Local Sport Grant Program 2025 has commenced

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The Local Sport Grant Program is designed to boost consistent and long-term participation in sport across NSW. Through this initiative, the Office of Sport is working to achieve its key objectives, including:

  • Industry Development: Helping the sport and active recreation sector evolve and expand at every level throughout NSW.
  • Infrastructure and Venues: Promoting a network of inclusive, accessible spaces for sport and active recreation.
  • For Everyone: Creating more inclusive opportunities in sport and active recreation, ensuring people across NSW can stay involved at every stage of life.

Significant Dates 

The dates below are provisional and relate solely to this round.

  • Applications begun 30 June 2025.
  • Submissions must be received by 1pm on 18 August 2025.
  • Results will be communicated from February 2026 onwards.

Key Targets

The Program’s main goals are aligned with the Office of Sport’s Strategic Plan, and aim specifically to:

  • Boost consistent and long-term involvement in sport.
  • Broaden access to sport for underrepresented communities, such as women and girls, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, First Nations peoples, and LGBTQIA+ groups.
  • Remove obstacles and enhance opportunities for people to participate in sport.
  • Guide sport clubs in delivering high-quality experiences to their members and addressing community needs. Strengthen the financial stability and upgrade the facilities of local sporting clubs.

Applications must clearly show a defined need for the project and explain how the intended outcomes will be accomplished. In particular, they should illustrate how the project will contribute to achieving at least one of the objectives mentioned above.

Funding

In 2025, a total of $4.65 million in funding will be offered to support sporting clubs and associations throughout NSW, with $50,000 allocated to each electorate and individual projects eligible for grants of up to $20,000.

Each of the 93 electorates across NSW will receive $50,000 in funding. Applicants must provide the address of their project location to ensure it is assessed under the appropriate electorate.

Applicants can request a grant ranging from $2,000 to a maximum of $20,000. An organisation is allowed to submit more than one application.

For more information on the guidelines of the grant program, click here.

To apply for the Local Sport Grant Program 2025, click here.

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AC Milan and Puma Unveil New 2026/27 Away Kit

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AC Milan and Puma have officially unveiled the clubs the new 2026/27 away kit, a timeless white kit that celebrates resilience, heritage and the winning mentality that has defined the Rossoneri for generations.

Inspired by the phrase “after Istanbul, there is always Athens” the kit pays tribute to AC Milan’s triumph in the 2007 Champions League Final in Athens following their defeat in Istanbul in 2005. The message printed on the back of the collar, reflects the club’s enduring spirit and serves as a reminder that every setback can become the foundation for future success.

Leading the campaign is club legend Filipo Inzaghi who scored two goals to lead AC Milan in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, embodying the determination, resilience and hunger that continues to define AC Milan’s identity.

Every detail on this years away kit reinforces this story. Gold accents and a laurel wrapped club crest celebrates a storied history of success, while the authentic version features the Greek inscription “Δύναμη Ψυχής” (“Strength of Spirit”) inside the collar. A subtle phoenix wing woven into the fabric symbolises renewal, resilience and the Club’s commitment to continually rising to new challenges.

The authentic jersey is engineered with PUMA’s advanced ULTRAWEAVE fabric, complemented by dryCELL and ThermoAdapt technologies to deliver lightweight feel and optimal performance. The replica version brings the same identity combining the same striking design with everyday wearability and is made with RE technology, incorporating 95% recycled polyester sourced from textile waste.

The new AC Milan 2026/27 Away Kit is available now through AC Milan Official Stores, the Club’s online store, PUMA and selected retailers worldwide.

Football NSW builds life‑saving network as cardiac safety push expands

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Football NSW has distributed 20 defibrillators to associations and regional clubs through its Every Beat Matters campaign, part of a broader push to improve cardiac emergency preparedness across the state’s football network.

Sixteen of the devices were presented to participating associations at the inaugural Football NSW Association Championships in Mudgee. A further four went to regional clubs: Cowra and District Soccer Club, Westside Panthers, Yerrinbool Bargo Soccer Club and Narooma Football Club.

The rollout builds on the Heartbeat of Sport AED Mapping Project, which is mapping defibrillator placement at sporting facilities across NSW with funding from the Minns Labor Government. Twelve football associations have joined the effort, including Eastern Suburbs, Manly Warringah, Granville, Southern Districts, Nepean, Northern Suburbs, Football Canterbury, Bankstown, Hills, Sutherland Shire, North West Sydney Football and Football South Coast.

Data collected through the mapping project is being fed into NSW Ambulance’s GoodSAM emergency response system and NSW Health’s public AED map, enabling first responders to locate nearby defibrillators in real time.

The initiative responds to a gap that had gone largely unexamined. More than 2,400 defibrillators have been deployed across NSW sports facilities through the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, which offers grants of up to $3,000 to eligible organisations. But a device not registered in emergency response systems provides significantly less value than one that is accurately mapped and immediately locatable.

The urgency is not abstract. At Doyalson Wyee Football Club, a 70‑year‑old player survived a sudden on‑field cardiac arrest because an AED was available on site. Survival rates drop by about 10 per cent for every minute without defibrillation.

Football NSW is also establishing a long‑term defibrillator register to track equipment distribution, access and maintenance across all 636 clubs and 31 associations. The Every Beat Matters campaign, supported by Toyota and St John Ambulance, aims to raise about $240,000 through a raffle to fund an initial rollout of 65 defibrillators to clubs currently without access, prioritising regional and lower socio‑economic areas.

The #HeartHealthMatters Program is delivering CPR and AED familiarisation training to sporting organisations, with a particular focus on regional communities where ambulance response times are often longer and volunteer bases smaller.

The ambition, in the words of project organisers, is straightforward: that no preventable death occurs on a football ground because the right equipment was not there, or could not be found.

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