Get Australians Moving
The Australian Government is investing $28.9M over four years to get the least active Australians active through the Move It AUS - Participation Grants Program.
Swimming Australia (SA) has received funding under the Move It AUS - Participation Grants Program. As part of this SA has committed to providing a portion of this funding towards community level swimming and aquatics programs that align with the Move It Aus - Participation Grants Program objectives.
We are calling this the Community Swimming Grants Program.
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
- 2019/20 Community Swimming Grants Recipients
- 2019/20 Strategic Partnerships Recipients
- Grant Resources
Club Lime Swim School
Illawarra Multicultural Services Inc
Eurobodalla Shire Council
Lake Macquarie City Council
Little Heroes Swim Academy Ltd
Water Skills For Life inc
Alice Springs Town Council
Australian Crawl (Goodna) Pty Ltd
Genesis Sport & Aquatics
CPL - Choice, Passion, Life
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Hurricane Stars Club
SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Norwood Swimming Club
Playford Aquatic Club
Thebarton Aquatic Centre
Welcoming Australia
George Town Neighbourhood House Inc
Darebin Council
City of Stonnington
City of Whittlesea
Moonee Valley City Council
SwimSafe Bendigo
Royal Life Saving Society WA Inc.
Shire of Coolgardie
Shire of Esperance
Swimming Women
Belgravia Leisure Foundation
Swimming Queensland
Swimming New South Wales
Swimming Tasmania
Sporting Wheelies – Queensland
The Aqua English Project
Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association / Swim Australia
Centre for Multicultural Youth
Swimming South Australia
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Swimming Western Australia
Find out all you need to know about the
Community Swimming Grants with these guidelines.
The grant portal user guide will be able to assist you with any troubleshooting
and FAQ's you may have during the application process, specific to the grant portal platform.
FAQ's
- Who can apply?
- Learn-to-swim providers
- Aqua fitness providers
- Aquatics facilities
- Swim Clubs
- Other aquatics sport clubs
- Community organisations
- Charity organisations
- Councils
- Schools
- Universities
- State or Territory Sport Organisations
- Who are the target markets?
- How much funding is available?
- What will be funded?
- Subsidising the cost of delivery of swimming or aquatics activities and programs; and
- workforce development.
- Important dates?
- Applications open: 30 September 2019
- Applications close: 8 November 2019, 11:59pm AEST
- Applications assessment: 11-15 November 2019
- Grants awarded: 18-22 November 2019
- Activity delivery: Term 4 (Nov-Dec) 2019 through to Term 2 (Apr-June) 2020
- Reporting deadline: 30 June 2020
- How to apply?
- Click the 'Apply Now' button on this page to access the grant portal
- Register as a user in the grant portal
- Create a new ‘Business’ account (do not create an ‘Individual’ account)
- From the dashboard select ‘Open Rounds’ to view the current grant round
- Click ‘Apply’, then complete the grant application form (you can save your progress)
- Once complete, submit your application (once submitted you cannot edit your application)
- Terms and Conditions
Organisations with the capability to provide or facilitate the provision of swimming and aquatic activities (including but not limited to learn to swim, water safety, aquatics fitness or play and competitive swimming programs and activities.
Eligible organisations may include:
For full details download and read the Grant Guidelines.
The Community Swimming Grants Program is intended to address inactivity levels and participation in swimming and aquatics by people with disability (PWD) and people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds as these people generally face increased barriers when it comes to accessing swimming opportunities.
This includes all ages, genders and locations.
For full details download and read the Grant Guidelines.
Eligible organisations may apply for grants between $5000 and $10,000 +GST.
The Community Swimming Grants Program will focus on two primary areas including:
For full details download and read the Grant Guidelines.
Tip: We recommend using the latest Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers. Internet Explorer version 11 and Microsoft Edge can also be used. Older web browser versions may cause issues when using the online grant management system.
Click here for the terms and conditions.
