In 2024, up to $170,000 (GST exclusive) will be available for Organisation Grants.

The maximum funding amount available per organisation is $15,000 (GST exclusive).

Grant amounts awarded will be determined as part of the assessment process and may not be the same amount applied for. Amounts will be allocated to make the most effective use of the WLIS program funds.

Women Leaders in Sport Guidelines

We strongly encourage organisations to ensure women’s needs and gender equity is built into the organisations thinking, when applying for this grant program. Some suggested design considerations and questions when determining your program or project of work:

• Does it recognise the individual and unique attributes, abilities and needs of women at different stages of life?
• Which women might it inadvertently exclude?
• How are you accounting for the diverse and intersectional needs of women?

Successful organisations will be required to complete an inclusive training workshop, which the ASC will advise and fund during 2024 as a requisite of the grant funding. These fast paced, high impact workshops have been designed to provide sporting bodies with an engaging, interactive experience, designed to accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclusion experience.

To be eligible to apply, organisations must satisfy all the following criteria:

• Be a national sporting organisation, a national sporting organisation for people with disability, be a state/territory sporting organisation of a national body that is recognised by the ASC (Australian Sports Directory) the Australian Olympic Committee or Commonwealth Games Association
• Have the commitment of, and a letter of support from, the Chair or CEO
• The project must commence and conclude in 2024
• Organisations are required to make a co-contribution to the project, which can be in the form of financial resources, staff contribution, or other relevant resources. Additionally, the organisation is responsible for covering all project administration costs
• Organisation has no overdue WLIS acquittal or reporting requirements with the ASC
• Has not received a WLIS Organisation Grant through the WLIS program within the last 12 months (Please note: this does not include WLIS Executive Program)
• Organisation is not named by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of “Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme”.

A letter of support must accompany the Organisation Grant application (uploaded at time of application)

The following information needs to be addressed in the letter:

Please limit the supporting letter to one page

1. Outline the support and commitment to the project on behalf of the organisation
   1. It is expected the Chair, CEO or member of the executive team have responsibility for championing this project
   2. Commitment by the organisation to complete an inclusive practices workshop, which the ASC will advise and fund during 2024
2. Identify how this project contributes to achieving the priorities of the organisation, include any relevant statistics and data
3. The letter must be signed by the CEO/ Chair/ or equivalent

Please note: If you are the CEO applying on behalf of the organisation, please seek endorsement from Chair or board member.

The funding must go towards the approved project expenditure items outlined in the budget table within the application.

• External consultants (including presenters/translators/interpreters) fees
• Course or training fees
• Long distance travel (>200km) for presenters and participants

• Projects where travel costs use more than 30% of the grant funding
• Projects that supplement the recurrent or ongoing costs of an organisation ie. Staff wages
• Projects which do not engage external subject matter experts and facilitators
• Venue hire
• Catering
• Accommodation
• Purchasing of equipment, materials or resources
• Organisation membership fees
• Competition fees

Successful grant recipients will be required to do the following:

• Enter into a grant agreement with the ASC and abide by the terms and conditions of the agreement (Appendix 2)
• Ensure frequent communication with the WLIS team to facilitate discussions about the project, share progress updates, discuss its intended execution, and ensure its continued viability within the organisation
• Complete an acquittal report and provide proof of payment using the template provided by the ASC including receipts within 30 days of completing the project
• Complete the inclusive training workshop, which the ASC will advise and fund during 2024 Promote the project across the organisation’s external channels (e.g., website, social media, press release etc.)

1. If the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) decides to issue a grant (Grant) to the applicant under the Women Leaders in Sport Program (Program), the Grant will be made subject to these terms and conditions.
2. These terms and conditions, together with the notification from the ASC providing details of the Grant award (Successful Notification), will constitute an enforceable agreement between the ASC and the successful applicant (Recipient) upon the Recipient accepting the Grant offer, as required by the Successful Notification.
3. The ASC will make a single payment of the Grant amount to the Recipient subject to sufficient funding being available to the Program and the Recipient complying with this Agreement.
4. The Recipient must:
   1. Complete the project activity as detailed in their Successful Notification (Activity);
   2. Promptly notify the ASC of anything reasonably likely to affect the completion of the Activity;
   3. Comply with all applicable Commonwealth, state and territory laws in conducting the Activity, including anti-discrimination legislation;
   4. Without limiting clause 4(c), comply with all state, territory and Commonwealth laws relating to the employment or engagement of people who work or volunteer with children or vulnerable people in relation to the Activity, including mandatory reporting and working with children and/or vulnerable people checks however described, and if requested, provide the ASC with evidence of compliance with this clause 4(d);
   5. Meet the eligibility criteria relating to the National Redress Scheme, set out under the Grant Program guidelines, at all times during the terms of this Agreement;
   6. Have an anti-doping policy in place and/or adopt the Australian National Anti-doping Policy;
   7. Not do anything to bring the Recipient, the Program or the ASC into disrepute;
   8. Only use the Grant for the purpose of undertaking the Activity;
   9. Keep records detailing the use and expenditure of the Grant, and make them available to the ASC or its authorised representatives, on request;
   10. Provide to the ASC within 30 days of completion of the Activity: (i) a statement and accompanying evidence in the form required by the ASC, verifying that the Activity has been successfully completed and the Grant has been spent in accordance with this Agreement; and (ii) a report on the Activity, in the form required by the ASC;
   11. If the Activity includes awarding accreditation or qualification to the participants of the Activity, provide to the ASC documentary evidence (including proof of completion) of the accreditation or qualification within 30 days of award; and
   12. Promptly repay to the ASC, any amount of the Grant which has not been used on approved expenditure of the Activity.
5. Without limitation to any other rights of the ASC, if the ASC reasonably believes, at any time following the award of the Grant, that:
   1. The Recipient has provided false or misleading information in the application process;
   2. The Grant has been spent other than in accordance with this Agreement; or
   3. The Recipient will not complete the Activity or has otherwise breached any of their obligations under this Agreement,

then the ASC may by written notice, terminate this agreement and/or require the Recipient to repay to the ASC, at the ASC’s absolute discretion, all or part of the Grant. The amount notified must be repaid within 30 days of any such notice.

6. When dealing with Personal Information (as defined in the Privacy Act 1988), in carrying out the Activity, the Recipient agrees not to do anything which, if done by the ASC, would be a breach of the Privacy Act 1988.
7. The details of the organisation (including name, state, sport, the value of the Grant awarded, a brief description of the purpose for the Grant, and any photo or video footage produced in connection with the Program) may be released by the ASC to the public and the media for the use of promotional and educational purposes.
8. The Recipient must, if requested by the ASC, cooperate with ASC activities for the purpose of education and/or review of the Programs’ impact and success for future recipients.
9. The Recipient is responsible for obtaining all appropriate insurances with respect to undertaking the Activity and complying with these terms and conditions.
10. The Recipient agrees to indemnify the ASC and its officers, employees and contractors against any claim, loss or damage arising in connection with undertaking the Activity, or a breach of this Agreement. This obligation to indemnify the ASC will reduce proportionally to the extent that any act or omission involving fault on the part of the ASC, contributed to the claim loss or damage.
11. When acknowledging the ASC’s Women Leaders in Sport grants please use the form of words below:

‘’The ASC manages the Women Leaders in Sport program through the support of the Office for Women”

12. This Agreement does not create a relationship of employment, partnership or agency between the Recipient and the ASC.
13. This agreement is governed by the law of the Australian Capital Territory.