LOCAL SPORTING CHAMPIONS PROGRAM
Young athletes and junior sports teams in Mitchell will be able to apply for funding to help cover the cost of attending significant or specialist sporting events under a new Federal Government program.
The Local Sporting Champions program will help young sportsmen and women, as well as teams, to compete at significant sporting events.
Funding will be available to help people aged 12 to 18 years to help cover the costs of attending and competing in major sporting events.
Grants of $500 per individual and $3,000 per team are available to help meet costs such as travel, equipment, uniforms, and accommodation.
A total of $9,000 each year in grants will be available for the electorate of Mitchell to help young sports people achieve their sporting goals. Applications for grants can be made through my electorate office at any time throughout the year.
I am convening a local sports panel to determine which individuals and sporting teams will receive these grants. The panel will be led by leading local sports administrator Cathy Aird, who is the founder of Hills Shire Sports Inc and has served for ten years as an executive member of Baulkham Hills Shire Netball Association and as Vice-President of Netball NSW.
I am also seeking expressions of interest from all interested local sports administrators and local elite athletes to assist on the panel.
In order to be eligible to receive a Local Sporting Champions grant, applicants:
• must be aged 12 to 18 years (inclusive);
• must be required to travel a distance of 250 kilometres or more, return.
• be an Australian Citizen
• be participating in an offi cial national sporting organisation (NSO) endorsed state or national sporting competition, or national school sport competition.
These grants will help local teams and young athletes to realise their goals and will support the next generation of Australian sporting champions.
For further information and expressions of interest please contact me on
9899 7211 or alex.hawke.mp@aph.gov.au
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