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CITS has developed the Community Place Based Grants Program to support community-led initiatives that address local priorities for vulnerable children and young people who require extra support to achieve positive life outcomes through sport and recreation activities.

The Community Place Based Grants Program provides financial support to organisations to develop and deliver co-designed, place based structured sport and recreation out-of-school activity programs in identified regional locations in Western Australia.

The program includes a process to work collaboratively with local government, Aboriginal leaders and community service organisations to incorporate sport and recreation in community-led activities and events that target vulnerable children and young people and their families.

CITS is seeking applications from organisations in targeted regional and remote locations in Western Australia for one to 3-year projects that will achieve the program’s outcome and objectives.

CITS encourages organisations to consider applying for Community Place Based initiatives that support and broaden diversity and inclusion.

The following organisations are eligible to apply:

• community organisations
• local governments
• Aboriginal organisations
• regional organisations

To be eligible for funding, organisations must:

• be incorporated under the Associations Incorporations Act 2015 (WA) or a company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001 or an Indigenous organisation under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) or be registered as a Local Government Entity in Western Australia
• possess an Australian Business Number (ABN); and
• maintain appropriate and sufficient insurance cover for the duration of the project. A certificate of currency of insurance for the coming year should be provided upon application. Please note, for Public Liability Insurance, a minimum value of $10 million per claim or occurrence giving rise to a claim is required.

In addition, the following will apply:

• Organisations with outstanding acquittals for any CITS grant may have payments withheld until outstanding acquittal documentation is satisfactorily completed.

• one off camps and events (focus is on regular activities over a period)
• individual membership fees
• meals and daily allowance for staff
• existing, ongoing or recurrent organisational costs (for example, non-project­ related salaries, insurance, lease or rental payments, administration expenses)
• projects that would be more appropriately supported through an alternative funding source or existing DLGSC grants program
• projects undertaken outside Western Australia
• programs that have already taken place or have commenced
• capital works (for example, purchase of land or buildings, repairs, extensions, renovations, maintenance or trail construction)
• purchase of capital equipment (for example, computers, photocopiers and vehicles)
• trophies, prize money or gifts
• hospitality functions (for example, award dinners, catering, alcohol, entertainment).