Aims to improve Rugby facilities in NSW, boost usage, ensure equitable access for under-represented groups, and enhance the experience for all participants and spectators.
The Program aims to improve Rugby facilities, increase participation opportunities and improve player pathways. It will support Rugby in all Rugby Australia and World Rugby game formats, at all levels through the construction or upgrade of community facilities, participation initiatives. These improvements will create a tournament legacy ensuring all of NSW is positively impacted from hosting the Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027.
Examples of eligible project types and project components include:
- New or upgraded synthetic, hybrid or turf pitches, including improvements to pitch drainage, full resurfacing and irrigation.
- New or improved field lighting.
- Upgraded or new amenity buildings such as gender-neutral change rooms, canteen/kiosk, club rooms, grandstands, seating, shade/shelter, or storage spaces that are universally designed.
Eligible to: Sporting Clubs, government, non-government, community Groups
Applications close: Friday, 14 Aug 2026
Provides financial assistance to NNSWF member clubs to partner with local stakeholders to improve the quality, availability, accessibility and safety of their facilities.
NNSWF is committed to improving places to play and aims to increase the number and quality of sustainable and vibrant football facilities into the future.
Improved football facilities can:
- Increase participation
- Improve participant retention
- Attract more female participants
- Improve safety and security
- Improve football experiences.
The Program may fund up to 50% of the net project costs, with a maximum funding contribution of $100,000 per project.
Eligible to: Sporting Clubs
Applications close: Monday, 17 Aug 2026
Provides funding to support sport and recreation infrastructure such as sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.
The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. This grant is one of four Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants administered by the Office of Responsible Gambling.
Your project will need to be infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.
Infrastructure Grants can be used for costs such as construction, the purchase of capital equipment and professional fees. Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.
Eligible to: Government, education, community Groups, sporting Clubs, businesses
Applications close: Monday, 17 Aug 2026
Provides funding to support community infrastructure such as a multipurpose community hub or a service for an eligible community group.
The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. This grant is one of four Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants administered by the Office of Responsible Gambling.
Your project will need to be infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.
Projects can contribute to, but are not limited to, one or more of the following areas or outcomes: Construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure in the community infrastructure category.
Eligible to: Government, education, community Groups, sporting Clubs, businesses
Applications close: Monday, 17 Aug 2026
Helps fund the delivery of high-quality open spaces to support the needs of growing communities across the state.
The Better Open Spaces program will provide $40 million in grants over two rounds to councils to fund upgrades to inclusive parks and sport fields, swimming spots and town squares. It builds on the NSW Government’s investment in supporting greener, better-connected communities.
Round 1 of the program will deliver up to $36 million and is available to 53 councils.
Funding for Round 1 is split into two pools which reflects the approximate share of housing growth between the two groups:
- $32.4 million in funding for 43 LGAs across Greater Sydney, Illawarra-Shoalhaven, Central Coast, Lower Hunter and Greater Newcastle
- $3.6 million in funding for 10 LGAs in regional NSW based on the highest dwelling construction approvals during the National Housing Accord Period.
Eligible to: Government
Applications close: Monday, 31 Aug 2026
Basketball Victoria has launched a landmark Facility Planning Grant Program, investing $250,000 to help shape the future of basketball infrastructure across the state.
The first initiative of its kind delivered by a State Sporting Organisation in Australia, the program will provide up to five grants of $50,000 to support the planning and development of future basketball facility projects.
The grant program has been established in recognition of the growing demand for quality basketball facilities across Victoria and the important role community sport plays in creating healthier, more connected communities.
Who can apply?
Eligible applicants include:
Basketball Victoria Member Organisations
Victorian Local Government bodies
Victorian schools and education providers, including government and non-government schools, TAFEs and universities.
Eligible to: Sporting clubs
Applications close: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Provides funding to build new or upgrade existing preschools on at least 50 non-government school sites, at both independent and Catholic schools in NSW.
The program will support more children and families to access quality preschool across NSW.
Grants under the program will be directed towards non-government schools that provide primary education (primary schools and composite (K-12) schools) and are located in high-growth areas, and selected based on socio-economic status, student demographics and classification as a special school.
Grants under the program are to be directed towards non-government schools that:
To be eligible for funding under the program, a non-government school must:
Eligible to: Education
Applications close: Wednesday, 30 Sep 2026
Provides financial investment into community football facilities across the state.
Clubs will be able to apply for funding to support projects that have a positive impact on AFL participation and experience.
The objectives of the NSW Facilities Fund are to:
Eligible to: Government, education, community Groups, sporting Clubs, businesses
Applications close: Friday, 30 Oct 2026
Over the past years we have seen a significant increase in Disasters including fire, flood, drought, cyclones etc and the Foundation has streamlined applications to meet the needs of Districts.
Prior to making any applications, Clubs or District should refer to the Grant Application Procedures to ensure all details are completed to enable the Directors to consider each application. All grants are considered on an individual basis by the Directors.
