Deadline: 16-Jul-23
The Yarra Ranges Council has launched the applications for the Recreation and Sport Capital Development Grant Program to support the local community to carry out projects that will improve and benefit sport and recreation clubs.
Yarra Ranges Council will provide funding to not-for-profit recreation and sporting organisations within the municipality to improve their existing facilities. This can be achieved through improvements to buildings, outdoor spaces and outdoor facilities as long as the building/area is owned and/or maintained by council.
Priorities
- Priority will be given to projects that address the following objectives:
- Improve opportunities and/or the environment for female participation in sport and recreation;
- Improve access for disadvantaged groups (e.g. disability, cultural, low socio economic) to sport and recreation facilities;
- Projects that incorporate sustainability elements in design, materials or outcomes ie. environmental, economic or social.
Why Yarra Ranges Council funds the Capital Development Grants?
- Yarra Ranges Council is committed to:
- Improving the physical and mental health of its community through sport and recreation;
- Increasing participation across all sports and recreation activities;
- Support active living;
- Improving the safety of the community.
Funding Information
- Grants are up to $30,000;
- Club contributions will constitute a minimum 50% of the total project cost ;
- Total project cost can be no more than $80,000 – which would consist of $30,000 from Council and $50,000 from the sport and active recreation organisation;
- Funding is provided as a one-off grant for a capital improvement, to buildings, facilities or land managed/maintained by Yarra Rages Council under a lease/licence or annual/seasonal tenancy;
- Only one application per organisation will be accepted.
Duration: The project should be completed no later than 30 June 2024.
Eligible Projects
- Improvements to pavilions and club rooms, including kitchens, bathrooms and social space;
- Improvements to sporting and recreational facilities;
- New infrastructure initiatives to encourage active living;
- Projects that reduce risk/improve safety;
- Storage improvements;
- Fencing.
Ineligible Projects
- Maintenance works considered as your organisation/ clubs’ responsibility under the current tenancy or lease agreement with council;
- projects which exclude access to the public or community groups;
- ongoing administration/operational costs;
- works that have already been started or completed;
- sports Lighting Upgrades;
- appliances and/or non-permanent equipment.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit sporting or active recreation organisations that have a current lease/license or tenancy/JUA agreement with Yarra Ranges Council or recognised government body which the land is managed/maintained by Yarra Rages Council.
- Who Cannot Apply?
- Individuals;
- Profit making organisations (Businesses);
- Sport or active recreation organisations without a current lease/license or tenancy/JUA agreement with Yarra Ranges Council on land which is not owned, managed or maintained by Yarra Rages Council.
For more information, visit Yarra Ranges Council.