is also responsible for all project administration costs.
- Organisation has no overdue WLIS acquittal or reporting requirements with the ASC
- Organisation is not 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”
For more information, visit https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/wlis/organisation#frequently_asked_questions