2024/2025 SA Car Club Program: Program, Equipment and Operational Stream

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

Welcome to the SA Car Club Program online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.

This is an application for the program, equipment and operational stream.

This stream provides grants to build capacity, streamline operations and increase participation of car and motorcycle clubs.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

To be eligible for the SA Car Club Program (SACCP) funding, clubs must:

• Be a not-for-profit car or motorcycle club or motor vehicle federation incorporated under the Associations Incorporations Act 1985 (SA), or hold a comparable legal status
• Be located within South Australia
• Have been operating for 12 months or longer.

WHO IS INELIGIBLE?

The following organisations will be considered ineligible for the SACCP funding:

• Car or motorcycle clubs not incorporated or do not hold a comparable legal status
• Organisations that have been operating for less than 12 months
• Outlaw motorcycle clubs
• For-profit organisations
• An organisation that has overdue Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) grant acquittals as at the closing date of the applications. However, applications may be considered by the Funding Assessment Committee if these overdue DIT acquittals have been submitted prior to the first day of the assessment conducted by the Funding Assessment Committee.

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS

Applicants must select one or more of the following project initiatives:

• Cost of administering their role within the conditional registration scheme
• Purchase of new safety and operational equipment
• Tools and machinery.
• Storage (e.g., cabinets and cupboards).
• Recreational items (e.g. barbeques, portable marquees).
• Promotional materials.
• Systems improvements (e.g., IT systems, software upgrades, membership portals, data collection systems).
• Website designs and updates.
• Training of instructors, officials, administrators, and volunteers
• Initiatives to increase female participation rates.

INELIGIBLE PROJECTS

Applicants cannot apply for projects outside the scope of the eligible grant projects listed above.

INELIGIBLE COSTS

If you are successful, the Department for Infrastructure and Transport grant contribution cannot be used to cover the following project costs:

• Salaries and honorariums.
• Prize money, trophies, catering and hospitality expenses.
• Purchase or leasing of vehicles and accessories.
• Costs associated with ongoing operations, such as but not limited to, electricity, water and other utilities.
• Infrastructure and events/activities projects.
• Requests for retrospective funding, where expenditure has occurred prior to the execution of a Funding Agreement.
• Any costs associated with preparing and submitting a funding application.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.

For queries about the application, deadlines, or questions in the form, please contact us on 7133 2999 during business hours or email DIT.SACarClubEnquiries@sa.gov.au and quote your submission number.

Click here dit.sa.gov.au/SACarClubProgram to view the fact sheet.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

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