Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant
The Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant is a joint Australian Government and Queensland Government funding initiative supporting not-for-profit sport and active recreation organisations with funding to clean up and repair or replace equipment or facilities damaged as a direct result of the South East Queensland rainfall and flooding (22 February – 5 April 2022).
Funding of up to $20,000 was available for eligible sport and active recreation organisations located in areas that are declared under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) for the South East Queensland rainfall and flooding event.
Key dates
- Applications open – 1 April 2022
- Applications closed – 31 January 2023 (5pm AEST)
- Project start – Expenses from 22 February 2022
- Projects completed – 30 November 2023
- Acquittal – 29 March 2024
To be eligible for funding, facilities had to be located in a Local Government Area (LGA) activated on the Queensland Government’s Disaster Management for the South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding (22 February – 5 April 2022) event.
The Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant provided up to $20,000 in support of eligible costs that are directly related to:
- the repair or replacement of sport and active recreation items and infrastructure that directly relates to the re-establishment of activities; and/or
- mitigating the effect of future damage to the sport and active recreation infrastructure due to a similar disaster event.
Check your submitted application
If you applied prior to the closing date (31 January 2023) you can check the status of your application by logging into the Enquire system. You need to log in to your applicant portal account (current user) and go to the ‘My Applications’ section.
If your application is successful
Organisations will receive written notification of the outcome of their application.
Funding will be processed as 1 payment.
If your organisation receives funding, you will need to appropriately acknowledge this joint funding in any promotion of the project. Read the Media and Public Acknowledgement Requirements.
Declaration and acquittal
Approved organisations will need to acquit the funding spent by 29 March 2024 in the format or method determined by Sport and Recreation.
Sport and Recreation reserves the right to audit your grant expenditure in accordance with your application, so please keep a copy of all invoices and payments.
All funding is subject to the Terms and Conditions outlined in the application form. Organisations that have been approved and provided funding up to $20 000 (GST exclusive) are required to complete and submit an acquittal form. Please undertake the following:
- Download and complete an acquittal form
- Have two duly authorised members of the organisation’s committee sign the declaration.
- Scan and save a copy for your file.
- Email the completed acquittal form (and also providing a copy of all related invoices and matching proof of payments) to your local Sport and Recreation office.
Sport and Recreation reserves the right to audit your grant expenditure in accordance with your application, so please keep a copy of all invoices and payments.
More information
Contact
Email sr.disaster@dtis.qld.gov.au