Supporting evidence

When writing grants you may need to provide information and evidence to support your application. This could include demographics or statistics for your club/region/sport, or evidence to support why your sport/program will benefit a specific or broader community objective.

The Clearinghouse for Sport Evidence Base provides access to a broad range of topics covering background information, research, and good and promising practice. Some topics and resources that may be relevant include:

Population and participation trends and statistics:

• AusPlay survey (AusPlay). AusPlay is the Australian Sports Commission's large scale national survey to track Australians' sporting behaviours and activities.
• Mapping Australia's Population (MAP), opens in a new tab. MAP is a Monash University initiative, with the support of the Scanlon Foundation. It provides information and data on Australian immigration and population issues including trends, population maps, and public opinion of immigration and population issues.
• Participation in Sport. Clearinghouse for Sport topic.

Sport and government policy objectives (how sport/physical activity can contribute to meeting government objectives):

• Australian Veterans and Sport, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Australia's First Nations Peoples and Sport, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Sport and Persons with Disability, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Sport in Rural and Regional Australia, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Volunteers in Sport, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Women in Sport, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.

Value and benefits of sport (how sport can benefits individuals, communities, and the broader Australian society):

• The value and benefits of sport, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Economic, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Education, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• High Performance, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Preventative Health, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.
• Social and Mental Wellbeing, Clearinghouse for Sport topic.

Research:

• Giving for sport towards 2032: a sporting chance for all through philanthropy, Australian Sports Foundation, (2022). In this report, we highlight the current state of giving for sport, assess the size of the philanthropic opportunity and outline the case for amateur sport to be given charitable status to help unlock this new funding. We also discuss the powerful impact of sport in our communities through selected case studies from the work of the Australian Sports Foundation during the last year.
• Reducing financial barriers through the implementation of voucher incentives to promote children’s participation in community sport in Australia,, opens in a new tab L. J. Reece, C. McInerney, K. Blazek, et.al., BMC Public Health, Volume 20, article 19, (January 2020). In the absence of national endorsement for the implementation of vouchers in Australia, most States and Territories have implemented state wide financial incentive schemes since 2011. Although each jurisdiction has taken a different approach either by voucher value or target audience, the principle consistently focused on the promotion of sport participation. Socio-economic status was associated with sports-related expenditure and sports participation amongst children. Sport vouchers should target children in the most disadvantaged areas to promote participation in organised sport and physical activity.
• Why do people give to sport? Australian Sports Foundation, (2017). Australia's first ever study into the motivation of Australians who donate to sport. The goal of this qualitative research was to help Australian sporting clubs and organisations better understand why donors donate and how to make the donor experience more rewarding and enjoyable.