❓ Dr. Jacobs inquires about the success of the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) small grants since 2008. The Minister details the fund's impact, allocation of funds, and specific project examples.
AnsweredQoN 319Legislative Assembly
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COMMUNITY SPORTING AND RECREATION FACILITIES FUND
319. Dr G.G. JACOBS to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I noticed that, earlier today, the minister announced the
outcomes from the most recent community sporting and recreation facilities fund
small grants round. Can the minister please advise the house of the success of
the small grants component of the CSRFF since its introduction in 2008?
319. Dr G.G. JACOBS to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I noticed that, earlier today, the minister announced the
outcomes from the most recent community sporting and recreation facilities fund
small grants round. Can the minister please advise the house of the success of
the small grants component of the CSRFF since its introduction in 2008?
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I thank the member for Eyre, and thank him for his support of
sporting projects up there. I did make those announcements about the first
round of the small grants for 2013–14. There will be another round, and
the applications for the second round will commence on 1 July. When we came to
government in 2008 and lifted the CSRFF from $9 million to $20 million, we also
included the small grants round, which had never been there before. Small
grants cover projects up to $150 000, and they have given a lot of flexibility
to the fund. They also enable a lot of sporting clubs to get some of the small
things done that they could otherwise never get funding for, such as cricket
nets, upgrades to tennis courts, lighting, upgrades to swimming pools and skate
parks—all those types of small things, even things like storage sheds.
They have proved very, very valuable. Applicants can apply for up to 50 per
cent of the funding with a development bonus, and it is amazing that more than
$6 million has been allocated to 269 projects through that small grants
initiative since 2008. It is making a real difference to our sporting
facilities in metropolitan and country Western Australia.
There were 44 applications in this round seeking a total of
$1.124 million in funding for a notional allocation of $750 000; we allocate
two rounds of $750 000 to small grants funding. Thirty of the projects were
successful, with 14 in the metropolitan area and 16 in country Western
Australia. It is important to mention that with the CSRFF, if a project does
not get up, we make a real point now of the Department of Sport and Recreation
working through the reasons with the proponents to try to help them get that
project up at a later date.
I have a couple of examples of successful projects. The City
of Stirling received $16 899 for floodlighting at Grenville Reserve. The City
of Kalgoorlie–Boulder, in the electorate of the member for Eyre,
received $50 000 to replace a rollerskating rink at Palace Theatre Recreation
Centre, which I think will be greatly welcomed.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : I
thank the minister.
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
The Shire of Kalamunda received $18 300 for a master plan of Ray Owen Reserve,
and the City of Subiaco—I was there this morning—will upgrade
its Nicholson Road skate park, which is right near the police and community
youth centre there and gets a lot of use. This will enable a lot more kids to
use it at both the basic and more talented level.
Our KidSport program now involves some 21 000 kids,
including 3 500 Indigenous kids, of whom around 60 per cent—so around 1
800 Indigenous kids—were not previously in sporting clubs. We have to
make sure we keep catering for them, and we are doing that as part of Sport 4
All through help with volunteers and technology et cetera, but we must also
keep upgrading facilities. That is what this is about. I thank the DSR for its
great support, and that of members in their electorates who talk to me quite a
lot about this program. We will always try to assist wherever possible.
sporting projects up there. I did make those announcements about the first
round of the small grants for 2013–14. There will be another round, and
the applications for the second round will commence on 1 July. When we came to
government in 2008 and lifted the CSRFF from $9 million to $20 million, we also
included the small grants round, which had never been there before. Small
grants cover projects up to $150 000, and they have given a lot of flexibility
to the fund. They also enable a lot of sporting clubs to get some of the small
things done that they could otherwise never get funding for, such as cricket
nets, upgrades to tennis courts, lighting, upgrades to swimming pools and skate
parks—all those types of small things, even things like storage sheds.
They have proved very, very valuable. Applicants can apply for up to 50 per
cent of the funding with a development bonus, and it is amazing that more than
$6 million has been allocated to 269 projects through that small grants
initiative since 2008. It is making a real difference to our sporting
facilities in metropolitan and country Western Australia.
There were 44 applications in this round seeking a total of
$1.124 million in funding for a notional allocation of $750 000; we allocate
two rounds of $750 000 to small grants funding. Thirty of the projects were
successful, with 14 in the metropolitan area and 16 in country Western
Australia. It is important to mention that with the CSRFF, if a project does
not get up, we make a real point now of the Department of Sport and Recreation
working through the reasons with the proponents to try to help them get that
project up at a later date.
I have a couple of examples of successful projects. The City
of Stirling received $16 899 for floodlighting at Grenville Reserve. The City
of Kalgoorlie–Boulder, in the electorate of the member for Eyre,
received $50 000 to replace a rollerskating rink at Palace Theatre Recreation
Centre, which I think will be greatly welcomed.
Dr G.G. Jacobs : I
thank the minister.
Mr T.K. WALDRON :
The Shire of Kalamunda received $18 300 for a master plan of Ray Owen Reserve,
and the City of Subiaco—I was there this morning—will upgrade
its Nicholson Road skate park, which is right near the police and community
youth centre there and gets a lot of use. This will enable a lot more kids to
use it at both the basic and more talented level.
Our KidSport program now involves some 21 000 kids,
including 3 500 Indigenous kids, of whom around 60 per cent—so around 1
800 Indigenous kids—were not previously in sporting clubs. We have to
make sure we keep catering for them, and we are doing that as part of Sport 4
All through help with volunteers and technology et cetera, but we must also
keep upgrading facilities. That is what this is about. I thank the DSR for its
great support, and that of members in their electorates who talk to me quite a
lot about this program. We will always try to assist wherever possible.
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