Game On: Teaming up for Climate Action
Funding Providers
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
Location
Australia WideFunding Type
Cash grant G21670
Primary Category
Sport and recreationEligible to
- Not-for-Profits
- Unincorporated Groups
Funding
Amount : $25,000 to $100,000Round(s)
Upcoming
- Opens 01-Jul-2026 Closes 28-Jul-2026
Purpose
The program will provide support for up to 500 community sports clubs, helping them upgrade their facilities to be more climate resilient and energy efficient.
Overview
The Game on: Teaming up for climate action program will deliver $35.262 million over 2 funding rounds and will run over 3 years from 2026-27 to 2028-29. The program was announced as part of the Support for the Net Zero Plan.
The objectives of the program are:
- support up to 500 community sports clubs to decarbonise their operations and reduce energy bills through energy efficiency, electrification and climate resilience upgrades
- increase awareness and understanding of energy efficiency, electrification and climate adaptation activities among sports club members and their communities
- support emissions abatement to contribute to Australia's target to reduce emissions to 62-70% below 2005 levels by 2035.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply as an individual sports club, you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have an account with a financial institution
and be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- School or tertiary education institution, but only if the project meets the additional eligibility requirements for this entity type in section 4.2 in the guidelines.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.
To be eligible to apply as a lead organisation of a consortium, you must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have an account with an Australian financial institution
and be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Statutory Entity
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Local government
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity (ONLY for Australian Capital Territory)
- School or tertiary educational institution, but only if the project meets the additional eligibility requirements for this entity type in section 4.2 of the guidelines.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types as listed above.
Applications / Guidelines
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