The Grassroots Cricket Fund 2024/25 is offering up to $3,500 for cricket clubs and centres to facilitate sustainable impact and foster participation growth in the junior space.

The Country Football and Netball Program provides funding to Local Government Authorities to help regional football and netball clubs, associations and umpiring organisations upgrade and develop facilities in rural, regional and outer metropolitan locations.

Two outstanding organisations, the Ballarat Bulldogs Football Netball Club and Special Olympics Ballarat, are seeking dedicated volunteers to continue their vital work in our community.

AFL Victoria and Sports Central are delighted to have partnered on the delivery of the AFL Inclusive Clubs and Gender Equity Education Program, a collaborative initiative involving clubs from the AFL Goldfields region.

Five-year-old Hazel Mabilia had been really keen to learn how to ride – she just needed a little extra help to get on her bike. The following article about the Power2Pedal program featured in The Courier and has been re-produced with their permission.

Join Vicsport on Tuesday 18th June for a deep dive into youth participation trends and insights in sport! Professor Rochelle Eime will present the latest trends in participation in community sport, the motivations, drivers and barriers of participants and will also look at new ways to play.

Nominations are open for the City of Ballarat Youth Awards 2024. The awards provide the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the city’s outstanding young people aged 12-25. There are ten nomination categories, including the Leadership in Sport and Recreation Award.

Sports Central is partnering with Golden Plains Shire Council and Harwood Andrews to present a Governance & Incorporated Association Training Session on Wednesday 29th May at The Well in Smythesdale. Good Governance allows community clubs to keep their sport safe and inclusive, as well as maintaining strong operational processes to ensure the club is sustainable into the future.

Sports Central will be working with clubs on the Leading from the Front – Alcohol and Other Drugs Safety – We All Win pilot project over the next few weeks. Leading from the Front is a community sport health promotion initiative with the aim of raising awareness of health, safety and wellbeing issues across the Central Highlands.

Sports Central are excited to be supporting the delivery of Inclusive Sport in Schools in partnership with Special Olympics Australia. The program improves the health and wellbeing outcomes of students with an intellectual disability and autism through the delivery of inclusive sport and physical activity in a school setting.