The Albanese Government is investing $10.3m so more Australians can enjoy
the mental and physical health benefits of sport.

The latest rounds of the Play Well participation grants see 69 projects greenlit.
Sports including surfing, golf, badminton, table tennis, AFL, rugby league,
softball and orienteering will receive funding through the Australian Sports
Commission’s (ASC) Play Well grant program.

The announcement will build on the 500,000 participants that have already
benefited from the program.

Last weeks’ Federal Budget reaffirmed the Australian Government’s
commitment to the health and wellbeing of Australians with a funding boost of
$494.2m to sport, helping more than 2 million Australians continue to have
access to free sports programs each year.

Funding through the Play Well grants has also been allocated to pilot new
projects such as Surf Live Saving Australia’s Breaking Barriers event to help
people with disabilities participate in surf sports, and Basketball Australia’s
Ability Hoops program for children with an intellectual impairment.

29 local councils are also receiving funding up to $40,000 through the Play Well
grants to run sporting events and come and try days including skateboarding
workshops in Victor Harbor in South Australia, Indigenous youth cricket
programs in Casino and Coraki in New South Wales and volleyball clinics in
southwest Queensland.

Gridiron Australia has also received funding to support the soaring interest in
flag football after it was added as an Olympic sport for the 2028 Games in Los
Angeles.

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