Football in Schools 2024-2025

male student passes a football to a female student on the field

Funding to increase participation of west and southwest Sydney students in multicultural communities and sporting activities. The program aims to enhance educational outcomes, promote wellbeing and active lifestyles.

Key information

  • Status: Not open for application
  • Grant amount: $3,625,000

Program objective

This program is called Football in Schools and is administered by the NSW Department of Education.

The program will help with health, socialisation and education. It will provide cost-of-living relief to families who are able to engage their children in the programs free of charge.

The program aims to:

  • Increase participation of West and South-West Sydney students in multicultural communities and sporting activities.
  • Provide targeted programs to lift engagement of females in sporting activities.
  • Provide targeted programs to lift engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in sporting activities.
  • Enhance educational outcomes via activities during and after school.
  • Promote wellbeing and active lifestyles.
  • Alleviate financial pressures by providing free programs for students.

This program is funded and administered by Department of Education.

Grant recipients

Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives.

Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.

All recipients (2)

Program evaluation

Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives.

Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.

Support and contact

Jordi Austin, Director - Arts, Sport and Initiatives

Email:  jordi.austin@det.nsw.edu.au

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