Sport Access Foundation Grants for Children and Young People with a Disability

Deadline: 14 July 2019

The Sport Access Foundation is seeking applications for its grants program to provide financial assistance to help children and teenagers with a physical or intellectual disability to participate in sporting activities that are otherwise beyond the financial means of their family.

Benefits

the costs of travelling to and from sporting events and training;
the costs of participating in sporting events including participation, entry or enrolment fees;
the purchase of specialist sport equipment or clothing;
the purchase of protective or adaptive equipment; and
the costs of consulting with health professionals to develop an appropriate sporting program for that child;
engage and coordinate with other institutions to provide that child with support and access to appropriate sporting programs, sporting activities and other resources to help them achieve their sporting goals (particularly in their local communities); and
to solicit donations, gifts, bequests and other forms of financial assistance to further, or for the benefit of, these objects (including by conducting fundraising initiatives); and
all matters incidental to and ancillary to the above mentioned objects (including in relation to generating alternate revenue sources through social enterprise and commercial activity)

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants can apply for an Individual Grant, if applicants are:
- 7 -17 years old in this calendar year
- living with a physical or intellectual disability
- an Australian citizen or permanent resident and are residing in Australia
Applicants can apply for a Club/Program Grant, if applicants:
- are a registered sporting club or program
- have children with a disability aged 7-17 as their members or want to enable them to join