Big infrastructure wins continue for community sport
Published: 22 May 2025More game changing local sports infrastructure builds are on the way, helping communities across metropolitan Melbourne with women and girls change rooms, sports courts, sports fields, playspace transformations and more.
The 2024-25 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSIF) is investing in 28 new and upgraded community sport and active recreation facilities worth over $17 million across metropolitan Melbourne.
This includes $250,000 towards a new kids and families recreation space at Dandenong’s Greaves Reserve featuring a multi-use court for basketball and soccer, a tennis half-court with rebound wall, and connecting pathways.
Fawkner’s popular Charles Mutton Reserve is also receiving a 150 lux LED lighting upgrade on both sports ovals courtesy of a $200,000 boost - providing the Northern Saints Football Club with more playing and training time on their ovals to meet growing demand.
At Frankston Park, $250,000 will deliver bigger and better home and away change rooms for teams from the Frankston Football Club and Frankston Dolphins Reclink Football Team to help them host the big games.
The recent release of the Community Sports Infrastructure 2024 Outcomes Statement – a Sport and Recreation Victoria report, highlights the positive impacts of government-funded projects through initiatives like the LSIF.
In the last 2 years alone more than 330 funded facilities, subject of the statement, have increased participation by almost 43% or over 70,200 new participants, including a 19% increase in girls playing sport.
That’s more people of all ages and abilities swimming, playing soccer, netball, volleyball, skateboarding, cycling and more at a range of facilities from skate parks to netball courts, close to home.
And it’s not just participation that’s booming, local economies have been boosted with over 1,170 direct full-time jobs supported in the delivery of more than $538 million worth of community sport and active recreation infrastructure across Victoria.
Initiatives like these are also about inclusion, fair play, and improving the health, wellbeing, and social outcomes for Victorian communities.
For more information about the Fund and successful projects visit Local Sports Infrastructure Fund.