Grants & Funding

Grants

Each year hundreds of millions of dollars are given in grants funding for all sorts of projects and for all sorts of groups, including many Australian bowling clubs and sports-related projects.

Grants are a source of money that can enable your club to tackle projects, renovations or events that may not have been possible if you were relying on the usual methods of fundraising.

It is not just the dollars that benefit the club; grants can provide an endorsement of what your club is doing, and that itself can bring wider recognition, publicity and support.

It can also provide an important morale-booster to all within your club involved in the funded project.

Bowls Australia through its partnership with Sports Community presents available grants in the listing below.

Support with your Grant application can be sourced through Sports Community (note this does not include writing the application for you) – please reach out to Sports Community – JStow1@sportscommunity.com.au.

With regard to grants that follow, please note that neither Bowls Australia nor our partner Sports Community are monitoring the Local Government’s (LGA) for their regular minor and major grants programs. We highly recommend that the Grants Officer at your club is in regular contact with your LGA; subscribed to council newsletters and social media platforms for these grants as they become available.

Further information regarding preparing for a Grant submission can be found in our Resource Hub where if you haven’t already you can register for a free account and access a range of resources from Bowls Australia.

Last updated: December 2, 2024

Active Grants

Grants Workshop Series

Bowls Australia has recently hosted a workshop series on Facility Redevelopment and planning to be successful in a Grants process. 

The 3 part series hosted by Sports Community can be viewed using the links that follow. 

Each workshop is approximately 1 hour in length.

Click here for more information.

Letter of support request

If your club requires a Letter of Support from Bowls Australia for any grant applications, please submit the form by clicking here. By submitting this request we kindly ask to be kept up to date regarding the outcome of the application and project developments as appropriate.

Key considerations into submitting the form

1. Allow a 10 day timeframe for letters to be complete. Any requests put in outside this timeframe may not be completed by the requested date or at all.
2. BA will endeavour to write the letters before the date requested, but sometimes this is not possible and we will get to them before the grant closes.
3. Provide as much information as possible, the more information provided the better it is.
4. Once the letter is complete we will send it to the club’s relevant CSM to forward to the club.

Any questions please contact admin@bowls.com.au or (03) 9480 7100

Bowls Disaster Relief Fund

With the harsh conditions of the Australian landscape, natural disasters such as floods and fires can ravish and affect areas across the country in a short space of time, but just like the Australian ethos of looking after our mates, the lawn bowls fraternity will stand united in its support for bowling clubs and communities affected by tragic events through the Disaster Relief Fund initiative.

• Bowls Disaster Relief Fund