Four Football Canterbury clubs have been granted a share of the NSW Football Legacy Fund which will see over $40,000 invested in our region.
Burwood FC, Leichhardt Saints, Marrickville Red Devils, Russell Lea Women’s SC and Football Canterbury have alll recieved grants to boost participation programs for women and girls.
Forming part of the NSW Football Legacy Program, the NSW Football Legacy Fund will see up to $6.21 million invested over two and a half years to support the development of football infrastructure and participation programs as a result of NSW hosting matches for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023TM.
The NSW Football Legacy Fund has two separate funding streams, Infrastructure and Participation.
The Participation Stream has been allocated $1.21 million over two rounds. The NSW Football Legacy Fund will be delivered by the Office of Sport in collaboration with Football Australia, Football NSW and Northern NSW Football.
A total of 78 applications were submitted for consideration, 73 of which were successful. The total amount awarded through Round 1 Football Legacy Fund 2022/23 is $649, 974.96 for projects with a total value including co-contributions of $1,080,102.35.
Round 2 applications open later this year.
Burwood FC
$6,500 for a Female Football Skills, Leadership, and Mentoring Program.
The project aims to encourage girls and women to participate in and continue playing football. The focus is on giving players increased confidence to play, coach, and administer grassroots community football.
It encourages a continuous pathway for football involvement, whatever a players age, background, or ability through three approaches:
- Participation – introduction and ongoing engagement
- Accessibility – opportunity and diversity
- Leadership – creating role models for the future
Football Canterbury
$8,180 for a Female World Cup Introduction League.
As the World Cup is being held after the registration period for the 2023 winter season, we need to offer newly inspired participants an entry point into our sport.
We are looking to host an introduction league throughout the period on July and August to engage new participants while the World Cup is present.
This introductory league will aim to filter new players into summer football teams with the final goal of keeping them engaged until the 2024 winter season.
Leichhardt Saints
$9,895 for a Girls and Women's Summer Soccer Program.
Leichhardt Saints runs a summer girls and women’s football competition at King George Oval focussed on "fun, friends and fitness." The program has grown steadily in recent years and this grant will enhance and expand it.
Marrickville Red Devils
$7,060 for Marrickville FC Introduction Football for Female Players.
Female players will be offered a position in a 12-week introduction to football and skilled training program with accredited coaches.
The first two weeks will be a welcome and get to know football session before girls start training with their teams.
This will be followed by the skilled training program which will be developed by the Marrickville FC Technical Director. The session will be for one hour training for 10 weeks. The Skilled Training session will allow players to work on capitalising all the hard work in ball movement and progressing play to realise a finishing situation.
Russell Lea Women’s SC
$10,000 for a Girl's Leadership Program.
This project aims to develop the next generation of leaders in women’s football while simultaneously creating a female-friendly environment that helps to attract more girls to the sport.
As the only all-female football club within the Sydney region, we provide an opportunity for players who may not feel like they belong at some of the male-dominated clubs.
As a hub for women’s soccer, this project will encourage and support more girls to take on leadership roles through coaching and refereeing, which will help girls feel they belong in all levels of soccer.
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