Community Infrastructure Grants

Even if you have applied for a grant previously, you are required to contact an Officer from the Community Infrastructure Planning team. This ensures that you are up to date with any changes in the application process and requirements and will help to save time and streamline the process.

Please note: applications will be assessed by City’s Officers in accordance with relevant City policies, guidelines and processes.  The City reserves the right to decline applications, or approve for partial funding.  Any decisions made by Council are final.

Please discuss your project with a Community Infrastructure Planning Officer prior to submitting an application to determine that your project is eligible.

The Community Infrastructure Planning Team can be contacted on (08) 9528 0333 or by email customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au 

If a facility/site where your project is located is leased or licensed from the City, an approved Consent for Alterations and Additions (CAA) is required.

You must contact the City’s Properties team (leased facilities) or the Community and Leisure Facilities team (licensed facilities) to discuss your project and obtain the CAA form before you submit your grant application.  Your project cannot proceed without an approved CAA.

Once you have completed the application, please submit with the requested documents as this will assist with streamlining our review and assessment process.
The City does encourage submission of your application before the closing date to ensure the application is correct and all necessary documents are attached – if submitted with incorrect and incomplete information at time of closing this may be considered incomplete and result in your submission being declined.

Note: Community Infrastructure Grants must be submitted in full by the round closure date and time.  Late applications will not be accepted.

Applications should be forwarded to:

Electronic copies:
customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au (10MB limit per email)

Hard copies:
Community Infrastructure Planning
City of Rockingham
PO Box 2142
Rockingham DC WA 6967

In person:
City of Rockingham
Administration Building
Civic Boulevard
Rockingham

Following the closing of each grant round, all applications will be assessed by City’s Officers and the Community Grants Committee before being presented to the City’s Council. All applications must be endorsed formally at an Ordinary Council Meeting prior to funds being allocated.

An acquittal link to access the form will be sent with your grant agreement.  This form will give you an indication what documents are to be kept throughout your project, and how to report on the project outcomes.

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSCI) offers grants to help deliver facilities that increase participation in physical activity.

Applicants must be either a local government or a not-for-profit sport, recreation or community organisation incorporated under the WA Associations Incorporation Act 1987 and have an Australian Business Number (ABN). Clubs must demonstrate equitable access to the public on a short term and casual basis.

The land on which the facility is to be developed must be one of the following:

• Crown reserve
• Land owned by a public authority
• Municipal property
• Land held for public purposes by trustees under a valid lease, title or trust deed that adequately protects the interests of the public.

Guidelines for the CSRFF grant categories are available on the DLGSCI website

Please contact DLGSCI and the City to discuss your project before preparing an application. 

To request an application form, please contact us on 9528 0333 or email customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au.

Small grants will be awarded to projects involving a basic level of planning. The total project cost for small grants must not exceed $500,000 exclusive of GST. Grants given in this category must be claimed by 15 June in the relevant financial year. 

Examples of small grant projects:

• Cricket pitch and practice wickets
• Storage upgrades
• Changerooms refurbishments
• Safety fences for sport and recreation facilities, i.e. ballistic sports
• Court surface conversion
• Large scale dams, water collection systems and pipelines for distribution (maximum grant offered is $60,000)
• Various planning studies to a maximum grant amount of $25,000

Value of total project

$7,500 to $500,000 exclusive of GST.

Value of grant

Up to 50% of the total project cost:

• Minimum grant of $2,500
• Maximum grant capped at $200,000 

CSRFF guidelines | DLGSCI

Applications for the next CSRFF small grant round open 1 February 2025. Please call us to discuss your application early.  In order to meet City timelines, all applications for consideration are due within a tight turnaround period of approximately two weeks.

• Applications are due to the City by 21 February 2025. This is to ensure internal deadlines are met. 
• A report will be presented at the 25 March 2025 Council meeting. 
• Supported applications will be submitted to DLGSC prior to the 31 March 2025 closing date. 
• Outcomes of grant applications will be known by June 2025.

Timeframes | DLGSCI

You must contact your local DLGSC office on 9492 9870​ to determine eligibility before applying. 

Forward planning grants will be given to the more complex projects that require a planning period of between one and three years. Grants in this category will have a total project cost (exclusive of GST) of over $500,001 and may be allocated in one or a combination of the years in the next triennium.

Projects over $500,000 that will be delivered within the next three financial years.

