Applications for Category 1 ClubGrants will be open from 1 February - to 30 April 2026.
Applying for Category 1 ClubGRANTS in the Northern Beaches LGA
Northern Beaches clubs accepting applications are listed further below.
- You can search for these Clubs on ClubGRANTS online.
- Or proceed to a Club’s Category 1 application via their website listed below
Preference will be given to projects and programs that:
- Are delivered by locally based organisations that benefit residents of the Northern Beaches
- Meet the Local Priorities for the Northern Beaches (listed at the end of this page)
Please note:
- Applications are centrally assessed to limit applicants making multiple applications for the same project.
- Final funding decisions are made by the individual clubs by 31 August.
For more information please contact the Club/s you would like to apply to.
Participating Clubs
Avalon RSL Club
- Enquiries: Cristo Tracy, on 9918 2201, email cristo@avalonrsl.com.au
- Website
Balgowlah RSL Club
- Enquiries: Maya Olguin Frost, on 9949 5477, email mfrost@balgowlahrsl.com.au
- Website
Belrose RSL Club
Club Belrose's Category 1 ClubGrants application period has been extended to Monday 25 May 2026. You can access the Club's grant rounds via their website below, or proceed to the ClubGrants online platform and search for the club: ClubGRANTS online
- Enquiries: John Cormio, 9451 5803, email john@clubbelrose.com.au
- Website
Club Totem, Manly Warringah Masonic & Community Club
- Enquiries: Rebecca, on 9430 9000, email admin@clubtotem.com.au
- Website
Dee Why RSL Club
- Enquiries: Sheila Zakhar-Malone, Executive Manager, Communities, on 9454 4092, email foundation@dyrsl.com.au
- Website
Forestville RSL Club
- Enquiries: Michelle Donnelly, on 9451 1011, email clubgrants@forestvillersl.com.au
- Website
Harbord Diggers, Mounties Group
- Enquiries: Tina Maamari tina.maamari@mountiesgroup.com.au or Pontida Ratanavong pontida.ratanavong@mountiesgroup.com.au
- Website
Manly-Warringah Rugby League Club
- Enquiries: Chantelle Caffyn, on 9939 6722, email chantelle@manlyleagues.com.au
- Website
Pittwater RSL Club
- Enquiries: Tammy Lim, on 9997 3833, email community@pittwaterrsl.com.au
- Website
The Beach Club Collaroy
- Enquiries: Alex Weber, on 9971 5355, email alex.w@thebeachclub.com.au or Darren Pyecroft on 9971 5355, email darren.p@thebeachclub.com.au
- Website
Local Area Priorities
The ClubGRANTS Guidelines advise Category 1 expenditure is for projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community, and are aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people.
Applications that aim to reduce social disadvantage and have a prevention/ early intervention focus will generally be ranked highly by the local ClubGRANTS assessment panel; as well as programs and projects that promote a safe, inclusive and connected community, that:
- Support and promote mental health and wellbeing – particularly programs that increase access to mental health and wellbeing programs for priority populations.
- Increase community safety and help prevent crime – particularly relating to emergency services and programs that raise awareness of water/surf safety and address elder abuse, scams and fraud, domestic and family violence and drug and alcohol-related issues for priority populations.
- Reduce social isolation and increase community connectedness and inclusion for priority populations:
- Promote and celebrate our community’s diversity and welcome new residents to the area;
- Encourage inclusion of priority groups in the planning of and participation in events, activities and services;
- Provide opportunities for community skill building such as increasing online participation and intergenerational transfer of skills;
- Advocate for innovative approaches for housing affordability and decreasing homelessness;
- Support volunteering.
- Enhance employment opportunities and economic outcomes for those who experience barriers to the workforce and economic participation such as people living with disability, people from multicultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and young people.
Priority populations identified in Council’s Better Together, Social Sustainability Strategy 2040, other local planning documents and the local committee include:
- Culturally and linguistically diverse people
- Essential workers
- Families
- First Nations people
- Older people
- Young people
- People living with disability
- People who identify as LGBTQIA+
- Veterans