Applications are now open for round two of the 2020/21 Victorian Government’s Change Our Game Scholarship Program.

The highly successful Change Our Game Scholarship Program supports women to pursue leadership opportunities across all levels of the sector.

Scholarships range in value from $2,000 to $10,000 and nominations are open to all recognised state sport and recreation bodies, local government authorities and regional sports assemblies.

This round will also include a category specific to women whose roles have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

This stream will provide career coaching or career counselling for anyone looking to identify transferrable skills, reskill or re-evaluate a career pathway in the sport and recreation sector.

The scholarship program is tiered to ensure leadership opportunities are extended to women, regardless of their experience, encompassing community sport volunteers through to senior executives at state sporting associations.

Since the scholarship program was introduced in 2018, more than $1 million has been invested to assist almost 200 Victorian women working and volunteering across all levels of the sport and recreation sector to access a range of professional development opportunities and training courses.

The Government is working to levelling the playing field for women and girls in sport and active recreation, and the scholarships are part of the Government’s $7.2 million investment in the Change Our Game initiative.

For more information visit the Change Our Game Scholarship Program webpage