CHANGING THE GAME FOR PENINSULA FEMALE ATHLETES
The Allan Labor Government is helping more women and girls get involved in the sports they love, delivering grants for community sport clubs to provide more and better opportunities for engagement.
Member for Eastern Victoria Tom McIntosh today announced that Sorrento Cricket Club and Portsea Surf Life Saving Club would be among the 119 successful recipients of the 2023-24 Change Our Game Community Activation Grants Program.
The program delivers grants of up to $10,000 to community sport and recreation clubs to help inspire women and girls to take part – including new women’s programs, hosting a women’s round as well as opportunities for club leadership roles.
Sorrento Cricket Club has been granted $5,000 for a girls-only multi-sport clinic – set to boost female sport participation in community sport.
The Portsea Surf Life Saving Club will receive $10,000 which will be put towards collaborating with other surf life saving clubs, for a clinic about Aquatic Recreation, to upskill and inspire female lifesavers.
Other recipients in Eastern Victoria include Female Football Gippsland, which will hold two consecutive AFL gather rounds in Gippsland for 23 women and girls' teams - taking place at one location across two days with around 480 participants.
The Longford Cricket Club will also receive $5,000 toward women’s recruitment, training, retention and promotion, and the Bairnsdale Football Netball Club will be given $5000 to promote women in governance across the community, regional, and league levels of sport.
Through the Fair Access Policy Roadmap, launched in August 2022, and the Community Activation Grants Program, the Labor Government is helping community sporting organisations achieve more equitable access and increase the number of women and girls actively taking part in their club.
Since 2018, more than $2.9 million in funding has been provided to 580 community sport and recreation clubs as part of the Labor Government’s $18.8 million commitment to the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation and Change Our Game initiative.
For more information, visit changeourgame.vic.gov.au
Quote attributable to Member for Eastern Victoria Tom McIntosh
“We’re funding multiple clubs on the Peninsula, so we can continue to boost women’s participation in every aspect of community sport, whether that’s playing, coaching, or governance.”
Quote attributable to Sorrento Cricket Club President Ben McDonald
“We are extremely grateful and appreciative on being successful with the Change Our Game Activation Grant, as we look to increase opportunities for girls and women to become involved in cricket, on and off the field.”
“We are going to use the money to host a cross club, multi-sport carnival for girls on the southern end of the Peninsula, aimed at increasing participation.”
