New $10 million program to support collaboration in Western Australian community sport

A $10 million investment by the Western Australian Government is aimed at making community sport more inclusive and accessible. Benefitting Public schools and local sporting groups across the state, the first recipients have been announced.

The Community Use of School Sporting Facilities (CUSSF) Program encourages partnerships and agreements between schools and community sporting groups to better utilise existing sporting facilities.

WA Sport and Recreation Minister Rita Saffioti notes "The WA Government is determined to make sport and recreational activities more accessible to all Western Australians. By strengthening the ties between schools and sporting clubs through this program, we're creating more opportunities to do just that.

"The Community Use of School Sporting Facilities Program is an investment by the WA Government - an investment in community sports, an investment in education, and an investment in our kids.”

Announced in December 2024, the CUSSF Program has committed $10 million to helping community groups utilise public school facilities - including courts, ovals and sports halls – by funding facility upgrades and improved sporting resources.

It is a part of PlayOn WA - the WA Government's bold new initiative to help guide investment in community sport and recreation infrastructure across the State through to 2030.

By increasing access to school sporting facilities outside of school hours, the program will foster a greater sense of community connection and encourages further participation in local sport.

The program has so far awarded over $1.5 million in grants to 44 schools across eight different sporting codes, providing upgrades for local facilities, equipment and school resources.

Developed in partnership with the Department of Education and the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport, the program is a key step toward building stronger, more active communities, increased participation in grassroots sport, and ensuring school facilities are used to their full potential.

WA Education Minister Sabine Winton added "Whether it's a weekend netball match or after-school football training, school grounds are where memories are made and friendships are formed.

"By investing in shared school facilities, we're strengthening not just our education system but the fabric of our communities.

"This funding deepens the relationship between schools and sporting clubs and supports the kind of connected communities we all want to see."

The WA Government continues to develop the CUSSF Program in consideration of community needs and will be seeking expressions of interest from schools to gauge interest in sports lighting infrastructure.

Recipients include:

Perth

• Baldivis Secondary College - White Knights Baldivis Cricket Club, seating and upgrades

• Beaconsfield Primary School - Beaconsfield Netball Club, Cockburn Basketball Association, goal and court upgrades

• Belridge Secondary College - Ocean Ridge Cricket Club, oval upgrades

• Bibra Lake Primary School - Bibra Lake Junior Football Club, AFL goal posts, water drinking station and CCTV

• Booragoon Primary School - Lakeside Recreation Centre, basketball goals

• Brentwood Primary School - Murdoch University Melville Football Club, soccer goals, electric roller doors

• Butler College - Northside Cobras Basketball Club, Quinns Bulls Junior Football Club, Mindarie Football Club, mobile seating, scoreboard, line marking, goal upgrades, turf renovation

• Collier Primary School - South Perth Junior Cricket Club, cricket net and pitch upgrades

• Comet Bay Primary School - Secret Harbour Dockers Cricket Club, cricket net upgrades

• Cottesloe Primary School - Floorball Association, new equipment

• Creaney Primary School - Kingsley Woodvale Junior Cricket Club, oval upgrades

• Cyril Jackon Senior Campus - Perth Scorpions Volleyball Club, new nets and umpire stand

• Dianella Secondary College - Trigg Island Surf Lifesaving Club, The Royal Lifesaving Society, grandstand seating and shade cover

• East Hamilton Hill Primary School - Hilton Junior Park Cricket Club, cricket pitch upgrades

• Girrawheen Senior High School - Warwick Senators, Badminton Association of WA, new nets, scoreboard, court upgrades and storage

• Hampton Senior High School - Swan City Snipers Basketball, water drinking station, new goals, line marking 

• Kapinara Primary School - Newman Holy Rosary Raiders Basketball Club, Subiaco Marist Cricket Club, cricket pitch upgrades, hardcourt repairs, goal systems

• Malvern Springs Primary School - Malvern Springs Netball Club, storage and court upgrades

• Mindarie Senior College - Northside Cobras Basketball Club, scoreboards and sound system

• Mount Lawley Primary School - Bayswater City Soccer Club, oval upgrades

• Mundaring Primary School - Mundaring Netball Club, storage and equipment

• North Beach Primary School - North Beach Soccer Club, oval upgrades

• Palmyra Primary School - Palmyra Junior Football Club, oval upgrades

• Poynter Primary School - Perth Disc Golf Club, disc golf course

• Rossmoyne Senior High School - South Shore Swimming Club, pool lighting

• Singleton Primary School - Secret Harbour Dockers Football Club, oval upgrades

• Southern Grove Primary School - Bletchley Park Netball Club, security lighting

• Sutherland Dianella Primary School - East Perth Basketball Association, goal and court upgrades

• Swanbourne Primary School - Swanbourne Cricket Club, oval upgrades

• West Leeming Primary School - Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club, Leeming Netball Club, shade structures, boom gate and new goals

South West

• Bridgetown High School - Bridgetown Basketball Association, court upgrades

• ·Dunsborough Primary School - Dunsborough Football Club, oval upgrades

• Manjimup Senior High School - Warren Hockey Association, upgrades of entrances

• Parkfield Primary School - Leschenault Cricket Club, storage, equipment and upgrades

• Treendale Primary School - Leschenault Cricket Club, Eaton Basketball Association, cricket net and pitch upgrades, court upgrades

• Vasse Primary School - Vasse Soccer Club, Royals Vasse Netball Club, YCW Basketball Club, new goals

Mid West

• Yuna Primary School - Yuna Tennis Club, hardcourt surface upgrades

Gascoyne

• Exmouth District High School - Exmouth Netball Association, seating and water drinking stations

Great Southern

• Albany Primary School - Railways Football & Sporting Club, goal upgrades and hardcourt resurfacing

• Denmark Primary School - Denmark Junior Soccer Club, soccer goals

• Denmark Senior High School - Denmark Junior Soccer Club, shelters and oval upgrades

Goldfields-Esperance

• Cascade Primary School - Cascade Town Recreation Association, goal and court upgrades

• Kalgoorlie Primary School - Sonix Netball Club, CCTV

Kimberley

• Roebuck Primary School - Broome Junior Cricket Association, synthetic turf for cricket nets

Image. Credit: White Knights Baldivis Cricket Club