SUNSHINE COAST COMMUNITY SPORT FACILITIES TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE THROUGH $45 MILLION PROGRAM

• 171 projects will receive funding through the Miles Government’s Minor Infrastructure and Inclusive Facilities Fund (MIIFF)
• MIIFF is designed to ensure local sport and active recreation facilities are safe, accessible, inclusive and more efficient
• In Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Government areas, 13 projects have been approved a total of more than $3.7 million through the program.

Local sport and active recreation facilities will be made safe, accessible, inclusive and more efficient, through the Minor Infrastructure and Inclusive Facilities Fund (MIIFF).

New amenities at the Coolum Beach Junior Australian Football Club and Kawana Waters Surf Life Saving Club, new changerooms and amenities at Woombye Snakes Football Club, upgraded tennis courts at Kawana Tennis Club and Nambour & District Tennis Association, upgraded lighting to support Australian Football at Pomona, and developing a skate park at Maleny are just some of the projects set to receive a share of funding through the $45 million program.

Across Queensland, a total of 171 projects have been approved funding to enhance community level sport and active recreation participation.

The program supports two categories:
• Inclusive and Accessible – to support new and upgraded changerooms and amenities that meet universal design principles
• Safe, Quality and Efficient – to support new, upgraded and end-of-life field of play and ancillary facilities to meet activity requirements at a community level.

The $16.35 million Round 1 of the Minor Infrastructure Program (MIP) saw overwhelming demand and supported 91 projects.

Round 2 of MIP was brought forward as a result of this demand and combined with increased funding from the Inclusive Facilities Fund to target shovel-ready projects.

This increase includes $20 million as part of a $37 million Queensland Government investment in women and girls’ sport, announced in August 2023.

Quotes attributable to Member for Caloundra Jason Hunt:
“Our clubs and sporting facilities are very much at the heart of our community and this funding will ensure they are open and accessible to even more people.

“It’s terrific that 13 projects within the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Government areas are receiving a total of more than $3.7 million through the Queensland Government’s Minor Infrastructure and Inclusive Facilities Fund.

Quotes attributable to Member for Nicklin Rob Skelton:
“I’d like to acknowledge each of the local organisations and local governments who were successful with their applications, and I encourage all of our community members to take advantage of improved and more accessible facilities when the projects are finished.

“Regardless of age or ability, an active community is a healthy community, and the Queensland Government is supporting the Sunshine Coast in being more active more often.”

Quotes attributable to Sport Minister Michael Healy:
“The Queensland Government’s top priority is the health and wellbeing of all Queenslanders, which includes helping to make physical activity more accessible and inclusive.

“The Minor Infrastructure and Inclusive Facilities Fund is designed to do just that, and our $45 million program will make a difference to communities right across the state.

“The interest in this program has been outstanding and I’m thrilled that 171 projects will receive funding to improve facilities and get more Queenslanders active.

“I would like to congratulate all of the successful organisations and local governments, and I look forward to travelling the state and seeing many of these projects completed and benefitting Queenslanders.”