The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program is aimed at improving availability and access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in community sporting and recreational facilities, for use in emergencies involving cardiac arrest.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $9,000
- Application opened: 29 November 2022
- Application closed: 19 December 2022, 1:00 pm
Program objective
The Local Sports Defibrillator Grant Program is aligned with the Office of Sport Strategic Plan, particularly in the following objectives:
- To make AED products available to NSW sport and recreation facilities and clubs
- To promote wider access to these devices across NSW
- To support local sport and recreational clubs or related incorporated organisations in purchasing an AED package.
This program is funded and administered by Office of Sport.
Eligibility
Who can apply
To be eligible for a grant an applicant will need to be one of the following:
- Incorporated, not-for-profit clubs, associations or organisations in NSW that are sport or recreation related.
- State or national sport or recreation organisations on behalf of member clubs located in NSW.
- Licensed sporting or recreation clubs, providing that the AED package directly benefits sport and recreation members or participants.
- Sport clubs associated with a school, church or university providing they are an incorporated not for profit club in their own right.
- Councils, and sport and recreation facility owners provided they apply on behalf of sport or recreation clubs.
- Service clubs such as Rotary, Country Women’s Association and Lions, applying on behalf of sport or recreation clubs.
Sport or recreation clubs at a multi-use facility are encouraged to collaborate on planning for medical emergencies, including sharing resources and locating defibrillators to maximise community access.
Who can’t apply
Ineligible applicants are any organisation types not listed as ‘Eligible Applicants’ above, and include, but are not limited to:
- Individuals
- Parents and Citizens (P&C) Associations
- For-profit, commercial organisations
- Government departments and agencies
An eligible organisation will be deemed not eligible for funding under this program if they are an organisation named:
- 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
- in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that has not yet joined the National Redress Scheme.
Types of projects funded under this grant
The only equipment that may be purchased with this grant is Automated External Defibrillators from approved AED Service Providers.
Grants are available up to $3000 per AED package, and eligible organisations can apply for up to three packages to a total maximum value of $9000.
What can’t you apply for
Organisations are not eligible for this grant if:
• Projects are not primarily for use by sport and recreation facilities or organisations
• Project is not located in NSW.
Most recent recipients
What was approved
Approved for Alstonville Plateau Sports & bowling club
$2,849 was approved by
Minister for Sport The Hon. Alister Henskens SC MPDate approved
February 2023Location of the recipient
BallinaAbout the grant
Applications approved
129
Applications received
187
Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2022/23
Agency funding this grant
Office of SportProgram term
The project must be completed within six months of the date the grant recipient is notified of the grantWhat was approved
Approved for Arncliffe Aurora Football Club Incorporated
$8,547 was approved by
Minister for Sport The Hon. Alister Henskens SC MPDate approved
February 2023Location of the recipient
BaysideAbout the grant
Applications approved
129
Applications received
187
Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2022/23
Agency funding this grant
Office of SportProgram term
The project must be completed within six months of the date the grant recipient is notified of the grantWhat was approved
Approved for Australian National Sports Club Inc.
$8,547 was approved by
Minister for Sport The Hon. Alister Henskens SC MPDate approved
February 2023Location of the recipient
Canterbury-BankstownAbout the grant
Applications approved
129
Applications received
187
Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2022/23
Agency funding this grant
Office of SportProgram term
The project must be completed within six months of the date the grant recipient is notified of the grantWhat was approved
Approved for BALLINA JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB INC
$4,798 was approved by
Minister for Sport The Hon. Alister Henskens SC MPDate approved
February 2023Location of the recipient
BallinaAbout the grant
Applications approved
129
Applications received
187
Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2022/23
Agency funding this grant
Office of SportProgram term
The project must be completed within six months of the date the grant recipient is notified of the grantWhat was approved
Approved for Bankstown Golf Club
$5,700 was approved by
Minister for Sport The Hon. Alister Henskens SC MPDate approved
February 2023Location of the recipient
Canterbury-BankstownAbout the grant
Applications approved
129
Applications received
187
Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2022/23
Agency funding this grant
Office of SportProgram term
The project must be completed within six months of the date the grant recipient is notified of the grantWhat your application needs to include
You can preview a sample of the application on the Smartygrants portal.
Prepare your application with this checklist
- Ensure your organisation meets the eligibility criteria
- Ensure your organisation addressed the assessment criteria
- Ensure your organisation has selected an approved AED Service Provider and package (Research approved AED Service Providers and Packages, initially using the information relating to devices and service providers as listed in Appendix A of the Program Guidelines)
- Ensure your organisation has a minimum $5 million public liability insurance
Address the eligibility criteria
- Applicant organisation is an eligible applicant
- Applicant has selected an approved AED Service Provider and package
- Proposed AED will be located in NSW
- Grant request is a maximum of $9,000 and does not exceed $3,000 per AED package
- Applicant organisation has a minimum $5 million public liability insurance
- Details of participants and spectators of the facility, club, or team intended to use the device
Address the assessment criteria
The Office of Sport will undertake an eligibility and compliance check of all applications to confirm:
- Applicant organisation is an eligible applicant
- Applicant has selected an approved AED Service Provider and package
- Proposed AED will be located in NSW
- Grant request is a maximum of $9,000 and does not exceed $3,000 per AED package
- Applicant organisation has a minimum $5 million public liability insurance
- Details of participants and spectators of the facility, club, or team intended to use the device
Start the application
Applications for this grant were submitted through the Smartygrants portal.
Applications are now closed.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: The Minister for Sport
The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program is administered by the Office of Sport who will undertake an eligibility and compliance check. Throughout this process the Office of Sport may request additional information from the applicant. An independent probity advisor will oversee the grant process.
The Office of Sport will assess all applications and make recommendations to the Minister for Sport for consideration. The Minister will make the final decision relating to the approval of funding. Applications will be assessed regularly in the order that they are received, until the closing date or in the event that all funding has been exhausted.