Round two of the Victorian Sporting Club Grants Program is now open for applications until March 27 2025.
Provided by Sport and Recreation Victoria, the grants are a part of the Active Victoria 2022-26 strategic framework and aim to support sport clubs across Victoria develop sustainable practices and address barriers to safety and participation.
Grant Funding Categories
Program grants are available in four different categories:
Category 1: On-field Uniforms or Equipment
This category provides up to $1000 for playing uniforms, equipment for players or active participants, as well as safety and first aid equipment.
Category 2: Volunteers and Officials
This category provides up to $5000 for projects or programs which improve the knowledge and skills of volunteers, coaches and officials. Funding can also be used for actions which improve volunteer retention.
Category 3: Access and Engagement
This category can provide up to $1000 for resources which enhance participation, accessibility and club governance.
Alternatively, this category can provide up to $4000 for a new or modified sport or active recreation program.
Category 4: Competitors
This category can provide up to $750 to individual competitors who are chosen to participate in competitions, trials or training camps, to cover the costs of travel, accommodation and registration.
Costs and projects that will and will not be covered by the grants can be found on the Sporting Club Grants Program website.
Eligible Applicants
Applicants must be:
- A community sport or recreation organisation performing in Victoria.
- Non-government
- Not-for-profit
- Providing a sport or activity that is a person-centric physical activity
- Registered in Victoria as either an incorporated association, company limited by guarantee or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
Applicants can nominate an Auspice to take financial responsibility for grant funding, but they must:
- be registered and operating in Victoria as one of the previous approved legal entities.
- have completed reporting responsibilities on any prior grants received from Sport and Recreation Victoria.
Ineligible Applicants
Organisations that have received funding from categories 1, 2 or 3 via the following sources will be ineligible for categories 1,2 or 3 of the current round of grants:
- the 2023-24 Sporting Club Grants Program, or
- Round 1 of the 2024-25 Sporting Club Grants Program
These organisations still remain eligible for category 4 of the Sporting Club Grants Program.
Organisations that have received $6,000 or more from category 4 of the grants from the following sources will be ineligible for category 4 of the current round of grants:
- the 2023-24 Sporting Club Grants Program, or
- Round 1 of the 2024-25 Sporting Club Grants Program
These organisations still remain eligible for categories 1, 2 or 3 of the Sporting Club Grants Program.
Application Requirements
To apply for the grants applicants must attest that their organisation:
- Upholds Child Safe Standards policies
- has completed reporting responsibilities on prior grants received from Sport and Recreation Victoria.
Sport and Recreation Victoria applicants must also attest that their organisation:
- Upholds the Fair Play Code, or their relevant State Sporting Association’s code of conduct.
- Complies with the requirements of the Australian National Anti-Doping Scheme and Australian National Anti-Doping Policy.
Additionally, if an applicant is affiliated with a Sport and Recreation Victoria organisation it must have a minimum of 40% women on its board or have a recognised action plan with the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation.
If an applicant has been named in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, or receives a Notice of Redress Liability, it must join or send an intention to join the National Redress Scheme to Sport and Recreation Victoria.
How to Apply
Applications for grants can submitted online via the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions Grants Portal. Applicants will need to create or log into an account to lodge a submission.
Grant applications are filed individually via the category of funding, and can be found below:
Applicants can lodge application for multiple grants, however there is a limit:
- Category 1 or Category 3: Maximum 1
- Category 2: Maximum 1
- Category 4: Maximum 8
Upon apply for or receiving a grant, organisations are subject to Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Conditions of Grant.
For more information on the Sporting Club Grants Program, click HERE.
