Major win for community sporting and recreation facilities in WA

More than $20 million is being given out to 24 projects via the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) for short. Clubs and local governments are receiving funding for improvements such as new changerooms as well as football, netball, tennis, swimming, golf, bowling, BMX, and skate park facilities. The breakdown is:

• 13 projects in metropolitan Perth receiving $13.2 million in total
• 11 projects in regional Western Australian getting $7.6 million in total.
  

Meanwhile the Club Night Lights Program, (CNLP) is distributing more than $3.4 million to 11 projects to upgrade lighting or install new floodlights:

• 8 projects in metropolitan Perth to receive a total of $2,524,543 million 
• 3 projects in regional Western Australian receiving $876,148 in total.

An advisory committee of community, local government, state government, sporting and Aboriginal interests stakeholders are involved in the assessment of applications. Recommendations are then made to the Minister for Sport and Recreation for approval.

The current round of CSRFF and CNLP — for small grants capped at $200,000 for projects up to $500,000 — closes on 28 March 2024.

This is a major win for our sporting and recreation communities and the State Government supports facilities’ infrastructure and the lighting up of clubs at night.

Providing financial assistance to clubs and local governments to develop sports and recreational infrastructure results in increased physical activity and extends options available, for example enabling use of facilities after dark.

The Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund and Club Night Lights Program contribute to healthier, more active and socially connected communities.

These initiatives ensure continuing use of facilities that would otherwise age and fall into disrepair. While the ongoing improvements to changerooms improve accessibility and improve participation rates among women and people who live with disability.

CSRFF 2024-25 Forward Planning recipients

• $204,437 to Bunbury Football Club for the construction of one new women’s/unisex changeroom facility and upgrade of one existing changeroom at Bunbury Football Club
• $532,822 to City of Bunbury for the upgrade and reconfiguration of 14 netball courts to 12, plus the removal of 11 lighting towers and upgrade of 6 new towers with LED lighting to 200 lux at Hay Park Recreation Ground
• $1,966,913 to City of Canning for the construction of new clubrooms at Ferndale Reserve
• $1,300,000 to City of Kalamunda for the construction of Scott Reserve Pavilion
• $300,000 to City of Melville for the construction of a clubroom for Southside BMX Club
• $1,200,000 to City of Melville for the redevelopment of changerooms at Len Shearer Reserve
• $1,089,464 to City of Rockingham for the construction of new changerooms at Anniversary Park
• $614,200 to City of Swan for the upgrade of Baskerville Pavilion
• $861,000 to City of Vincent for the conversion of 12 synthetic grass courts to acrylic and installation of 350 lux floodlighting at Robertson Park Tennis Centre
• $2,500,000 to City of Wanneroo for the construction of Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre
• $269,875 to Collie Golf Club for the installation of a new irrigation system at the 18-hole Collie Golf Club
• $667,179 to Shire of Beverley for the upgrade of Beverley Swimming Pool         
• $700,000 to Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes for the construction of a new golf clubhouse, Bridgetown-Greenbushes
• $401,012 to Shire of Murray for the construction of bowling green canopy over “A” green
• $192,333 to City of Wanneroo for the upgrade of the clubrooms at Montrose Park
• $606,666 to City of Canning for the upgrade of toilets, changerooms and storage at Corinthian Park Community Facility
• $925,701 to Shire of Chapman Valley for Nabawa Recreation Centre Redevelopment
• $697,666 to Shire of Denmark for the construction of stage one skate park, multipurpose court, and bouldering wall at Berridge Park Precinct
• $1,600,000 to Shire of Dumbleyung for the reconstruction of Dumbleyung Swimming Pool
• $655,000 to Town of Cambridge for the upgrades to clubrooms at Floreat Surf Life Saving Club           
• $926,653 to Town of Victoria Park for the construction of a skate park and pump track at McCallum Park   
• $1,000,000 to West Australian Football Commission for the upgrade of 52 changerooms to all-accessible across Perth Metro Area
• $384,860 to Shire of Kondinin for the upgrade of Kondinin Sports Pavilion          
• $1,206,789 to Shire of Katanning for the reconstruction of oval surface and installation of 5 new poles with LED floodlighting (100 lux) at Quartermaine Oval, Katanning.
  

CNLP 2024-25 Forward Planning recipients

• $598,660 to City of Gosnells for the installation of floodlighting at Sutherlands Park Reserves A and B
• $191,180 to City of Greater Geraldton for the upgrade of floodlighting to 100 lux LED at the Recreation Ground
• $161,945 to City of Joondalup for the upgrade of floodlighting to 100 lux LED at Santiago Park
• $325,000 to City of Stirling for the upgrade of floodlighting to 100 lux LED at Princess Wallington Reserve
• $280,883 to City of Stirling for the upgrade of floodlighting to 100 lux LED at Des Penman Reserve
• $168,000 to City of Swan for the upgrade of floodlighting to 100 lux at Baskerville Oval
• $220,701 to City of Wanneroo for the installation of floodlighting to 100 lux LED at Heath Park
• $410,000 to Shire of East Pilbara for the upgrade lighting to 100 lux LED at Capricorn, Boomerang and Kangaroo Ovals
• $199,354 to Shire of Mundaring for the upgrade of floodlighting to 300 lux at Brown Park
• $274,968 to Shire of Northam for the installation of four lighting towers and 300 lux LED at Bert Hawke Sports Precinct
• $570,000 to Town of Bassendean for the upgrade and installation of floodlighting to 100 lux at Jubilee Reserve.    

The CSRFF and CNLP are administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.