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The Club Night Lights Program exemplifies the WA Government’s commitment to the development of sustainable floodlighting infrastructure for sport across the State.

The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to community groups and local governments to develop sports floodlighting infrastructure. The program aims to maintain or increase participation in sport and recreation with an emphasis on physical activity, through rational development of good quality, well-designed and well-utilised facilities.

Applicants must be either a local government or a not-for-profit sport, recreation or community organisation incorporated under the WA Associations Incorporation Act 2015 and have an Australian Business Number (ABN). Clubs must demonstrate equitable access to the public on a short term and casual basis.

The land on which the facility is to be developed must be one of the following:

• Crown reserve
• land owned by a public authority
• municipal property
• land held for public purposes by trustees under a valid lease, title or trust deed that adequately protects the interests of the public.

Funds will not be available for:

• Projects that commence before approvals are announced.
• Non-floodlighting infrastructure.
• Non-fixed floodlighting.
• Safety, pathway or casual recreation floodlighting. 
• Development of privately owned facilities.
• Facilities considered to be a full State Government responsibility unless there is demonstrated community sporting and recreation need/benefit commensurate with the funding request.
• Recurring maintenance or operating costs of existing facilities.
• Purchase of land.
• Projects that do not meet Australian Standards and National Construction Code.
• Projects that have already received State Government funding and are seeking an additional grant to meet cost increases.
• Applicants/projects that have received a DLGSC grant in the past and have not satisfactorily acquitted that grant. In some cases this may apply to localities where other significant projects have not been progressed or have not completed a previous project in accordance with the conditions of the grant provided. DLGSC officers will make an assessment and at their discretion, new applications may not be recommended.
• Projects that have State Government funding in excess of 66.66% of the total project cost.
• Local government overheads, project administration and project management (unless expressly approved in the grant agreement).