- Cook
Government's popular Community Sporting and Recreational Facilities Fund and
Community Night Lights Program open for applications
- $20 million and $2.5 million available respectively
- Financial assistance to community groups and local
governments to develop facilities that meet the needs of the community
Community sporting and recreational clubs across the state
are now eligible to apply for the small grants round of the popular Community Sporting and
Recreational Facilities Fund (CSRFF) and Community Night Lights Program (CNLP) grant programs, which fund projects up to the value
of $500,000.
Examples of small grant projects include cricket pitches and
practice wickets, safety upgrades, minor upgrades to swimming pools, small
floodlighting projects, court upgrades, shade shelters and planning studies up
to a maximum value of $25,000.
Application forms are available from local governments in the
metropolitan area and Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural
Industries offices in regional areas.
Applicants should check the closing date with their local
governments, as they do vary and grants must be acquitted by 15 June 2025.
The CSRFF and CNLP are administered by the Department of
Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. See https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/sport-and-recreation-funding/community-sporting-and-recreation-facilities-fund and https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/sport-and-recreation-funding/club-night-lights-program.
Comments attributed to Sport and Recreation Minister David Templeman:
"The Community Sporting
and Recreational Facilities Fund and the Community Night Lights Program are
popular grant programs that have helped hundreds of sporting and recreational
groups around the state.
"This is just another way
that the Cook Government is doing the right thing for WA."
