Grants are open for South Australia’s Active Club Program – Regional Drought Relief Round – until midday Wednesday 28 May 2025.
The Active Club Program is an ongoing grant from the South Australian government designed to support clubs attract participation and ease operation. This special Regional Drought Relief Round aims to address the disadvantages and barriers clubs face due to being adversely affected by drought.
In total the Regional Drought Relief Round is providing $2 million dollars to clubs in drought affected areas facing hardship, with clubs able to claim $5000.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the grant, applicants must:
- be a non-profit recreation, sport, or community club whose primary purpose is the delivery of sport or recreational programs or services within South Australia; or
- be a non-profit fishing club whose primary purpose is the delivery of recreational programs or services within South Australia; and
- be incorporated under the Associations Incorporations Act 1985 (SA); and
- have a minimum total membership base of 20 members. Total membership can include
associate, social and life membership; and - be operating for 12 months or longer; and
- be located within an eligible council area or comparable regional or remote area. (List can be found on the guidelines page HERE).
Conversely, the following organisations will be ineligible:
- Any organisation which holds a gaming license.
- Organisations which have been operating for less than 12 months
- For profit, commercial organisations.
- Local councils/local government authorities.
- State associations and peak bodies which receive funding from the State Sport and Recreation Development Program.
- Educational institutions.
- Dance organisations unaffiliated with DanceSport Australia or another recognised body by the Australian Sports Commission.
- Any organisation whose primary purpose is not the delivery of active recreation, sport or recreational fishing programs.
- Any organisation which has overdue grant acquittals for the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing (ORSR) at the time of funding recommendations.
- Any organisation which has less than 20 members.
- Any organisation which cannot demonstrate an acceptable level of financial responsibility.
- Any organisation whose primary purpose is to run one off or yearly events.
- Any organisation physically located in a metropolitan area.
Eligible Projects
Program grants can be used for projects and equipment which target participation and water initiatives or expenses.
Examples include:
- Water saving or harvesting initiatives
- Energy efficiency initiatives
- Utility bill relief
- Sporting equipment
- Fishing equipment
- Uniforms and protective gear
- Professional development
- Positive menstrual health initiatives
- Medical training
- Medical equipment
- Club promotional material
- Hardship subsidies
- Technology directly associated with
participation or club sustainability - Playing venue maintenance
equipment - White goods
- Travel and accommodation
Conclusion
Before applying for the grants, ensure that you have the mandatory documents required. These are the most recent Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet) and/or Statement of Financial Performance (Income and Expenditure Statement) of your organisation, and they must cover a period of 12 months.
To apply for the Regional Drought Relief Round, click HERE.
For more information on the grants, learn from the guidelines HERE.
