Key information
- Status: Opening soon
- Grant amount: From $50,000 to $300,000
- Application opens: 27 June 2022
- Application closes: 18 July 2022
- 10 October 2022 - 31 October 2022
Program objective
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.
Learn more about eligibility or jump to the full program guide and sample application form on this page.
Eligibility
Who can apply
- Not-for-profit organisations that will be responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure.
- Schools - applicants must consider if and how the infrastructure project is accessible to the public outside school hours.
- Local councils - applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.
Who can’t apply
- Individuals
- Organisations or businesses that may or will realise a commercial gain from the project.
What kinds of projects will we fund under this stream
You can apply for funding under this stream if your project supports infrastructure such as:
- Indoor organised sports centre (e.g. indoor cricket, basketball)
- Leisure centre (e.g. martial arts dojo, gymnastics centre)
- Outdoor organised sports facility (e.g. football field, netball courts)
- Recreation space (e.g. playground, skate-park)
- Large-scale purpose-built facility (e.g. stadium, velodrome, motorsports facility)
- Water sports (e.g swimming pool).
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 sports and recreation infrastructure category.
Example projects
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.
Previous grant recipients
Blackhead Tennis Club Inc
The installation of the lights to Blackhead Tennis Courts: $60,000
Bonnet Bay Sports Club
The installation of the Clubhouse infrastructure: $51,000
Brucedale Tennis Club
The refurbishment of the Brucedale tennis courts: $128,375
Campsie South Bowling & Recreation Club
The construction of the all-weather shelter: $53,000
Clarence Town Cricket Club Inc
The upgrade of the Clarence Town Cricket Nets: $55,000
Coffs Harbour City Council
The redevelopment of the Lowanna Multi-use court: $91,045
Coleambally Football Netball Club
The installation of the Coleambally Sports Precinct electronic scoreboard: $69,720
Coolamon Cricket Club Incorporated
The replacement of the water system: $51,532
Dubbo City Speedway Club Inc
The installation of the shaded grandstand seating: $57,577
Football South Coast
The upgrade of the turf field: $91,450
Grafton Vintage Car Club
The purchase of the new zero turn mower: $50,000
Jindera Country Golf Club Inc.
The upgrade of the irrigation system: $154,521
Lismore Rugby Union Club (LRUC)
The upgrade of the Lighting, PA system and gas hot-water: $53,130
Macquarie Shores Swimming Club
The installation of the electronic scoreboard: $100,000
Port Macquarie Hastings Hockey Association Incorporated
The installation of the new change rooms: $64,100
Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI.E)
The upgrade of the Goodooga Bowling Club: $300,000
South Dubbo Cricket Club
The refurbishment of the Lady Cutler Southeast Nets: $66,215
Stockton Bowling Club Cooperative Ltd
The upgrade of the Clubhouse facilities: $225,000
Tamworth Golf Club
The construction of the concrete paths on the course: $236,058
Tathra Sea Eagles Rugby League Football Club Inc
The installation of the multi-sport field lighting: $297,513
Terrigal Rugby Club Incorporated
The extension of the Terrigal Rugby Clubhouse kitchen: $124,928
The Entrance Cricket Club
The upgrade of the Jubilee Park Cricket Nets: $72,663
Warners Bay Sports Club
The replacement of the outdoor entertainment lighting and seating: $50,000
Wingello Tigers Cricket Club
The construction of the Shelter shed and barbeque.: $50,000
Wollongong City Council
The construction of an all-abilities all ages Playground in Stuart Park: $250,000
Avoca Beach Rugby Club Incorporated
The upgrade of the external ground lighting: $72,000
Bathurst Golf Club
The installation of the accessible lift: $186,760
Bolton Point Tennis Club Inc
The refurbishment of the Bolton Point tennis courts: $57,970
Bowral Cricket Club
The redevelopment of the Stephen's Park practice nets: $60,000
Branxton District Netball Club
The upgrade of the Miller Park Netball Courts: $71,528
Broken Hill Harness Racing Inc
The purchase of the semaphore board: $60,886
Cricket Albury Wodonga
The replacement of the rubber cricket pitch covers: $84,930
Diggers Cricket Club
The purchase of the Fitzroy Oval community scoreboard: $60,000
Dubbo Golf Club
The construction of the mini-golf facility: $300,000
Dungog District Netball Association Inc
The refurbishment of the Dungog Netball Courts: $63,700
Fairfield Phoenix Baseball Club
The replacement of the perimeter fencing and dugouts: $50,000
Garden Village Port Macquarie
The refurbishment of the Garden Village hydrotherapy pool & gym: $141,604
Goulburn Railway Bowling Club
The replacement of the bowling green lighting: $82,684
Great Lakes Cricket Club Incorporated
