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Everyone Can Play grant

Everyone Can Play grant program funded the upgrade and construction of 141 inclusive playspace projects across NSW

Playground on Myall Street, Belmore, Sydney, NSW. Image credit: NSW Department of Planning and Environment / Salty Dingo.

From 2018 to 2022, the $20 million grant program funded the upgrade and construction of 141 inclusive playspace projects, delivered in partnership with councils and agencies. Applicants were required to match funding and apply the Everyone Can Play guideline (PDF, 38.7 MB) to the project.

The program made longer-term changes to the planning and design of playspaces in NSW by educating the people who manage and design these spaces through the development of the guideline.

Successful grant recipients

Successful councils were be required to report on and demonstrate project progress through the 4 milestones outlined in the funding agreement. Refer to the funded projects throughout the 4 grant rounds:

Project Council Amount Year Details
Abingdon Road Reserve Playground Upgrade Ku-ring-gai Council $50,000 2019/20
Aboriginal Interpretive Playspace Shellharbour City Council $60,000 2020/21
Activating the Forbes Water Park Forbes Shire Council $20,624 2019/20
Adventure Playground inclusive playspaces Narrandera Shire Council $75,000 2021/22
Albert Park Cootamundra Gundagai Regional Council $200,000 2019/20
Alex Bell Reserve Inclusive Playscape Clarence Valley Council $83,141 2018/19
Amaroo Park Playspace Upper Hunter Shire Council $74,000 2021/22
Amazing Inclusion Maze Strathfield Council $200,000 2019/20
Appletree Park Playspace Hornsby Shire Council $75,000 2020/21
Arcadia Vale Reserve Playspace Lake Macquarie City Council $155,000 2021/22
Banora Point Intergenerational and Inclusive Playspace Tweed Shire Council $50,000 2019/20
Blacktown City Council: Variety Livvi's Place Nurragingy Blacktown City Council $200,000 2019/20
Blair Park Playground Upgrade Port Macquarie Hastings Council $50,000 2018/19
Boongaree Youth Zone Inclusive Flying Fox Installation Shoalhaven City Council $200,000 2018/19
Bowraville Connections Inclusive Playground for everyone Nambucca Shire Council $196,218 2018/19
Brian King Park Co-Design Stage 2 Upgrade Penrith City Council $50,000 2019/20
Cameron Park Playground and Amenities Block Renewal Dubbo Regional Council $193,343 2018/19
Canowindra Morris Park Inclusive Playground Cabonne Council $87,430 2019/20
Carriageway Playspace Upgrade Penrith City Council $40,000 2019/20
Central Gardens Water Play and All Abilities Playground Cumberland City Council $45,000 2018/19
Chapel Street Reserve Inclusive Playspace Upgrade Bayside Council $50,000 2018/19
Church Road Oval Playspace Renewal Wingecarribee Shire Council $74,000 2020/21
Civic Park multi-generational playspace Cumberland City Council $300,000 2020/21
Clontarf Reserve Playground Upgrade Northern Beaches Council $200,000 2019/20
Coleman Park Play Space - Variety Livvi's Place Upper Lachlan Shire Council $300,000 2020/21
Connell Park Play Space Project Bellingen Shire Council $75,000 2020/21
Construction of the Bathurst Adventure Playground Stage 2 Bathurst Regional Council $200,000 2018/19
Cook Street Park Playspace Renewal Wingecarribee Shire Council $81,000 2020/21
Coral Sea Playground Randwick City Council $200,000 2019/20
Coronation Accessible upgrade Dungog Shire Council $60,000 2018/19
Creation of outdoor amphitheatre at Town Beach Port Macquarie Hastings Council $450,000 2019/20
CWA Park Tocumwal - Playspace Upgrade Berrigan Shire Council $75,000 2020/21
Dangar Falls Reserve Play Space Bellingen Shire Council $142,781 2020/21
