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How can Sporting Schools funding be spent?

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Updated : May 24, 2017 01:59 Created : November 16, 2015 06:22

Sporting Schools funding can be used to assist schools to cover the costs of delivering sport-based activities in line with the program parameters and terms and conditions

Download the spending fact sheet ( PDF 197Kb) which outlines the supported and non-supported costs that will help guide your school’s expenditure of the funds.

Primary School Program Case Study – Softball and Baseball

Sporting Schools funding	$2,200
Location	Regional Victoria
Sports delivered	Softball and Baseball
Total number of participants	102
Cost of program	$2,817

Aim

A combined school in regional Victoria wanted to offer a mix of sports to their primary school aged students. The school decided to offer the Year 2 students softball and baseball during term 4; splitting them into two mixed-gender groups.

The Sporting Schools Coordinator used the Booking System to organise Softball Victoria and Baseball Victoria to deliver their program packages.

Delivery

Aussie T-ball and Softball Batter Up programs;
5 x 45 minute sessions delivered during school hours every Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning for four weeks;
The last session was delivered at the local softball venue;
Softball Victoria and Baseball Victoria coaches delivered each session; and
54 students participated in the baseball sessions and 48 participated in the softball sessions

How the funding was spent

Expense Type	Detail	Amount (ex-GST)
Coaching delivery	Softball Victoria – two coaches delivering the Softball Batter Up program (four sessions)	$572
Coaching delivery	Baseball Victoria – two coaches delivering the Aussie T-Ball program (four sessions)	$530
Equipment	Baseball Australia - Aussie T-Ball equipment kit	$390
Equipment	Softball Australia – Softball Regular kit	$725

Costs covered by school:

Coaching delivery	Softball Victoria – one coach to deliver the Softball Batter Up program (one session)	$100
Coaching delivery	Baseball Victoria – one coach to deliver the Aussie T-Ball program (one session)	$100
Venue Hire	Hire of two diamonds at Field of Dreams	$100
Transport	Telford’s Coaches – return trip to Field of Dreams for fifth session	$300

Outcomes

Based on the success of the delivered programs, the school decided to cover the costs of delivering a fifth session for their students at a local softball venue so that the students could play on a ‘real’ diamond.

The school also replicated these programs for Years 3 and 4 during school in the following term. This was in addition to their Sporting Schools program.

For more information on the softball and baseball Sporting Schools programs visit the Softball Australia or Baseball Australia page.

More Sporting Schools funding examples can be found on the Funding section of the Sporting Schools website.

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