SPORTS FUNDING HELPS THE NORTHERN BEACHES COMMUNITY MOVING

_{30 June, 2010}

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Rugby league players in the Northern Beaches community will benefit from a grant through the Queensland Government’s Sport and Recreation Active Inclusion program.

Northern Suburbs (Mackay) Rugby League Football Club Inc will receive $5,000 to provide a range of education and training activities for club volunteers.  

Active Inclusion offers special funding to sport and recreation clubs looking to build their own capacity through enhanced education and training programs, the recruitment and retention of volunteers, and by encouraging participation in sport and recreation from within their community.

State Member for Whitsunday, Jan Jarratt, said the Queensland Government, through the 2010-11 Budget, is providing funding over and above standard streams to help sport and recreation clubs develop and enhance their own resource as they look to grow and attract new membership.

“Local communities thrive through participation at local sport and recreation clubs, and that’s why we are supporting them to be as successful and inclusive as they can be,” she said.

“Clubs will be able to build their capacity by providing accredited training to their volunteers, such as referees, coaches, and first aid officers, and by supporting clubs to hold Come and Try days to boost their membership.”

Sport Minister Phil Reeves, who announced the new suite of sport and recreation funding programs earlier this year, said the programs were designed to increase participation, recruit volunteers, and encourage disadvantaged communities to participate in sport and recreation.

“One of the targets in the Bligh Government’s blueprint for the next decade, Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland, is to help Queenslanders become Australia’s healthiest people by 2020,” Mr Reeves said.

“The benefits of regular physical activity are well-documented and our investment in sport and recreation is focussed on making sure everyone has an opportunity to get out and get active.

“Queensland invests more funding in sport and recreation than the other state in Australia, which helps to keep Queenslanders fit and healthy, and rewards us with the best sporting teams and athletes in the country.”

Not-for-profit organisations, Councils, State schools and sport or recreation bodies are eligible to apply.  For more information visit http://www.sportrec.qld.gov.au/Funding.aspx

Media contact:   

Jan Jarratt
4945 3343
whitsunday@parliament.qld.gov.au

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