Darrell Jackson Gardens Playground Upgrade Inner West Council $200,000 2020/21
David Currie Playspace Upgrade, Banks Drive Penrith City Council $75,000 2020/21
Depena Reserve Playspace Bayside Council $300,000 2020/21
Dukes Green Playspace Ku-ring-gai Council $180,000 2021/22
Eagle Farm Reserve Play Space Campbelltown City Council $200,000 2018/19
Eastern Circuit Park Re-location and Improvement Albury City Council $90,000 2018/19
Eden Play & Skate Precinct Bega Valley Shire Council $300,000 2020/21
Endeavour Park Upgrade Albury City Council $45,000 2018/19
Equinox Drive Reserve Accessible Park and Playspace The Hills Shire Council $276,631 2020/21
Ernest Grant Park Play space Albury City Council $300,000 2020/21
Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens Sensory Playspace Eurobodalla Shire Council $511,952 2020/21
Everyone Can Play – Fingal Foreshore Park Tweed Shire Council $107,000 2018/19
Everyone Can Play at Dock Flat / Rudder Street Playspace Kempsey Shire Council $65,222 2021/22
Everyone Can Play at Hat Head Reserve Kempsey Shire Council $107,544 2020/21
Five Dock Park Playground and Outdoor Fitness Station City of Canada Bay Council $168,000 2019/20
Flinders Slopes Playspace Canterbury-Bankstown Council $200,000 2019/20
Foreshore Park Livvi’s Place Inclusive Playspace City of Newcastle $300,000 2020/21
Forestville Memorial (Poppy) Park Northern Beaches Council $165,000 2021/22
Free to Run Fencing at River Park Cowra Cowra Shire Council $5,400 2019/20
Fullwood Reserve All Abilities Playspace New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation $200,000 2021/22
Gaggin Park Playspace Byron Shire Council $75,000 2020/21
Graff Avenue Community play space Coffs Harbour City Council $75,000 2020/21
Grasmere Childrens Playground Upgrade North Sydney Council $25,750 2020/21
Gwydir Shire Council All Abilities Park Gwydir Shire Council $200,000 2018/19
Hassall Park Playspace Ku-ring-gai Council $200,000 2021/22
Hope Marland Park Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council $144,500 2019/20
Hoy Park Playspace Fairfield City Council $73,740 2021/22
Hunter Park Inclusive Playspace Mosman Municipal Council $70,000 2021/22
Inclusive and Accessible Recreation - Captain Oldery Park Eurobodalla Shire Council $50,000 2018/19
Inclusive Playground Upgrade at Cabravale Memorial Park Fairfield City Council $239,500 2020/21
Inclusive Playspace, Parsley Road reserve Council of the Municipality of Woollahra $108,000 2018/19
Inclusive Splash Playground at Fairfield Park Fairfield City Council $200,000 2018/19
Inclusive Upgrade - Jack Buckley Park, Tomakin Eurobodalla Shire Council $50,000 2019/20
Inclusive Upgrade of Henderson Oval Playground Griffith City Council $50,000 2019/20
Ironbark Reserve Playspace Access Upgrade Penrith City Council $50,000 2019/20
Jeffries Park Playspace Upgrade Cessnock City Council $50,000 2018/19
Kendall Village Green Inclusive Playspace Ku-ring-gai Council $197,200 2020/21
Kerrabee Soundshell Community Playspace Murray River Council $102,500 2021/22
Kissing Point Village Green Upgrade Ku-ring-gai Council $50,000 2019/20
Kitchener Park Everyone Can Play Project Gunnedah Shire Council $68,000 2021/22
Kurraba Oval District Play Space - Shade Sail installation Central Coast Council $25,000 2018/19
Lack Reserve Play Space Campbelltown City Council $50,000 2018/19
Let's Embrace Inclusive Play Cringila Wollongong City Council $150,000 2019/20
Lightning RIdge Walgett Shire Council $511,953 2020/21
Lions Park Inclusive Playspace – Upgrade Clarence Valley Council $35,000 2021/22
Livvi's Place All Abilities - Upgrade City of Canada Bay Council $55,000 2020/21
