- Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund and Club
Night Lights Program grant recipients announced
- Funding allocated to 27 projects
- Cook
Government continues to support infrastructure funding to increase physical
activity and enhance wellbeing
Twenty seven sport and recreation projects
throughout Western Australia, are benefitting from more than $2.1 million
dollars in funding from the Cook Government's latest small grants round.
The grants from the July round of Community
Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) and Club Night Lights Program
(CNLP) support vital community projects – including pool renovations, upgrades
to changeroom facilities, resurfacing works, and lighting installation.
A total of $1,500,985 in CSRFF grants has been
allocated to 18 projects, while nine successful applicants will receive a total
of $631,808 from the CNLP. The projects are located in the metropolitan area,
Gascoyne, Great Southern, Mid West, Peel, Pilbara, and South West regions.
Some of the 18 recipients of CSRFF grants are:
- $200,000 - upgrade
Wyalkatchem Memorial Swimming Pool, Shire of Wyalkatchem;
- $124,866 - upgrade
of existing toilets and changerooms at Eaton Recreation Centre, Shire of
Dardanup; and
- $107,638 - Robertson Park construction of
multisport courts, City of Vincent.
Some of the nine recipients of CNLP grants are:
- $194,460 - Manjimup Speedway Club, Shire of
Manjimup;
- $62,640 - Carey
Park Football Sporting and Community Club Inc, City of Bunbury; and
- $58,587 - Dick Lawrence Oval, City of Fremantle.
The CSRFF and CNLP grants are valuable in providing
funding to help local governments and sporting clubs keep Western Australians
physically active and participating in sport and recreation opportunities.
The small grants program enables community
organisations, local governments, as well as sport and recreation clubs to
apply for and receive funds, to support the development of high-quality
infrastructure and environments for sport and recreation throughout Western
Australia.
Visit the Department of Local Government, Sport and
Cultural Industries website at dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/sport-and-recreation-funding for the full list of recipients along with more
information about funding rounds.
Comments
attributed to Sport and Recreation Minister David Templeman:
"The Cook Government is committed to providing funding for
these important infrastructure projects that will have lasting benefits in
communities throughout our State.
"The Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund and the
Club Night Lights Program grants provide financial assistance to community
groups to ensure people have access to quality local facilities.
"Participating in sport, recreation and community activities
helps to deliver important social, health, and economic benefits. I look
forward to seeing the positive outcomes of these projects."
