{"id":13889,"date":"2021-11-18T01:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T01:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13889"},"modified":"2021-11-18T01:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T01:48:35","slug":"play-on-further-funding-to-boost-sports-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/play-on-further-funding-to-boost-sports-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Play on &#8211; further funding to boost sports participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A further $2.4 million will be delivered by the NSW Government to support the sports sector as it emerges from COVID restrictions, to help increase participation across the state.<br \/>\nMinister for Sport Natalie Ward said the Organisation Support Program (OSP) is on top of the recently-announced $25 million Sport and Recreation Recovery and Community Rebuild Package.<br \/>\n\u201cThe COVID-19 lockdown has had a major impact on everyone\u2019s lives, including our\u00a0 sport and recreation sector,\u201d Mrs Ward said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to make sure all our sports lovers are getting back to doing what they love most across all codes, from cricket to football, netball to hockey, basketball to tennis.<br \/>\n\u201cAs restrictions ease, this funding package will help increase participation and improve community health and wellbeing\u00a0at a time when it couldn\u2019t be needed more.\u201d<br \/>\nNinety-four eligible State Sporting Organisations (SSOs) and State Sporting Organisations with a Disability (SSODs) will share in the ongoing funding package.<br \/>\nIt will support the sector in holding competitions, activities and programs across NSW as it returns to full operation following the restrictions, and builds on the Sport and Recreation Recovery and Community Rebuild Package.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Government\u2019s comprehensive supports will ensure sports don\u2019t just get back on the fields, courts and pitches but have sustained success into the future,\u201d Mrs Ward said.<br \/>\nFor further details, see:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL:\nhttps:\/\/www.sport.nsw.gov.au\/grants\/organisation-support-program\nClick to follow link.\" href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sport.nsw.gov.au%2Fgrants%2Forganisation-support-program&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Ce7a881865dce4d410ba308d9a95dc9b8%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637727042834739127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=wBw16ds%2FaTmLaV6hx0exiCRNeHhAZFn5PSoMBj8er3k%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.sport.nsw.gov.au\/grants\/organisation-support-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A further $2.4 million will be delivered by the NSW Government to support the sports sector as it emerges from COVID restrictions, to help increase participation across the state. Minister for Sport Natalie Ward said the Organisation Support Program (OSP) is on top of the recently-announced $25 million Sport and Recreation Recovery and Community Rebuild &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/play-on-further-funding-to-boost-sports-participation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Play on &#8211; further funding to boost sports participation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}