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, education, health, community groups, sporting clubs
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
The Community Place Based Grants program provides funding for the development and delivery of co-designed, place based structured holiday and out-of-school activity programs in the Kimberley, Goldfields, Pilbara and Gascoyne regions.
The program includes a process to work with local government, Aboriginal leaders and service organisations, to embed sport and recreation in community-led activities and events that target vulnerable and at-risk youth and their families.
The aim is to fund programs for multiple years to ensure a consistent quality approach to programs to get traction, build capacity and have a collective impact.
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups, sporting clubs
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
Provides funding to improve the safety and operation of schools through new or improved infrastructure at the school and/or on the surrounding road network.
The desired outcome of the STIP is to construct new or improve transport related infrastructure at the school and/or on the surrounding road network to:
Funding is available through the STIP for the installation of new or improved transport related infrastructure at a school and/or surrounding road network, such as, but not limited to:
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, education, health, community groups, sporting clubs
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
Assists local clubs and stakeholders to develop AFL related infrastructure at ACT located venues in order to meet the required needs and have the capacity to grow the game.
The aim of this program is to support the planning and provision of welcoming, accessible, fit for purpose football facilities that support our growing game’s strategic priorities and address the community AFL venue needs across the ACT.
Funding under this program is available under two streams:
1. Project construction
To partner various levels of government, other sport user groups, sponsors, local community and business organisations, land developers, club foundations, and/or other strategic partners to contribute towards construction of existing or provision of new football facilities.
2. Venue upgrade plans
This would include the funding of AFL venue planning with the view to the construction of elements which meets the criteria of this program. This would include funding of venue upgrade plans, initial site investigations development approvals, concept and detailed plans. Clubs successful in obtaining fundsthrough the ProjectPlanning Stream are eligible to apply again at a later date through the Project construction stream.
Eligible to: Sporting Clubs, education, community groups
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
Provides grants for planning and pre-construction work on kindergarten building projects that support the roll-out of three-year-old kindergarten across Victoria.
What can be funded
- Project management costs
- Planning and design costs
- Planning and design project costs relating to capacity building projects, or projects required to maintain existing capacity
- Planning for multi-staged projects
- Staff salaries and training for staff involved in working on the proposed kindergarten infrastructure planning project (note: funding is one-off and does not cover on-going appointment)
- Local design feasibility study (assessing multiple sites to determine opportunities and cost to meeting unmet demand).
The Planning Grant stream offers additional support by covering the cost of design and the pre-construction planning involved in building projects.
A Planning Grant means you can:
- Plan a project, or pipeline of projects, to help provide the kindergarten places needed to meet demand for the roll-out of Three and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten and/or Pre-Prep
- Better prepare applications for Building Blocks grants that will help deliver your projects.
Eligible to: Government, education, non-government, community Groups
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
Provides funding for projects that create additional kindergarten places for 3 and 4-year-olds by building new, or expanding existing, infrastructure.
There are four grant categories in this Capacity Building stream:
- Integrated Children's Centre: These grants provide funding for new community hubs, bringing together a range of professional services to deliver education, care, health and support to children and their families
- New Early Learning Facility: These grants provide funding for new kindergartens that will offer high-quality early learning for 3 and 4-year-olds
- Modular Kindergarten Buildings: These grants cover the full cost of high-quality modular buildings. They can be available quickly to meet urgent demand for kindergarten places. They are relocatable, and their quick delivery reduces safety risks, construction time and costs
- Expansion: These grants provide funding for projects to increase the licenced capacity of kindergartens offering programs for 3 and 4-year-old children.
Through these grant categories, the Building Blocks capacity building stream will:
- Create additional infrastructure capacity for funded Three- and/or Four-Year-Old Kindergarten, including the early years of the rollout of Pre-Prep
- Address unmet demand as identified in the relevant KISP
- Promote integrated service delivery, so families can access early childhood education and care, health and development and family services at one location
- Improve access to local and responsive early childhood services for children from vulnerable and/or disadvantaged families and
- Establish early childhood infrastructure on or near school sites.
Eligible to: Government, education, non-government, community Groups
Applications close: Ad hoc ongoing
This investment has been bolstered by the commitment of additional funding to the ACIF via the Grassroots Cricket Fund (GCF) of $1 million for 2023/24. The GCF is a partnership between the Australian Cricketers’ Association and Cricket Australia, with the funding being contributed by Australian cricketers to support cricket in local communities.
The ACIF is open to all clubs, associations, schools, councils and cricket facility managers, acknowledging the important role that these partners play in providing facilities for community cricket across Australia.
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups, education, sporting clubs, other
Applications close: Each State and Territory Association varies
Supports local organisations, charities and projects that address areas of need in the Newcastle community.
The focus of the programme is to:
Eligible to: Non-Government, community groups, education, sporting clubs
Applications close: Ad hoc
Bowls Australia is committed to redirecting one-hundred per cent of all sums raised back to those clubs in need, who are able to access monies from the fund via an application process.
Applications for the Bowls Disaster Relief Fund are open for clubs who have been affected by recent natural disasters:
Eligible to: Bowling clubs
Applications close: Ad hoc
