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Fiona McEachern Sport Development Funding
The APF Sport Development Fund is named in honour of the late Fiona McEachern “Fi” - one of the most talented and passionate ambassadors for the sport of skydiving within the APF. An inspiring mentor and coach, Fiona’s illustrious career spanned 27 years and over 7,500 jumps, including 13 years as APF Director of Competitions. Fiona was a founding committee member and driving creative force behind the Sport Development Fund, being the first to recognise the need for a structured APF funding program that could support worthwhile skydiving initiatives.
About the Sport Development Funding Scheme
The APF wants you to be the best you can!
In addition to funding World Championship teams, the APF makes funding available to other events/projects and individuals. The availability depends on budgetary limits, which vary from year to year.
Please apply to your state council before seeking any of these grants, In most circumstances, no application will be considered at National level unless it has been to a State Council. Most councils have money set aside for encouraging local level development of the sport, either through special allocations or through the State Coach.
Criteria for every level of funding:
- Recipients must be financial members of the APF, owing no debt to the Federation.
- Applicants must identify why the funding would be consistent with the APF’s Strategic Plan.
- Applications will ONLY be accepted on the completed APF Form, although applicants may attach separate pages to support their application.
- The APF may attach conditions to grants. (In some cases, the funding may be paid after the event/project to ensure all conditions are met.)
- Sport Development Funding will not be granted for Nationals, State Championships or normal DZ activities.
- Funding will not normally be granted when the event/project date clashes with a previously announced date for a Nationals event/project in any discipline or a State Championship.
- One application only per event/project regardless of different disciplines. (Organisers of boogies, competitions, or other events/projects, must ensure that a joint application is prepared if funding is being sought for different elements within their event/project)
Please contact the National Coach if you require assistance with your application.
Available Grants
Level 1 Funding
Grants of up to $1,500 are available, at the discretion of the National Coach, in consultation with the APF CEO. These grants are intended for events/projects that benefit the skydiving community. Processing of your application should take less than 2 weeks. Applicants must provide proof of application to a State Council.
Click here for an application form.
Level 2 Funding
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for events/projects with an identifiable NATIONAL benefit for the skydiving community. Level Two applications for the following calendar year will be opened each year from October 1, to allow for forward planning of events/projects. Where budgetary limits allow, the intention is to provide grants at a dollar for dollar rate to match support from State Councils. Amounts, if allocated, will be determined at the discretion of the National Coach and Management Committee (with assistance from the APF Funding Committee). Applications must be received at least 4 weeks before the event/project. In addition to the criteria listed above for all funding, the applicants must:
- Provide proof of State Council application and the outcome of this application
- Adopt the APF's media guidelines or detail your own media plan to seek publicity for the event/project.
- Sign a Code of Conduct agreement
Click here for an application form.
Level 3 Funding
Grants with no specified limit may be available for events/projects with an identifiable NATIONAL BENEFIT to the skydiving community, good prospects of POSITIVE PUBLICITY and likely INTERNATIONAL INTEREST. They’re to support the elite level of our sport or the highest level of participation. Such applications will become special items for budget consideration, so they’ll only be considered by the full board of the APF. In addition to the criteria listed above for all funding, the applicants must:
- Provide proof that their State Council supports the event/project and supports this financial application.
- Provide proof of efforts to secure funding from other sources, such as governments and/or state councils.
- Sign a Code of Conduct Agreement.
- Detail a media plan for the event/project to maximize publicity.
- Note: this application, along with all supporting documentation MUST be received by the APF 7 weeks before a scheduled APF board meeting.
Click here for an application form
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