Sports grounds winter allocation ⚽🏉, grant opportunities for your club, events in Bayside, more...

Welcome to 2024 and your Bayside Recreation and Events Newsletter

Our team is always looking to improve our communication channels with our clubs and recreation groups. This newsletter will provide the latest news, events, grants and club development information and ensure you do not miss important information for your club.

We also encourage you to visit our Club Hub Website for all sports club information and resources.

Summer Season coming to an end

It's been great to see large numbers of the Bayside community playing sport over the summer season. Congratulations all our summer clubs who have made it to the finals. We would also like to remind you of your close of season responsibilities. See Below.

✅ Be respectful to neighbours if celebrating a win and ensure responsible drinking of alcohol

✅ Check requirements for club events with your Recreation Development Officer

✅ Start making plans to hand over club rooms including hiring professional facility cleaners.

✅ Be aware summer clubs must seek approval to host finals or events in March 2024.

✅ At the end of each season, Council contractors will inspect pavilions identifying maintenance issues, assessing cleanliness and safety.

Please refer to the Sports Facility User Guide for handover responsibilities to ensure your club is aware of its handover obligations and avoids paying for remedial works.

Winter is coming!

Seasonal Winter Allocations of sports grounds for Bayside closed on February 15. Winter clubs will be sent an electronic letter of offer with updated tenancy details. Please read it carefully as by signing the tenancy allocation letter, users agree to the terms and conditions outlined in that document and the Sports Facility User Guide. On approval by Council, confirmation of allocation and access information will be sent to clubs from Monday March 18 in preparation for winter season allocations commencing 1st of April.

For further information on the process please download the Sports Facility User Guide or contact Bayside City Council Recreation Development Officers if you have any questions regarding the process:

Alan Webb awebb@bayside.vic.gov.au
Michelle Kein mkein@bayside.vic.gov.au

Please note, due to high volume of correspondence, the Recreation Development Officers are prioritising communication with clubs. General enquiries and tenancy questions will be attended to over the coming weeks. For urgent issues, please phone Council on 9599 4444.

Sports Club Minor Works Program

The Sports Club Minor Works Program is an equitable process to consider requests from clubs for small construction projects they are looking to fund on Council land. Applications are now open. For more information or to access the online application form visit here

Grants

Featured Grant - Change Our Game Grants for Womens and Girls' Sport

The 2023-24 Change Our Game Community Activation Grants Program, funds community level initiatives to support women and girls at all levels in sport and recreation in Victoria. There are three funding streams:
1. participation
2. capability
3. community leaders
Grants of up to $10,000 are available. Applications close at 5pm AEDT on Monday 4 March 2024. For more information visit here and for more Grants, see our list below.

Upcoming Events

Club Development Forum 🎽

Coming in June 2024, Bayside City Council will host a Club Development Forum featuring a jam-packed agenda of guest speakers, resources and networking opportunities for our sport and recreation clubs. More information will be hitting your inbox soon.

Autumn Fest 2024 🍂

Throughout the month of March, Council is delivering three community events as part of Autumn Fest. The events will include a mix of music, free children’s activities, food and beverage trucks and community stalls, dates and locations are listed below:

🤸 Kids Day Out, at Basterfield Park, Hampton East – Sunday 3 March – 10am to 3pm

🎸 Live and Local, at Balcombe Park, Beaumaris – Sunday 17 March – 11am to 4pm

🐣 Easter Eggstravaganza, at Landcox Park, Brighton- Sunday 24 March – 10am to 3pm

If this is something you want more information on, please don’t hesitate to contact Georgia Starke for more information on 03 9599 4316 or gstarke@bayside.vic.gov.au.