Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program - 2023/24

The NSW Government is providing up to $500,000 in grants to eligible sporting clubs and facility owners through the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program in 2023/24 with grants up to $3,000 available.

In 2023/24 funding is targeted at applicants within the bottom five Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) as ranked by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in order to ensure the most disadvantaged areas are being prioritised. To be considered eligible under the program, applicants must identify the location the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) will be kept.

The grant amount will fund the cost of an approved AED package up to $3,000. Applicants can request a grant for one AED package and are limited to one application per financial year.

Note: Applicants who have received funding under previous rounds of the Local Sport Defibrillator Program are eligible to apply but will only be funded if the program allocation has not been fully expended by the closing date.

Eligible applicants are:

• Incorporated, not-for-profit clubs, associations or organisations in NSW that are sport or recreation related.
• State or national sport or recreation organisations on behalf of member clubs located in NSW.
• Licensed sporting or recreation clubs, providing that the AED package directly benefits sport and recreation members or participants.
• Sport clubs associated with a school, church or university, providing they are an incorporated not for profit club in their own right.
• Councils and sport and recreation facility owners, provided they apply on behalf of sport or recreation clubs.
• Service clubs such as Rotary, Country Women’s Association and Lions, applying on behalf of sport or recreation clubs.