State Sporting Associations (SSA) and National Sporting Organisations (NSO) and/or Victorian Disability State Sporting Bodies (DSSB) will share in up to $6 million in funding available over the period 2018-2021 to deliver proven participation opportunities to engage less active young people (12-17 years) to become more active through sport.

Your participation opportunity will need to have a particular focus on engaging young people who face health inequities, those who don’t engage in regular physical activity and those that aren’t interested in participating in existing traditional sport offerings. 

VicHealth is seeking applications from SSAs, NSOs and DSSBs to deliver proven participation opportunities enabling those who are less active to become more active through sport, with a focus on engaging young people aged 12-17 years. The following sporting organisations can apply:

• Sporting organisations recognised as an SSA under the classification provided by Sport and Recreation Victoria or NSO recognised by the Australian Sports Commission
• Victorian DSSBs recognised by Sport and Recreation Victoria
• Organisations meeting the above requirement who have fully acquitted  all requirements of any previous grants awarded under VicHealth funding (to the satisfaction of VicHealth)
• Organisations committed to achieving and/or maintaining a minimum of 40 per cent female representation on their sporting organisation’s Board by July 2019  

VicHealth is looking to invest in one participation program/product for each funded sport that is:

• An established junior or adult product that can be modified or re-purposed for 12-17 year olds (or a subset of that group). For example, an existing social sport program that has had success engaging inactive adults (for example 25+) that could be tweaked to target 12-17 years. Programs in this category may have been delivered through other VicHealth funded sport programs.
• An established product for 12-17 year olds introduced to Victoria for the first time. For example, a successful National, interstate or international youth program that has been developed, trialled and/or delivered elsewhere.
• An established product for 12-17 year olds, delivered in Victoria that will be scaled to extend the reach to less active youth. For example you may be able to deliver significantly greater geographic reach, diversity of audience and/or number of deliverers.

VicHealth cares about ensuring that everyone has a chance to get active, so think about how your opportunity will be inclusive and accessible, particularly for those young people who experience disadvantage.

VicHealth hosted a workshop to help interested organisations with their grant applications. You can view a video of the workshop here.

FAQs for technical system related questions questions in relation to the VicHealth Online Grant Management System, click here.

Before you apply, make sure you have familiarised yourself with the following documents:

• Funding guidelines
• VicHealth’s Privacy Statement
• VicHealth’s website Terms of Use
• VicHealth’s Information for All Applicants
• Funding Agreement
• Frequently Asked Questions
• IT Frequently Asked Questions
• Teens and Sport – what the evidence tells us
• Budget Template