ClubGRANTS 2025
Every year, Sporties extends a helping hand to community organisations that provide vital services for people in our local area.
In 2025, we supported five organisations with $135,910 in financial contributions through ClubGRANTS.
In addition, we provided support through in-kind donations and sponsorships for initiatives within our local community.
Georges River Life Care
GRLC is a not-for-profit community organisation that has been in operation since 2007. It specialises in family violence support and emergency relief, and offers a positive creative arts program aimed at vulnerable and disadvantaged children, families, and adults with disabilities.
Life Care utilises a network of trusted community partners to meet the needs of the vulnerable people who seek their help and create pathways and opportunities to support improved lifestyle choices.
PROJECT: Community Connect
Community Connect brings food relief and social connection to families in the Liverpool area. Held in local schools and public spaces, the program offers free meals, hampers, kids’ activities, and support services in a welcoming, low-barrier setting. Moorebank Sports has been a key partner for three years, helping deliver regular events and special celebrations. In 2025, the program will expand with Café Connect at Moorebank Community Centre, offering a safe space for community connection and support.
Gotcha4Life
Gotcha4Life is a not-for-profit foundation committed to creating a mentally fit future for all Australians. Founded in 2017 by media personality Gus Worland, Gotcha4Life delivers preventative mental fitness programs, workshops, campaigns and resources across schools, sporting clubs, workplaces and communities nationwide.
Their mission is to equip people with the tools to strengthen their mental fitness—the ability to navigate life’s highs and lows with resilience. Grounded in evidence-based strategies, their approach focuses on three protective factors: building your emotional muscles, looking after your village and never worrying alone.
PROJECT: Mentally Fit Schools Program
The Mentally Fit Schools program by Gotcha4Life helps build lifelong mental fitness in students, teachers, and families. Delivered over three years by dedicated Mental Fitness Educators, it creates a whole-school culture of wellbeing through student sessions, teacher training, and parent workshops. Now expanding into a few schools in the local community, the program strengthens emotional resilience, connection, and help-seeking—equipping young people with the tools to thrive.
Learning Links
Learning Links is a not-for-profit organisation which supports children with learning difficulties and disabilities to realise their full potential in the classroom.
They provide therapy, education, and support services in collaboration with parents, professionals and schools, to ignite a child’s passion for learning through their unique talents and strengths
PROJECT: Counting for Life
Learning Links is delivering its Counting for Life numeracy program at Wattle Grove Public School. The program pairs students in Years 3–5 who are struggling with maths with a trained Counting Buddy for weekly one-on-one sessions over 10 weeks. Through fun, games-based activities, children gain vital numeracy skills, confidence, and a stronger foundation for lifelong learning.
Miracle Babies
Each year in Australia, around 48,000 newborns need the care of a NICU or Special Care Nursery, with 27,000 born prematurely and up to 1,000 losing their fight for life. For families, this unexpected journey is overwhelming and can have lasting emotional impacts.
Since 2005, Miracle Babies Foundation has supported families through high-risk pregnancies, hospital stays, the transition home and beyond. Partnering with health professionals, they provide vital programs, resources, education and funding to improve outcomes for our tiniest and sickest babies.
PROJECT: NurtureTime in Liverpool Hospital
Miracle Babies Foundation delivers NurtureTime in the Liverpool Hospital NICU, providing 15 weekly peer-support sessions for families of sick and premature babies. Run by parents who have lived through similar experiences, the program offers guidance, hope, and emotional support during an overwhelming time, helping reduce the risk of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. By caring for parents as well as babies, NurtureTime strengthens family wellbeing and fosters healthier outcomes for children as they grow.
Heroes with Ability
Heroes With Ability is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes inclusive sporting opportunities for young people with physical and mental disabilities.
Their aim is to inspire, teach, motivate, and incorporate all aspects of health and wellbeing, social inclusion, and awareness, for individuals and the communities they live in.
PROJECT: Varying Abilities Sports Schools Program
The Heroes with Ability program brings sport and fitness to students living with disability through weekly one-hour sessions delivered over 10 weeks. Using rugby league-inspired activities, the program promotes inclusion, teamwork, communication, and healthy lifestyle habits while improving physical and mental wellbeing. Students without disability are also involved, fostering understanding and social inclusion, while people with disability are employed as coaches and staff, creating further opportunities and community connection.
Raise Foundation
The Raise Foundation delivers early-intervention, evidence-based mentoring programs for young Australians aged 13–16. By pairing adolescents with trained volunteer mentors, Raise helps strengthen mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, resilience, and engagement at school. Through these trusted relationships, young people gain the confidence and skills to navigate adolescence and build hope for the future, while mentors also experience growth and purpose. Programs are offered in schools and online, with rigorous screening and training ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety.
PROJECT: Raise Foundation Youth Mentoring Program – Moorebank High School
Raise Foundation is delivering a 20-week mentoring program at Moorebank High School for Year 8 and 9 students identified as at risk of disengagement. Each student is paired with a trained volunteer mentor who provides weekly one-on-one support, helping to build resilience, mental health awareness, and stronger school engagement. The program not only supports young people to navigate challenges and gain hope for the future, but also strengthens community connection through the involvement of local volunteer mentors.
MINFIT
Minifit is a free fitness and wellbeing program for children aged 5-12, led by NRL legend Anthony Minichiello, that aims to encourage healthy habits through fun, interactive, and hands-on activities. The clinics promote physical activity, teamwork, nutrition, and other healthy lifestyle choices to help set children up for a lifetime of wellness
PROJECT: Holiday Clinics
The MINIFIT Holiday Clinics give boys and girls the chance to stay active, healthy, and connected during the school holidays. Through fun rugby league drills, fitness games, and team-building activities, kids learn the importance of the five MINIFIT foundations: hydration, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and balanced screen time. The clinics not only build physical skills but also encourage healthy habits, resilience, and social connection—helping set children up with strong foundations for life.