Examples of forward planning grant projects:

• Multipurpose leisure/recreation centre
• Swimming pool – new or major upgrade including heating to allow increased use
• Construction of large synthetic fields
• Playing field construction
• Clubroom – new or major upgrade
• Large ablution block/change rooms

Value of total project

$500,001 and over, exclusive of GST.

Value of grant

Up to one third of total project cost:

• Minimum grant of $166,667
• Maximum grant Capped at $2,500,000

Applicants must liaise with their state sporting association to discuss the project.

CSRFF guidelines | DLGSCI

The 2026/2027 dates are yet to be released. Below are the expected timeframes. 

• The 2026/2027 Forward Planning grants round open on 2 June 2025.
• In order to meet the City's timelines, all applications for consideration are due by the close of business on Friday 8 August 2025.
• Applications will be presented at the Tuesday 23 September 2025 Council meeting.
• Supported applications will be submitted to DLGSC prior to the Friday 26 September 2025 closing date.  
• Outcomes of grant applications will be known by January 2026 with funds available from 1 July 2026.

Timeframes | DLGSCI

The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to community groups and local governments to develop sports floodlighting infrastructure. The program aims to maintain or increase participation in sport and recreation with an emphasis on physical activity, through rational development of good quality, well-designed and well-utilised facilities.

Applicants must be either a local government or a not-for-profit sport, recreation or community organisation incorporated under the WA Associations Incorporation Act 1987 and have an Australian Business Number (ABN). Clubs must demonstrate equitable access to the public on a short term and casual basis.

The land on which the facility is to be developed must be one of the following:

• Crown reserve
• land owned by a public authority
• municipal property
• land held for public purposes by trustees under a valid lease, title or trust deed that adequately protects the interests of the public.

Guidelines for the grant are available on DLGSCI website

Please contact DLGSCI and the City to discuss your project before preparing an application. 

To request an application form, please contact us on 9528 0333 or email customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au.

The Club Night Lights Program small grants program targets projects involving a basic level of planning. The total project cost for grant must not exceed $300,000. Grants given in this category must be claimed in the financial year following the date of approval. For projects with a grant request below $2500 it is expected that the applicant should be able to fully fund these.

Examples of small grant projects:

• Installation of new floodlighting at reserves, courts or fields
• Upgrade of floodlighting to LED on ovals, netball and tennis courts, hockey fields

Value of total project

$7,500 to $500,000 exclusive of GST.

Value of grant

Up to 50% of the total project cost:

• Minimum grant of $2,500
• Maximum grant capped at $200,000

Applications for the small grant round open 1 February 2025. Please call us to discuss your application early.  In order to meet City timelines, all applications for consideration are due within a tight turnaround period of approximately two weeks.

• Applications are due to the City by the 21 February 2025. This is to ensure internal deadlines are met. 
• A report will be presented at the 25 March 2025 Council meeting. 
• Supported applications will be submitted to DLGSCI prior to the 31 March 2025 closing date. 
• Outcomes of grant applications will be known by June 2025.

Timeframes | DLGSCI

You must contact your local DLGSC office on 9492 9870​ to determine eligibility before applying. 

The Club Night Lights Program Forward Planning grant round targets projects involving a detailed level of planning. The total project cost for the grant must be over $500,000 exclusive of GST. Grants given in this category can be claimed up to three financial years following the date of approval, depending on the requirements and approved details of the project.

The maximum grant offered for standard grant applications is one third of the total estimated project cost (excluding GST) up to a maximum grant of $1 million. 

Examples of projects which will be considered for funding include:

• providing floodlighting to community training and/or local match play standard where existing facilities do not meet training standard
• meeting strategic objectives for state sporting associations by providing facilities for competition play at formally identified locations
• replacing aging metal-halide floodlighting with energy efficient LED floodlighting to community training and/or community match play standard
• power upgrades directly linked to the development of lighting.
• Applicants must liaise with their state sporting association to discuss the project.

Club Night Lights Program

The 2026/2027 dates are yet to be released. Below are the expected timeframes. 

• The 2026/2027 Club Night Lights Forward Planning grants round open on 2 June 2025.
• In order to meet the City's timelines, all applications for consideration are due by the close of business on Friday 8 August 2025.
• Applications will be presented at the Tuesday 23 September 2025 Council meeting.
• Supported applications will be submitted to DLGSCI prior to the Friday 26 September 2025 closing date.  
• Outcomes of grant applications will be known by January 2026 with funds available from 1 July 2026.

Club Night Lights Program timeframes | DLGSCI