Funding is vital to all organisations and Little Athletics is no exception. Our funds are primarily obtained from Sponsors, Government and Members. If support from these areas is low usually the only option is to increase membership fees, something we all like to avoid.

The Role of Government
Government plays a very important part in Sport in Queensland. The State Government has invested a great deal of money in support of sporting organisations throughout the State. Their aim, ultimately, is to strengthen the administration and development of these sports to such an extent that Government support could be withdrawn with minimal effect. Currently, the Government is one of the greatest sources of external funding to LAQ, for which the Association is very grateful and formally expresses its thanks to the Minister for Sport and his Staff.

For Centres

Active Gameday Projects
Active Gameday Projects is designed to provide funding for infrastructure projects or upgrades to help community and sport clubs. For further information, please click here.

Active Kit
To encourage organisations and clubs to better utilise innovation and leveraging technology to enable more Queenslanders to be physically active. For further information, please click here.

Active Clubs
The Active Clubs program provides funding to local and regional sport and active recreation organisations to support volunteers and provide flexible and safe physical activity opportunities to increase sport and active recreation participation.
These include:
• training and education for volunteers
• volunteer recognition
• equipment (on-field and off-field)
• flexible participation opportunities.

For further information, please click here.

Active Women and Girls Program
The program is dedicated to encouraging greater participation across all facets of sport and active recreation, from playing to coaching and volunteering to umpiring and team management. Funding can be used across a range of focus areas, such as volunteer training, resources, equipment or creating more participation opportunities for women and girls within clubs, communities and organisations. For further information, please click here.

Gambling Community Fund: Not-for-profit community groups can apply for funding between a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $35,000 through the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. For more information, please click here.

Councils : Local Councils offer grants to help not-for-profit organisations improve their facilities and services.

Companies: A number of companies release community grants at different times throughout the year.

For Parents and Kids

Play On! vouchers
Parents, carers or guardians can apply for a voucher valued up to $200 for their child or young person. These vouchers can be used towards the cost of membership, registration and/or participation fees for eligible activities with registered physical activity providers. For more information, please click here.

Emerging Athlete Pathways
Emerging Athlete Pathways aims to foster the development of young athletes and support elite athlete pathways by providing financial assistance to help alleviate the costs associated with attending championship events. The subsidy provides financial assistance through 3 event tiers and supports attendance at specific state, national and international events. To check the criteria for eligibility, please click here.