Local Sport Defibrillator Program (LSDP) 2024/25

It is very important that applicants work through the form in sequence, including the eligibility requirements. Questions asked throughout the application are based on your responses provided in the initial sections of the application. 

Before you apply please read the guidelines and related materials to make sure you understand all relevant requirements. You can find the guidelines here.

The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program is aimed at providing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and associated equipment to NSW sport and recreation facilities and clubs.

Eligible applicants have a choice of approved AED Service Providers and a variety of approved AED products and services.

The NSW Government has allocated up to $500,000 in 2024/25 for this Program.

• The grant amount will fund the cost of an approved AED package up to $3,000.
• There is no mandatory financial contribution. However, where the cost of the selected package exceeds $3,000 the organisation must fund the additional cost.
• Applicants can request a grant for one AED package and are limited to one application per financial year.

Applications will be assessed in the order they are received. This will continue until the program funding allocation has been exhausted, or the closing date and time occurs.

The key objectives of the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program 2024/25 are: 

• To promote wider access to these devices across NSW.
• To support local sport and recreational clubs or related incorporated organisations located in the most disadvantaged areas of NSW in purchasing an AED package.

The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

• submission of this application does not guarantee funding will be granted for any project, and the Department expressly reserves its right to accept or reject this application at its discretion;
• it must bear the costs of preparing and submitting this application and the Department does not accept any liability for such costs, whether or not this application is ultimately accepted or rejected; and
• it has read the Funding Guidelines for the Program and has fully informed itself of the relevant program requirements.

Information submitted in the application will be shared with the NSW Government. Should your application be successful, the Office of Sport may provide certain information to the media and Members of Parliament for promotional purposes. This information may include applicant name, project name, project description, location of the project, location of the grant recipient and amount funded and total project cost. Information provided in the grant application/milestone and project completion reports may be used to develop case studies including photos. The contact details supplied by the person submitting the application may also be provided to the relevant Members of Parliament.  

Names and contact details of successful applicants will also be provided to the AED Service Provider as nominated in the application, to assist in expediting the purchase and supply of the AED package. Successful applicants will have the option of opting to opt out of their details being provided to the nominated service provider. Successful applicants will retain the right to change their choice of AED package and service provider, subject to the approval of the Office of Sport.

To be considered eligible under the Program, applicants must demonstrate either:

Evidence that their primary clubhouse/facilities or sporting/recreational activities or the majority of participants are located in a postcode listed in Appendix C of the program guidelines, as ranked by the Australian Bureau of Statistics according to their Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA). Information relating to the SEIFA indexes is available at the ABS website.

This can be demonstrated by:

• The applicant organisation’s registered address being located within an eligible postcode,
• Applicants providing clear evidence of their sporting or recreational activities being primarily undertaken at a facility(ies) in an eligible postcode, and/or
• Applicants making a case that a majority of their participants reside in eligible postcodes.

The determination of registered address will be based on the address associated with the applicant organisation’s ABN. If the organisation does not have an ABN, the incorporation registered address will be used.

OR

Evidence that they are experiencing financial hardship.

This can be demonstrated by:

• Applicants providing clear evidence that they are unable to meet core club expenses or other existing financial obligations as they fall due.

In addition to the meeting the eligibility criteria, eligible applicants are:

• Incorporated, not-for-profit clubs, associations or organisations in NSW that are sport or recreation related.
• State or national sport or recreation organisations on behalf of member clubs located in NSW.
• Licensed sporting or recreation clubs in NSW, providing that the AED package directly benefits sport and recreation members or participants.
• Sport clubs associated with a school, church or university in NSW providing they are an incorporated not for profit club in their own right.
• Councils, Service Clubs and other incorporated and not-for-profit owners or managers of facilities that are used for sporting or recreational activities in NSW.

Sport or recreation clubs at a multi-use facility are encouraged to collaborate on planning for medical emergencies, including the sharing of resources and locating defibrillators to maximise community access. For the purposes of these guidelines, recreation should be interpreted as: “any pursuit or activity engaged in for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure”.

All applicant organisations will be required to provide information around the nature of their activities and the population groups they are servicing.

Applicants who have received funding under previous rounds of the Local Sport Defibrillator Program are eligible to apply but will only be funded if the program allocation has not been fully expended by the closing date.

Ineligible applicants are any organisation types not listed in the ‘Eligible Applicants’ section, and include (but are not limited to):

• Individuals
• Parents and Citizens (P&C’s) Associations
• For profit, commercial organisations
• Government departments and agencies.

An eligible organisation will be deemed not eligible for funding under this program if they are an organisation named: (i) by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of institutions that have not joined or signified their intent not to join the Scheme; or (ii) in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that has not yet joined the National Redress Scheme.

• Project that is not primarily for use by sport and recreation facilities or organisations.
• Project that does not demonstrate a connection to one of the postcodes listed at Appendix C of the program guidelines, except where the applicant has demonstrated they are experiencing financial hardship.
• AEDs not purchased from an approved Service Provider or in the form of an approved package.

Ineligible Project Costs are:

• Ongoing maintenance outside of the scope of the six-year essential defibrillator maintenance schedule
• Any extended warranty specified by an approved Service Provider
• Accredited CPR, First Aid, ongoing or additional face to face AED familiarisation instruction
• Out of warranty repair of equipment
• Replacement costs of consumables including batteries and electrode pads
• Replacement or temporary replacement of the AED if it is damaged or unrecoverable through wear and tear, vandalism, accident, theft or misuse
• General first aid maintenance items or equipment (items requiring cleaning and disinfecting after use)
• Retrospective funding i.e. for AEDs that have already been purchased
• AEDs purchased from a service provider not listed on the approved list at Appendix B of the program guidelines. This includes when the AED is an approved AED.

Note

• Applicants should refer to the details set out in the AED Service Providers’ package for listed inclusions when making a choice of provider.
• Where accredited CPR, First Aid, or additional face to face AED familiarisation is included by service providers as part of an AED package, this can be funded from the grant. However, the maximum amount to be funded per AED package is $3,000.

• It has been prepared by and is being submitted by an eligible applicant.
• Applicants will notify the Department if grant funding for this peroject is secured from another NSW Government source.