Investing in community sport to Change Our Game
Published: 7 February 2024The Victorian Government is backing more women and girls from all backgrounds to get involved in the sport they love, right across the state.
Applications are now open for the 2023-24 Change Our Game Community Activation Grants program.
Grants of up to $10,000 are available to support community sport and recreation clubs or organisations to increase participation, build capability, promote gender equity and support the professional development of women and girls playing, volunteering and working in community sport.
In this round of the program there’s also a strong focus on supporting club or organisation initiatives that encourage the equitable inclusion of women and girls from all backgrounds and experiences.
The program is part of the Government’s Change Our Game initiative, working to make sport more accessible, increasing local participation and providing opportunities for all Victorians to be leaders in their local sporting community.
Now in its seventh year, the Change Our Game Community Activation Grants program has provided more than $2.2 million towards 461 grants that have benefitted community sport and active recreation clubs and organisations across the state.
Together with the Fair Access Policy, launched by the Victorian Government in August 2022, Change Our Game Community Activation Grants provide a great opportunity for clubs and organisations to extend equitable access to, and use of, community sports infrastructure, and build participants’ skills and knowledge.
These grants are part of the Government’s $18.8 million investment in the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation and the Change Our Game initiative since 2016.
Applications for this program close at 5 pm AEDT, Monday 4 March 2024.
For more information visit Change Our Game.