Sporting grants closing soon in West Australia

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The West Australian Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund and Club Night Lights Program grants’ rounds of applications are closing at the end of this month on Monday March 31.

Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund

The Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund is a grant designed to assist community groups purchase equipment and develop infrastructure to boost participation in sporting and recreational activities.

Through the current round of the grants, community groups can apply for small grants for projects worth between $7,500 – $500,000. If successful, applicants may receive grants worth between $2,500 – $200,000.

Examples of projects eligible for small grants include:

  • Storage upgrades
  • Changerooms refurbishments and renovations
  • Safety fences and equipment
  • Court surface conversion (grass to synthetic)
  • large scale damming, water collection and pipeline systems (max grant of $60,000)
  • Planning studies (max grant of $25,000)

Club Night Lights Program

The Club Night Lights Program is a grant created to help community groups develop effective and safe floodlight infrastructure to increase participation in recreational and sporting activities.

Via the current round of applications, community groups can apply for small grants worth up to $200,000 for projects costing up to a maximum of $500,000.

Examples of projects eligible for small grants include:

  • Providing new or upgrading prior floodlight infrastructure
  • Addressing strategic objectives for State Sporting Associations (SSA) in order to cater for competition play at select locations
  • Replacing metal-halide lighting with LED lighting
  • Power upgrades for lighting

Eligibility 

To be eligible for either of the two grants, applicants must:

  • Be a local government
  • Or it must be a not-for-profit sport, recreation or community organisation
  • Be incorporated under the WA Associations Incorporation Act 2015
  • Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

Additionally, the location where the facility is being upgraded, or where the project is occurring must be:

  • A crown reserve
  • land owned by a public authority
  • municipal property
  • land held for public purposes by trustees under a valid lease, title or trust deed which protects the interests of the public.

For more information on the grants, research them on their respective websites:

 

 

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

 

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

 

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.

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