Category: Grants

Feb 13
AIS athletes to receive scholarship for life after sport

40 athletes from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) will receive funding as part of a pilot scholarship. The cohort of athletes will be included in the inaugural AIS Education Scholarship program. It is an initiative that aims to find the balance between sport and study, preparing athletes for their transition to life after sport. […]

Feb 13
Preston Lions FC receives green light for facilities upgrade

Preston Lions FC will commence work on its new football pavilion in February 2021, after receiving unanimous support from the Darebin City Council. The new pavilion at BT Connor Reserve will feature four change rooms equipped with toilets and showers, and a new community space for social purposes. Preston Lions Vice President David Cvetkovski was […]

Feb 13
Victorian Government to back players and volunteers

The Victorian Government will support football players and volunteers at clubs from all levels across the state, by supplying grants to build female friendly change rooms, provide lighting at grounds and upgrade pitches. It comes in the latest round of the $20 million World Game Facilities Fund which provides grants of up to $500,000 to […]

Feb 13
Applications open for Sport Australia’s Women Leaders in Sport Grants

Sport Australia is now accepting applications for the 2021 Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) Development Grants and Leadership Workshops. The WLIS Development Grants and Leadership Workshops form part of the broader WLIS program, featuring activities that help women in the sports industry obtain new skills, knowledge and qualifications to progress their leadership pathway in the […]

Feb 13
Canterbury Junior Football Club the first recipients of grassroots grants

Canterbury Junior Football Club are the first recipients of the new Superstar Sports grassroots football cash grants, to be launched on Friday (March 5) at Dolcissimo Restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Haberfield. The grants are valued at $300 and will be awarded to a grassroots club every three months by a former player who […]

Feb 13
New support from Victorian Government as part of Sporting Club Grants Program

The Victorian Government has announced more support for grassroots sporting clubs affected by the state’s recent coronavirus circuit-breaker efforts, with new funding available through the Sporting Club Grants Program. In what comes as significant news for Victorian grassroots soccer clubs who incurred losses during the circuit-breaker period from February 12th to February 17th, $2,000 has […]

Feb 13
Victorian Government launches Change Our Game Community Activation Grants program

The Victorian State Government’s Change Our Game Community Activation Grants program has been launched as an initiative towards funding one-off community based events that celebrate the role of women and girls in sport and provide a level playing field. The program, featuring grants of up to $10,000, is available for community sport and recreation organisations […]

Feb 13
Glen Eira pavilion makeover to give community sport a boost

A $4 million investment package by the Victorian Government is set to transform three parks within the City of Glen Eira, building ageing pavilions into bigger and more modern female and family friendly community venues. Two soccer clubs will be able to directly benefit from these upgrades – Glen Eira FC and Caulfield Cougars SC. […]

Feb 13
Melton Phoenix FC receive significant funding for new pavilion

Melton Phoenix Football Club have received $1.18 million in facility funding from the Victorian State Government, with works commencing on a new pavilion at the club’s home at MacPherson Park. The new pavilion will incorporate female friendly change and referees’ rooms, a kitchen, a first aid room, a community social space and fully accessible public […]

Feb 13
Grassroots sport given new lease of life in Frankston

The Frankston City Council have been provided $2.9 million in funding, in a move that forms part of the ongoing community sport and recreation infrastructure projects that the Victorian Government has been involved with since 2014 – exceeding the amount of $1 billion. Ballam Park, home to the Peninsula Strikers Junior Football (Soccer) Club, were […]