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Program Guidelines and FAQs
Program Guidelines
Download 2023-2024 Country Football and Netball Program Application Guidelines (PDF)
Download 2023-2024 Country Football and Netball Program Application Guidelines (Word)
Please contact us if you need further information about these documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Eligibility
Only Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are eligible to apply directly to the Program, limited to:
- Rural and regional LGAs
- Interface LGAs for facilities used by teams participating in leagues that are affiliated with an AFL Country League or a Netball Victoria Regional League or for facilities in areas where rurality can be demonstrated
- Frankston, Greater Dandenong and Kingston LGAs for facilities used by teams participating in an AFL Victoria Country League.
Applications must be submitted by an authorised representative of a LGA.
Applications received directly from clubs, associations, umpiring organisations, schools, community organisations and businesses will not be considered for funding.
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Program funding range
Up to $250,000
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Dates
2023-24 Country Football and Netball Program
- Applications Open: August 2023
- Applications Close: 9 October 2023
- Notification of Outcomes: from February 2024 onwards.
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Application process
Process for local government authorities
Eligible applicants must discuss project ideas with Sport and Recreation Victoria and peak body (i.e. AFL Victoria or Netball Victoria) representatives before submitting an application.
Eligible applicants must submit an application via the Sport and Recreation Victoria website, addressing the assessment criteria as per Section 5 and separately email all supporting documents to cfnp@sport.vic.gov.au
All applications must be submitted and supporting documents emailed, copying in your Sport and Recreation Victoria representative, by 5pm on Monday 9 October 2023.
Process for clubs/organisations
Local clubs and organisations are advised to contact their local government authority to discuss potential applications.
An Expression of Interest for Community Organisations Form has been developed to assist country football and netball clubs, associations and umpiring organisations, schools, and community organisations liaise directly with their local government authority on possible applications to the program.
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Apply now
Please ensure you have read the relevant Country Football and Netball Program Guidelines prior to submitting any applications.
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Supporting Documentation Templates, Guides and Fact Sheets
Supporting Documentation Templates
- Project Management Framework fact sheet and template (Word)
- Schedule of Use fact sheet and template (Excel)
- Detailed Area Schedule Example and Template (Excel)
- Fair Play Code form for tenants (Word)
- Aboriginal Heritage Planning Tool
- In-Kind Labour and Voluntary Support fact sheet and template (Word)
- Project Governance framework template (Word)
- Instructions and Explanatory Notes for Completing a Community Joint Use Proposal
- Community Joint Use Proposal Template
Guides
- Design for Everyone Guide
- Sport and Recreation Victoria Infrastructure Grants – Acknowledgement and Publicity Guidelines (pdf)
- Sport and Recreation Victoria Infrastructure Grants – Acknowledgement and Publicity Guidelines (Word)
- Female Friendly Sport Infrastructure Guidelines
- This Girl Can - Helping women and girls get active
- AFL Preferred Facility Guidelines
- AFL Unisex Amenities Guidelines
- Netball Australia National Facilities Policy (pdf)
- Netball Victoria Facility Manual
- Tennis Australia National Tennis Facility Planning and Development Guide
- Artificial Grass For Sport Guide (pdf)
- Artificial Grass For Sport Guide (Word)
- Cricket Australia Community Cricket Facilities Guidelines
- Community sporting facility lighting guide (pdf)
- Community sporting facility lighting guide (Word)
- Good Play Space Guide: "I can play too" (pdf)
- Good Play Space Guide: "I can play too" (Word)
- Healthy Choices: policy guidelines for sport and recreation centres
- Female participation in sport and physical activity a snapshot of the evidence
- Engaging culturally and linguistically diverse women and girls in sports
- Women in sport and recreation in Australia
- Barriers to sports participation for women and girls
- Retaining the Membership of Women in Sport
Fact Sheets
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Program area and assistance
For assistance with a project idea and/or an application contact your Sport and Recreation Victoria representative.
For general Sport and Recreation Victoria grant enquiries:
Email cfnp@sport.vic.gov.au
Status: Open
Closing: 09/10/2023
Delivered in partnership with the AFL, AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria, the Country Football and Netball Program provides funding to assist regional football and netball clubs, associations and umpiring organisations to upgrade and develop facilities in rural, regional and outer metropolitan locations.
Examples of projects eligible for funding include the following:
- development of new, or upgrade to existing change rooms and pavilions to increase capacity, inclusion and safety
- development of new, or upgrade to existing sports ovals and courts to increase capacity and safety
- sports lighting that improves facility capacity and participant safety. Lighting projects may include the installation of new LED Lighting Infrastructure, or the replacement of non-LED lighting with LED lamps to permit lighting standards to be met
- projects that result in energy or water efficiency, with a direct impact on participation, such as warm season grass conversions.
The program is underpinned by the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions’ priorities to ensure the state’s economy benefits all Victorians by creating more jobs for more people, building thriving places and regions and nurturing inclusive communities.
For specific details on the program, including the objectives of the program, the grant amount available and eligibility of applications please refer to the guidelines.