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Tropical Cyclone Alfred 

Sport and active recreation organisations affected by Tropical Cyclone Alfred and associated severe weather between 1 and 16 March 2025 may be eligible for funding to help repair, rebuild or restore damaged facilities.

Key dates

6 November 2025

Applications open

6 February 2026

Applications close (5pm AEST) or earlier if funding is exhausted

30 June 2027

Project completion

31 August 2027

Acquittal and final reporting complete

Eligible approved organisations may be able to retrospectively claim eligible recovery costs incurred from 8 March 2025 following discussions with the department.

What the funding can be used for

Eligible organisations can apply for a minimum of $20,000 (GST exclusive) up to a maximum of $1 million (GST exclusive) for each eligible project site subject to funding availability. This may include:

  • assessing assets or facilities only where event damage or impact is found
  • repairing / restoring damaged sport and active recreation or racing infrastructure damaged by an eligible extraordinary event that directly relates to the re-establishment of sport and recreational or racing facilities
  • rebuilding/replacing infrastructure and/or assets when it has been deemed irreparable or cost

Eligible costs must be directly related to the delivery of the approved project and must not have commenced prior to the date of the declared extraordinary disaster event during which the asset or facilities were damaged, namely 8 March 2025.

The Sport and Recreation Recovery Grant is in addition to other funding available for these purposes, such as:

Search LGAs

Search for your club’s LGA in the table below to see if you may be eligible:

  • Brisbane City Council
  • Bundaberg Regional Council
  • Fraser Coast Regional Council
  • City of Gold Coast
  • Gympie Regional Council
  • Ipswich City Council
  • Livingstone Shire Council
  • Lockyer Valley Regional Council
  • Logan City Council
  • City of Moreton Bay
  • Noosa Shire Council
  • Redland City Council
  • Scenic Rim Regional Council
  • Somerset Regional Council
  • South Burnett Regional Council
  • Southern Downs Regional Council
  • Sunshine Coast Regional Council
  • Toowoomba Regional Council

How to apply

Applications should be made through the online grants system.

Step 2: Complete the online application

  1. Enter the required organisation information into Enquire. A completed project cost sheet must be uploaded to the application.
  1. Complete the application.

If at any point you don’t have the required documentation to support the application click ‘Save’ at any time and return to the application later by logging back into your account.

Step 3: Submit the application

  1. Only submit the application once it is fully complete. Applications at a status of ‘submitted’ cannot be retrieved or edited by the applicant.
  1. A completed project cost sheet must accompany all applications.
  1. All applications must be received within the timeframes outlined within the Key Dates of the program guidelines.

Access infrastructure funding resources to repair or rebuild sport and recreation infrastructure damaged by recent disasters, including more information and factsheets.