The McDonald’s GWN Junior Sports Trust (MGJST) has been developed to provide regional schools, junior sporting teams, junior sporting clubs and junior sporting associations with equipment or funding to increase participation in a chosen sport.
The MGJST aims to increase participation in Junior Sports and thereby encourage the habit of a healthy lifestyle amongst young Australians living in regional Western Australia. In the last four years, $210 000 in grants have been awarded to groups throughout regional WA.
The MGJST will provide grants or equipment to schools or groups within regional Western Australia to provide basic sporting infrastructure; provide funding for the development and promotion of a sporting event or series; provide funding for a school or sporting group for an activity which is likely to encourage others to participate in the sport.
Eligibility
Applicants must demonstrate that they fit within the following set of criteria:
- The school, group or individual must be a not for profit organisation.
- The school, group, organisation, association or individual must reside, and the sport must predominantly operate, within regional Western Australia.
The 2010 application round deadlines are:
Funding Round 1: 30 September 2010
Funding Round 2: 31 January 2011
Funding Round 3: 30 April 2011
Funding Round 4: 30 June 2011
