Friday, 3 November 2023
The success of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023TM continues to leave a legacy for football in NSW following the awarding of more than $3.2 million in the NSW Football Legacy Fund.
More than 90 community football projects received funding for new facilities and participation initiatives that will benefit all levels of the game.
The funding is part of the NSW Government’s $10 million NSW Football Legacy Program that is supporting the construction of new and upgraded facilities, participation initiatives, high performance, leadership and development programs as well as tourism and international engagement as a direct result of NSW hosting games at the tournament.
The NSW Football Legacy Fund is a collaboration between the NSW Office of Sport Football Australia, Football NSW and Northern NSW Football with $6.3 million awarded for almost 200 projects across the two rounds of the Fund.
The Minns Government also recently launched the Level the Playing Field program, delivering more than $30 million dollars to improve female sporting infrastructure across the state; the Football in Schools program, a $14.6 million program delivering a wide range of initiatives to get more students participating in sport and living healthier lives; and the Local Sports Grants providing $4.65 million to grassroots sporting clubs across the state.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 tournament set new records with more than 1.9 million spectators attending games and almost 750,000 fans attending FIFA Fan Festivals throughout the tournament with the Matildas Semi-Final appearance and fourth-placed finish Australia’s best ever result at a FIFA World Cup.
