Essential Community Sport Assets Program (stage 2)

Eligible applicants for Stream one and two must be from Australian Government natural disaster declared LGAs listed below.

Stream one

• Councils in an Australian Government natural disaster declared LGA listed below (including Joint Organisations or Regional Organisations of Councils where at least one member council is from an Australian Government natural disaster declared LGA listed below).

Stream two

• NSW Office of Sport recognised NSW State Sporting Organisations (including National Sporting Organisations where the state body is part of a unitary governance model)
• Incorporated, community-based, not-for-profit sporting organisations (clubs and associations whose primary purpose is to organise sporting activities/deliver sport programs)
• Organisations providing sport programs that benefit the community, such as PCYCs, YMCA and YWCA
• Private enterprises (companies established under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), incorporated associations established under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW) or incorporated limited partnerships established under the Partnership Act 1892 (NSW)).

Applications involving partnerships between government and non-government groups are encouraged and will be considered favourably.

If successful, eligible applicants will be the grant recipient and responsible for the project’s delivery.

Australian Government natural disaster declared LGAs
 

Ineligible applicants for the ECSAP are any organisation types not listed in the ‘eligible applicants’ section of the guidelines, and include (but are not limited to):

• individuals

• schools, TAFEs, and Australian Universities with NSW campuses

• parents and Citizens (P&C’s) Associations

• progress Associations

• NSW Institute of Sport, Australian Sports Commission (incorporating the Australian Institute of Sport) and NSW Regional Academies of Sport

• other community based or religious groups that do not have a primary purpose of sport and/or recreation

• NSW based professional sporting organisations competing in national or state competitions

• NSW Department of Education operated specialist sports high schools

• NSW Government agencies.

An eligible organisation will be deemed not eligible for funding under the ECSAP if they are an organisation named:

1. by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of institutions that have not joined or signified their intent not to join the Scheme; or
2. in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that has not yet joined the National Redress Scheme.

Examples of eligible project types and project components for infrastructure that has sustained damage as a result of AGRN 1012 or AGRN 1025 include repair, reconstruction, and betterment of:

• sport playing fields drainage and irrigation
• sport playing field and court surfaces
• indoor sports facilities including damaged flooring, electrical and fittings
• sport training facilities including cricket nets
• fixed sport equipment (for example, scoreboards and soccer posts)
• fixed shelters, seating, and grandstands
• landscaping directly related to the damaged sport facility
• sports facility amenity, administration, and storage buildings / areas
• sport facility change rooms, kiosks, and canteens
• fencing and connectivity pathways directly related to the damaged sport facility
• sport facility lighting and electrical repairs
• aquatic and leisure centres
• walking, running, fixed outdoor exercise equipment, or off-road cycling trails that are an integral component of the sport facility development
• storage, security, and safety capability of sport facilities
• digital technology projects, including installation of Wi-Fi, increased automation and other innovative smart technologies that support future facility resilience
• environmentally and operationally sustainable measures that support water and energy savings including water harvesting, new or upgraded drainage and irrigation infrastructure, more efficient lighting including technology controlled and LED lighting and installation of solar panels and smart metering technology.

Examples of ineligible project types, project components and costs include:

• repair of facilities where the damage can be covered by insurance or costs that have already been covered or claimed under insurance or from other NSW or Australian Government grant programs

• assets that were not directly damaged from the 22 February 2022 onwards and 27 June 2022 onwards storm and flood events (AGRN 1012 and/or AGRN 1025)

• projects located outside of the eligible LGAs

• on private land unless there is clear public benefit to the community’s interest in sport and have documented consent from the landowner

• facilities where little or no public access is available

• local council costs for the primary purpose of waste clean-up and/or make-safe works for directly damaged community sport facilities (except for in exceptional circumstances where the Office of Sport has specifically approved the costs as eligible)

• costs related to buying or upgrading non–fixed equipment or supplies unless it is a small component of a larger fixed project (for example, computers, office goods, footballs, clothing and footwear, ride-on mowers)

• project components that do not meet relevant Australian standards

• arts, music, craft, and recreation facilities that provide experiences that do not meet the definition of sport and active recreation unless it is a multi-purpose facility providing a clear public benefit to the community’s interest in sport

• playgrounds and playspaces, including aquatic playspaces

• costs associated with the building or upgrade of licensed areas and gaming areas

• costs associated with the maintenance or construction of local roads, car parks (public or private) or any other core service infrastructure works that are ordinarily the responsibility of council, other level of government or private enterprise

• applicants and/or projects that have received grant funding from another NSW or Australian Government grant program for the same project, unless there is significant new and additional scope

• financing of budget deficits or insurance shortfall

• operational and/or maintenance costs not related to the project

• costs that require recurrent or ongoing funding from the NSW Government.