RESPONSE FOR LIFE is an Approved NSW Government AED Service Provider, offering Approved Automated External Defibrillator Packages for the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program since 2017.
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The following information is directly from Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program page.
The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program is aimed at providing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and associated equipment to NSW sport and active recreation facilities and clubs.
An AED is a device that is used in conjunction with Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and delivers a controlled shock to an individual experiencing cardiac arrest, increasing their chances of survival.
About the program
The NSW Government is providing up to $500,000 in funding to eligible sporting clubs and facility owners through the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program in 2025/26 with grants up to $3,000 available.
In 2025/26 funding is open to NSW applicants within the bottom five Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) as ranked by the Australian Bureau of Statistics or those who can demonstrate financial hardship in order to prioritise available funds to those who need it most in NSW.
Important dates
- Program opens: Thursday 25th September 2025
- Program closes: Upon funding allocation being exhausted or by 1:00 pm on 1 December 2025 whichever is earlier *
*Applications will be assessed in the order they are received. Applications will be assessed until the funding allocation has been exhausted or the closing date and time occurs. Due to the high demand on this Program, it is likely that the funding will be exhausted prior to the closing date. The Office of Sport reserves the right to amend any of these dates at its absolute discretion.
Key objectives
The key objectives of the Program align to the Office of Sport Strategic Plan ‘Everyone Plays Here’, with the specific objectives to:
- To promote wider access to these devices across NSW
- To support local sport and active recreational clubs or related incorporated organisations located in, or servicing, the most disadvantaged areas of NSW in purchasing an AED package.
Funding availability
The grant amount will fund the cost of an approved AED package up to $3,000. Applicants can request a grant for one AED package and are limited to one application per financial year.
Note: Applicants who have received funding under previous rounds of the Local Sport Defibrillator Program are eligible to apply but will only be considered for funding if the program allocation has not been fully committed by the closing date.
Eligible applicants
Eligibility criteria
To be considered eligible under the Program, applicants must meet one of the following criteria:
1. The organisation primarily operates in, or the majority of participants reside within, a postcode listed in Appendix C, as ranked by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in their Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA).
This must be demonstrated by meeting one or more of the following:
- The applicant organisation’s registered address* being located within an eligible postcode, or
- Applicants providing clear evidence of their sporting or active recreational activities being primarily undertaken at a facility(ies) in an eligible postcode, or
- Applicants providing clear evidence that a majority of their participants reside in eligible postcodes
*The determination of registered address will be based on the address associated with the applicant organisation’s ABN. If the organisation does not have an ABN, the incorporation registered address will be used.
OR
1. The applicant organisation does not meet eligibility criteria 1, but is currently experiencing financial hardship, which must be demonstrated by:
- Providing formal documentation to demonstrate financial hardship showing the organisation’s current financial position. Documentation must be one or more of the following:
- Profit and loss statements and balance sheets
- Cash flow statements
- Tax returns and BAS statements
- Letters from accountants or financial advisers confirming financial hardship.
- Profit and loss statements and balance sheets
The application must be submitted through SmartyGrants.
Eligible applicants are:
- Incorporated, not-for-profit clubs, associations or organisations in NSW that are sport or active recreation related
- State or national sport or active recreation organisations on behalf of member clubs located in NSW
- Licensed sporting or active recreation clubs in NSW, providing that the AED package directly benefits sport and active recreation members or participants
- Sport clubs associated with a school, church or university in NSW providing they are an incorporated not-for-profit club in their own right
- Councils, Service Clubs and other incorporated not-for-profit owners or managers of facilities that are used for sporting or active recreational activities in NSW
- Applicants who have previously received funding under earlier rounds of the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, will only be considered if program funds have not been fully allocated by the closing date.
Ineligible applicants
Organisation types not listed in the ‘Eligible Applicants’ section, and include (but are not limited to):
- Individuals, groups of individuals and unincorporated organisations
- Organisations who only deliver one-off annual events
- For profit, commercial organisations
- NSW Government departments and agencies
- Educational institutions including schools and their Parents and Citizens (P&C’s), Universities, TAFE, Colleges and childcare centres
- Organisations named: (i) by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of institutions that have not joined or signified their intent not to join the Scheme; or (ii) in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that has not yet joined the National Redress Scheme.
Supporting documents
- LSDP 2025/26 RESPONSE FOR LIFE Defib Packages
- Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program Page
- Program Guidelines
- List of Eligible Postcodes
- Frequently Asked Questions
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List of all approved packages and their pricing
- How to register an AED device - GoodSAM
- Customer Contract
- Statement of support form
Statutory declaration (stat dec)
A statutory declaration is a written statement made by a person before an authorised witness. Find out how to complete the stat dec, prove your identity, and find an authorised witness – usually a JP, lawyer or notary public.
There are two alternative formats specified in the Act, in the Eighth Schedule and in the Ninth Schedule. Either of the two formats may be used.
Act now to explore our Response For Life approved AED Grant Packages. Don’t miss this opportunity. Our selection, approved through a formal Office of Sport procurement process, offers the best in Automated External Defibrillators.
Have any questions? We’re here to help!
To learn more about our packages or to start your application, call us at Mob: 0421 752 152 or Ph: 02 9071 1120 or email info@responseforlife.org.au. Take the first step towards securing your AED today!
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