SUNBURY | MACEDON RANGES
Home » News » Grants to help sports clubs

Grants to help sports clubs

Grants of between $3000 and $10,000 are available for community sports clubs, as part of VicHealth’s latest round of Active Club Grants.

Northern Victoria MP Wendy Lovell encouraged Macedon Ranges clubs to apply.

“This is about making grassroots sports more accessible to Macedon locals, so everyone can get involved in the sport they love,” she said.

“We want everyone to get active and embrace a healthy lifestyle, regardless of their age, gender or ability.

“Our local clubs work hard to improve the health of our community.”

Acting VicHealth chief executive Lyn Roberts said the grants can be used to create more opportunities for women and men to get active.

“Sport clubs are at the heart of their communities, providing opportunities for people to have a go at sport while also being social and connecting with others,” she said.

“We know costs can be a burden, particularly at grassroots clubs. Active Club grants can help cover the start-up costs involved in establishing new initiatives, including uniforms, equipment and instructor training.

“These grants can help sports clubs throughout the Macedon electorate to offer more social or modified options that are less competitive so that everyone can take part.”

Applications close Friday, August 30, 4pm.

To apply: https://bit.ly/1yxCaKE

Digital Editions


More News

  • Safety excellence to be rewarded at WorkSafe awards

    Safety excellence to be rewarded at WorkSafe awards

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 183103 Workplace safety champions and innovators from across Victoria will be celebrated at the 2025 WorkSafe Awards next month. From 95 submitted nominations, 22…

  • Awards to honour state’s sporting heroes

    Awards to honour state’s sporting heroes

    Nominations are now open for the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards (VSAs). Presented by the Victorian Government and Vicsport, the VSAs are the most prestigious night for the state’s sporting and…

  • Every Hall has a story

    Every Hall has a story

    Valentine’s Day. Many will spend it over a candlelit dinner or a romantic movie. If that is not the style for you— or your beloved– then why not head down…

  • Midsumma festival fun in Brimbank

    Midsumma festival fun in Brimbank

    The Midsumma Festival is coming to Brimbank this summer in a burst of colour and culture. Running from 18 January to 8 February, the Midsumma Westside program brings events to…

  • Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Inner-west punters should prepare to get well and truly cleaned-up and checked for concussion when five of Melbourne’s toughest and hardest bands take over Footscray this Australia Day weekend. Headlined…

  • McKinstry voted out

    McKinstry voted out

    Bendigo Football Netball League chair Carol McKinstry has lost her seat on the league’s board. The league on Monday hosted its annual general meeting held on 14 January where it…

  • Foundry shapes more than metal

    Foundry shapes more than metal

    In an era dominated by screens, automation and rapid turnover, the clang of tools and the glow of molten metal feel like relics of another time – but not in…

  • Woodend bushfire safety session

    Woodend bushfire safety session

    Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 264278 Woodend CFA will be hosting a Bushfire Safety Session for residents. Join members of the Woodend CFA and hear some lessons they’ve learnt…

  • My Place

    My Place

    Georgia Tacey caught up with Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare president Kate Lawrence to hear about her love of Macedon and everything that happens with one of the Ranges’ youngest…

  • From the archives

    From the archives

    Star Weekly takes a look back through the pages of our predecessors. 35 years ago 15 January, 1991 Four leading Victorian bodies involved in housing and local government want a…