The construction of the South Street cricket training nets: $55,357
Gundagai Swimming Club
The upgrade of the Swimming Club's facilities: $170,000
Mollymook Beach Bowling and Recreation Club
The refurbishment of the Molly Bowlo Green and floodlighting: $192,000
Orange & District Soccer Association
The upgrade of the lighting at Jack Brabham Park: $108,428
Penrith City Council
The construction of the Trinity Drive Recreation Space: $300,000
Revesby Workers' Little Athletics Centre Inc
The installation of the lighting facility for field events: $120,000
Soldiers Point Tennis Club Inc
The replacement of the synthetic grass surfaces: $56,600
Tamworth Little Athletics Club
The installation of the new shade structures: $122,520
Tarcutta and District Progress Association
The construction of the bike & scooter track: $87,520
Alstonville - Alstonville Tennis Club
Replacement of two tennis courts: $68,300
Ashford - Ashford and District Tennis Club
Installation of the synthetic grass courts: $136,957
Bermagui - Bermagui Country Club
Installation of two external lifts at club: $136,109
Blackheath - Blackheath Golf and Community Club
Replacement of golf clubhouse roof: $165,250
Bonny Hills - Bonny Hills Tennis Club
Refurbishment of tennis court playing surface: $63,512
Canowindra - The Canowindra Community Bowls and Recreation Club
Replacement of the roof: $59,000
Catherine Field - Mets Baseball Club
Upgrade of baseball field lighting: $50,950
Coffs Harbour - Westside Tennis Club
Tennis court redevelopment: $100,000
Coolamon - Coolamon Sport and Recreation Club
Refurbishment of restroom facilities: $74,700
Dubbo - Scouts NSW
Upgrade of local scout facility: $147,050
Glenreagh - Kings Park Equestrian Club
Fit-out of equestrian arena: $120,000
Gloucester - Gloucester District Tennis Association
Tennis courts upgrade: $250,193
Illabo - Gasworks Motorsport
Upgrade of Illabo Motorsport Park Spectator Facilities: $125,000
Jerilderie - Jerilderie Golf Club Ltd trading as Jerilderie Sports Club
Replacement of bowling green: $134,490
Leonay - Emu Plains Sporting and Recreation Club
Upgrade of disabled toilets: $80,000
Mallabula - Port Stephens Council
Upgrade of sporting complex: $115,000
Merewether - Merewether Carlton Rugby Union Club
Electronic scoreboard: $100,000
North Tamworth - Tamworth Services Club
Installation of synthetic bowling greens: $100,000
Nowra - Albatross Australian Football Club
Installation of football field lighting: $255,872
Speers Point- Lake Macquarie Football Club
Installation of oval floodlights: $299,200
Taree - Manning River Rowing Club
Stage 2 rowing club rebuild: $147,820
Terrigal - Terrigal Rugby Club
Installation of solar panels and battery storage: $63,186
Tullamore - Tullamore Bowling & Citizens Club
Refurbishment of bowling club: $145,000
What you can’t apply for
- Day to day activities that supplements ongoing service delivery or core business.
- Existing services or initiatives currently underway.
- Work undertaken or commenced before funding decisions are made.
- Projects that provide or produce commercial outputs and benefits.
- Recurring services and outputs that had been undertaken and or/funded in the past.
- Projects not undertaken in NSW and/or not benefiting NSW communities and economy.
What your application needs to include
Preview the application form
Download a sample Clubgrants application form (PDF, 177.44 KB) to see all the sections that need to be addressed in the applications portal. You can also download the complete 2022/23 Infrastructure Grants Program Guide (PDF, 3.33 MB).
Prepare your application with this checklist
Prior to your application, you will need to collate the following essential support material:
- Permission for premises/land use - provide one of the following:
- evidence of land ownership (e.g. rate notice, Land Title certificate), or
- permission to use the land/facility (e.g. official letter).
- Local Council development status - provide one of the following:
- Development approval letter/certificate or
- Complying development letter/certificate or
- Letter, email or certificate demonstrating DA exemption.
- Evidence of community consultation - provide the following:
- up to two (2) consultation documents (six (6) pages maximum). Assessable documentation includes:
- consultation plans and reports
- survey results. -
up to three (3) letters demonstrating community support for the proposal. Letters should be from community groups that will directly benefit and engage with the planned infrastructure project. Letters from government employees or representatives are not accepted as eligible support material.
- up to two (2) consultation documents (six (6) pages maximum). Assessable documentation includes:
You may also gather the following optional support material:
- Project Plan (four (4) pages maximum), that includes:
- timeline
- risk management plan
- milestones
- details of project management staff.
- Building designs and plans (seven (7) pages maximum).
