• Community level organisations delivering sport and active recreation programs anywhere in Victoria may apply
• State sporting associations, regional sport assemblies, state sport and recreation bodies and local government authorities are ineligible to apply unless in partnership with a community level organisation, who must lead and submit the application
• School sport and recreation clubs, and university sport clubs that participate in inter-varsity competitions are ineligible to apply
• Organisations who have received a 2018/19 Change Our Game Community Activation Grant are ineligible to apply again this round.

Grants of up to $5000 are available.

The Change Our Game Community Activation Grants will fund one-off community level initiatives that aim to showcase and celebrate the role of women and girls in sport and recreation. These initiatives may include, but are not limited to:

• Change Our Game women’s round for your club
• Educational session addressing issues facing women and girls in sport and recreation
• Networking event for women and girls
• Event that showcases achievements of women and girls in sport and active recreation, or showcase best practice in promoting gender equality
• A ‘come and try’ day that addresses the barriers to women and girls participating in your sport
• Community forum focused on sharing experiences and developing collaborative strategies around gender equality and inclusion.

Activities do not have to be female-only events, but can also include events that are open to the whole community (men and boys as well as women and girls).

Funding is not available:

• Community sporting events or competitions without a focus on furthering gender equity
• Uniforms or equipment (including IT and software)
• Ongoing or recurrent costs of an organisation (for example, salaries for ongoing positions, rent, electricity and other utilities)
• Fixed playing surfaces and structures (for example, synthetic pitch, goal posts)
• Capital expenditure including the purchase of land (for example, permanent shade structures, permanent fencing, fixed lighting, permanent practice wickets, ramps and other permanent structures)
• Repair of equipment, structures and playing surfaces (for example, golf course, turf wicket pitch)
• Non-playing/participation equipment (for example, public address systems, banners, trophies, videos, sunshades, gazebos, carpet/lino, clubroom items, wicket covers, scoreboards, GPS, computers and IT equipment)
• Canteen items (for example, microwave ovens, soft drink, food, alcohol, cooking utensils)

Applications will be open from 25 March 2019 to 5pm 28 April 2019.  

To put in an application visit the Change our Game website

Read more about Sport and Recreation Victoria.

For general Sport and Recreation Victoria grant enquiries:

Phone: 1300 366 356 for the cost of a local call (except from mobile phones); or

Email Grants information

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