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NSW sports facilities, programs, and sporting organisations impacted by floods are to share in $36 million to help with restoring and rebuilding projects to get community sport back on the field.

Advising that these projects would breathe new life into sporting clubs in flood-affected communities, NSW Minister for Sport Alister Henskens stated “the NSW Government has already delivered $12 million in grants to help rebuild and repair community sport infrastructure in eight priority LGAs that were affected by flooding.

“This additional boost, jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government, will improve or upgrade 96 community sporting facilities across NSW, helping people of all ages get back on the field and playing the sports they love.”

The Essential Community Sport Assets Program is jointly funded by the Federal and NSW Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, as part of the broader Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Package (CLIRP).

Funding has been awarded to 96 projects to repair and rebuild damaged facilities impacted by the February or June floods.

The Essential Community Sport Assets Program offered grants across two streams with between $150,000 to $1 million available to councils in 74 Local Government Areas (LGAs), and grants of $15,000 to $500,000 available to sporting organisations and others groups that deliver sports programs.

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