Make sure you also have on hand:
- your organisation's ABN
- DA, compliance or exemption reference numbers from your local government authority
- your organisation's contact phone, email, and postal details
- details of additional contacts.
Your project overview will need to include:
- the title of your project. The application portal has drop-down lists to help guide you to create an appropriate title.
- a summary of your project (60-word limit). Please note that this may be used for media releases if your application is funded. It should be factual rather than emotive.
Be aware that you will need to:
- confirm that information provided in your application is true and correct.
- authorise officers of the Office of Responsible Gambling to seek further information from other government agencies
- confirm that your organisation does not have any outstanding acquittals for past funding provided by the NSW State Government
The complete guideline
Read more in our 2022/23 Infrastructure Grants Program Guide (PDF, 3.33 MB).
Address the eligibility criteria
- project location: built and community infrastructure based in NSW.
- applicant: a not-for-profit organisation with an ABN that is responsible for operating and/or maintaining the infrastructure.
- amount: must be for an amount within the funding range for this category.
- benefit: Infrastructure that is accessible and available to the public most of the time.
- purpose: Infrastructure related to sports and recreation.
- development status: Infrastructure works with Development Approval (including a Heritage Impact Statement and/ or an Indigenous Land Use Agreement if relevant) or written exemption.
- financial contribution: Local government applicants are required to cash-match the funding amount requested.
- process: Submitted using the online application form
Address the assessment criteria
Applications are assessed by subject matter experts against the following four criteria covering merit, engagement, viability and budget, as well as a priority framework targeting disadvantaged communities.
Merit
There are three questions relating to:
- vision and intended outcomes for the community (400-word limit)
- measures of success and outcomes (400-word limit)
- community needs for enhanced or new facilities (400-word limit)
The assessors will consider if your project:
- has a clear vision
- provides high quality public and/or social outcomes
- has implementation strategies for evaluating and measuring results
- introduces needed facilities or will enhance the usage of existing facilities.
Engagement
You will need to have on hand:
- statistics on current (if relevant) and future participants
- numbers of staff and full-time equivalent and volunteers (current and proposed)
You will also need to outline how engagement and collaboration with the community was undertaken to understand their needs
The assessors will consider if your project:
- has strategies for ongoing engagement of the community, participants and/or audiences
- considers the needs and expectations of targeted groups and community partners and how those needs will be met
- provides capacity building within the relevant sector in NSW
- supports employment or include the involvement and development of volunteers.
Viability
There are three questions relating to:
- strategic partnerships (300-word limit)
- management, governance experience (300-word limit)
- future operation and maintenance approach (300-word limit)
The assessors will consider if your project:
- has appropriate planning approvals and risk management in place
- has realistic timelines to complete within two years
- has appropriate administration, management and governance expertise and financial stability
- has strategic partnerships and collaborations across the sector
- has secured future operations and maintenance plans.
Budget
You will need to provide details about the project budget, including:
- all sources of income (whether confirmed or TBC)
- all expenditure areas with notes regarding how you have arrived at the cost (finalised written quote, project management experience, market research)
The assessors will consider if your project:
- has a detailed and accurate budget
- provides value for money and is realistic for scale and impact of the project
- demonstrates appropriate use of public funds
- includes diversified income from other sources and own contributions
- has appropriate provision for contingencies
- includes insurance and other liabilities.
Priority Framework
How does your project connect and support one or more of the following priority communities:
- NSW Aboriginal communities
- Culturally and linguistically (CALD) communities
- People with Disability
- Regional and remote communities
- areas likely to have higher rates and impacts of gambling harm
- disaster affected communities.
Start the application
Applications for this grant are accepted via the Office of Responsible Gambling Grants Portal.
- If you are a new applicant, you will need to register before you log in.
- You will need to provide your name, email address and create a password.
- You can also use an existing Facebook, Twitter or Google account to register.
After the application is submitted
- After the assessment process is completed, applicants are notified of the outcome of their application by email.
- The Office of Responsible Gambling will update this page when announcements are to be made.
Support and contact
Contact the Office of Responsible Gambling if you need more information on eligibility, time frames or if you have questions about the application form on the portal.
Phone: 02 9995 0992
Email: info@responsiblegambling.nsw.gov.au
Translating and interpreter service: 131 450
Have more questions?
The Grants Team hosts an Infrastructure Grants webinar for organisations considering submitting an application under Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants. Contact us for details of the next webinar.
We have also put together a comprehensive list of FAQs should you need even more details.
Accessibility
The Office of Responsible Gambling can provide grant information and application forms in accessible formats on request. Formats include word documents, audio disk and large print. We also accept applications in accessible formats. If you need material translated, please contact the Office of Responsible Gambling and allow three weeks for the supply of transcribed material.