Applicants

Hawkesbury ClubGRANTS supports community organisations and groups proposing to carry out projects that provide support to people in the Hawkesbury Local Government Area (LGA).

Support will be given to services and projects in the following areas:

• community welfare and social services;
• projects aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people;
• community development;
• employment assistance activities;
• community health services;
• programs that build on a sense of community and wellbeing; and
• Initiatives that support vulnerable members of the community (e.g. at-risk children and young people, those impacted by domestic violence and/or sexual violence, experiencing homelessness, seniors, people with a disability)

Services should address current community needs and service gaps. Services should be client-centred, outcomes-based, provides value for money, is evidence-informed, and can be integrated into the service system.

You are also eligible if you or your organisation are involved in community or professional sport.

The Committee has a set range of funding amounts - $500 to a maximum of $10,000 per project application.

Applications will only be accepted from organisations within the Hawkesbury LGA proposing to carry projects that provide support to people in the Hawkesbury LGA.

Please note that additional information may be requested after receiving applications.  

The Sydney CBD ClubGRANTS committee encompasses the  following venues:

• Bowlers Club of NSW (Club York)
• City Tattersalls Group (inc The Castlereagh and The Barracks)
• City of Sydney RSL (Club Sydney)

Eligibility

• Local, eligible not-for-profit organisations and community groups are encouraged to apply and can submit up to two applications
• Projects must benefit the residents of Sydney CBD
• Projects must meet the ClubGRANTS Category 1 expenditure criteria

The ClubGRANTS Guildlines set out the full eligibility criteria. All applications must be made via ClubGRANTS online.

All previous recipients must fully expend their funds before the next grant round opens.

For more information please contact the Sydney CBD ClubGRANTS Committee via [email protected] or 02 8296 6450

Category 1 Funding - Northern Beaches

The ClubGRANTS Guidelines advise Category 1 expenditure is for projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community, and are aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

Priority populations identified in Council’s Better Together, Social Sustainability Strategy 2040:

• Young people
• Older people
• People living with disability
• Families
• Culturally and linguistically diverse people
• First nations people
• Essential workers

This is the main Category 1 grant round for the 2023/4 ClubGRANTS cycle.

Broadly, Category 1 grants are intended to promote community welfare through the provision of community services and community development activities, and through community health and employment assistance projects.

Pittwater RSL Club works with other local clubs and with Northern Beaches Council to ensure grants meet priority needs identified by the Council and have a direct impact on residents of the local area.

Eligible Category 1 expenditure is for projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community, and are aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

Community welfare and social services

• family support
• supported emergency or low cost accommodation
• counselling services
• child care and child protection
• aged, disability or youth services
• veteran welfare services
• services to victims of natural or other disasters
• volunteer emergency services, such as surf life-saving and rural fire services.

Community development

• neighbourhood centre activities
• community education programs
• youth drop-in facilities
• community transport services
• tenants' services
• state-wide or regional services developing social policies and providing advocacy for local community services.

Community health services

• early childhood health
• child and family services
• community nursing
• therapy, including art therapy
• community mental health services
• health promotion initiatives
• drug and alcohol services
• palliative care/women’s health/dental/disability services
• aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
• home and community care services

Employment assistance activities

• employment placement services
• group training
• employment advocacy
• community enterprises
• local job creation schemes

You are considered eligible for Category 1 funding if your project falls under specific community welfare and social services, community development, health services and employment assistance activities, and other projects aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

For more information please visit https://www.clubgrants.com.au/how-to-apply 

Supports community welfare and social services; community development; employment assistance activities; community health services; and projects aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

Forestville RSL Category 1 - 2023/2024

Broadly, Category 1 ClubGRANTS funding is for the provision of:

• Community welfare and social services, community development, community health services and employment assistance activities.
• Projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community, aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

Preference will be given to projects and services that:

Are delivered by locally based organisations that benefit residents of the Northern Beaches

• Meet the Local Priorities for the Northern Beaches area – refer to the Northern Beaches LGA page https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/grants/clubgrants/applying-category-1-clubgrants on the Local Committee Index 
• Are not readily assisted by existing Government funding programs.

• Priority populations identified in Council’s Better Together, Social Sustainability Strategy 2040:  Young people, Older people, People living with disability, Families, Culturally and linguistically diverse people, First nations people & Essential workers

Manly-Warringah Rugby League Club is one of 10 registered Clubs on the Northern Beaches that provide Category 1 ClubGRANTS funding.

The deadline for applications to Northern Beaches clubs is 5pm, Friday 31st May 2023

Broadly, Category 1 ClubGRANTS funding is for the provision of:

• Community welfare and social services, community development, community health services and employment assistance activities.
• Projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.

Preference will be given to projects and services that:

• Are delivered by locally based organisations that benefit residents of the Northern Beaches
• Meet the Local Priorities for the Northern Beaches area – refer to the Northern Beaches LGA page on the Local Committee Index
• Are not readily assisted by existing Government funding programs.

Please note:

• Eligibility criteria apply.
• If you have received funds from a Northern Beaches club previously, applications should be addressed to the club that has historically provided funding
• Applications are centrally assessed to prevent applicants making multiple applications for the same projects.
• Funding decisions are made by the individual clubs and will be finalised by 31 August 2022.

For further information, contact:

• Nicole Wall on 9939 6722 or email [email protected]
• Visit: www.clubgrants.com.au or call ClubGRANTS Member Enquiry Centre on 1300 730 001

ClubGRANTS is a community development funding program sponsored by local clubs and administered by City of Parramatta Council.

This scheme provides a mechanism for registered clubs with an annual gaming machine revenue exceeding $1 million to apply 1.85% of their gaming machine revenue toward grants for specific community development and support projects. A further 0.4% of gaming machine revenue is paid quarterly into a statewide pool known as the ClubGRANTS Fund for large-scale projects associated with sport, health and community infrastructure.

With the funds received, the Parramatta ClubGRANTS Local Committee aims to cover services and projects including Community Welfare and Social Services, Community Development, Community Health Services and Employment Assistance activities. The Committee has a set range of funding amounts - $500 to a maximum of $10,000 per project application.