Making Hay Park Playground Inclusive Hay Shire Council $192,928 2018/19
Malua Bay Playspace Upgrade Eurobodalla Shire Council $75,000 2021/22
Marulan Village Playspace Project Goulburn Mulwaree Council $200,000 2021/22
McFarlane Street Inclusive Playspace Ugrade Cessnock City Council $60,000 2021/22
Milton Park Playspace Campbelltown City Council $200,000 2019/20
Molong Recreation Ground Inclusive Playground Cabonne Council $95,865 2019/20
Morpeth Common Playspace Maitland City Council $126,496 2020/21
Nar-rang Reserve Playspace Ku-ring-gai Council $150,000 2020/21
New inclusive Playground in Hunters Hill LGA Hunter’s Hill Council $200,000 2018/19
New Inclusive Playspace in Wood Park of the North Griffith Precinct Griffith City Council $155,650 2020/21
New Playground Bungendore Park, Bungendore Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council $200,000 2021/22
New Playground Ryrie Park Braidwood Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council $200,000 2018/19
Nindi Crescent playspace upgrade Penrith City Council $75,000 2021/22
Northcote Park Playground Upgrade Stage 2 Canterbury-Bankstown Council $50,000 2019/20
Oleander Reserve Inclusive Playspace Georges River Council $200,000 2021/22
Park Improvements at Gum Ben Lake Lachlan Shire Council $100,000 2018/19
Park Improvements to the Lake Cargelligo Recreation Ground Lachlan Shire Council $25,000 2019/20
Plantation Point Playspace upgrade Shoalhaven City Council $45,000 2019/20
Plateau Park Playground Accessibility improvements Northern Beaches Council $50,000 2019/20
Plumb Reserve Inclusive Playspace, Woollahra Council of the Municipality of Woollahra $119,852 2020/21
Queen Elizabeth Park – Inclusive Nature Playspace City of Canada Bay Council $200,000 2021/22
Rainbow Beach Sports Fields Inclusive Playground Port Macquarie Hastings Council $90,000 2021/22
Rathmines Park Playspace Lake Macquarie City Council $290,000 2020/21
Recreation Ground Inclusive Family and Youth Precinct Tweed Shire Council $200,000 2021/22
Richill Park, Constitution Hill - Playground Upgrade City of Parramatta $50,000 2019/20
Richmond Park Inclusive Playground Upgrade Snowy Valleys Council $22,000 2021/22
Riverside Park Playspace Project Goulburn Mulwaree Council $200,000 2019/20
Robin Wiles ParkStage 2 Upgrade Penrith City Council $50,000 2018/19
Ruth Street Park Inclusive Playspace Cumberland City Council $75,000 2021/22
Rylstone Inclusive Playspace Mid-Western Regional Council $146,000 2021/22
Sandy Beach Youth Space Coffs Harbour City Council $300,000 2020/21
Seymour Park Play Space & Amenities Upgrade Wingecarribee Shire Council $200,000 2019/20
Spence Park Co-Design Upgrade Penrith City Council $74,691 2020/21
Stevenson Park Inclusive Playspace City of Newcastle $150,000 2018/19
Stuart Park All Ages All Abilities Playground Wollongong City Council $200,000 2021/22
Studdert Reserve Playspace Bayside Council $143,000 2019/20
Summerhayes Park Playground Upgrade Blue Mountains City Council $50,000 2018/19
Sun Safe Play Bourke Shire Council $21,915 2019/20
Susan Fahey Play Space Central Coast Council $200,000 2018/19
Temora Lake Centenary Playspace Upgrade Temora Shire Councl $16,325 2019/20
Terrigal Rotary Park District Playspace Shade Sail and Softfall Installation Central Coast Council $25,000 2019/20
The Lion's Park Inclusion Project Balranald Shire Council $200,000 2021/22
The Rock Recreation Ground Playspace Lockhart Shire Council $75,000 2018/19
Thomas H Halton Playground Development Lake Macquarie City Council $200,000 2019/20
Todd Reserve Playspace Bayside Council $200,000 2020/21
Townsend Park Playscape: New Clarence Valley Council $175,000 2020/21
Transforming Little Beach Reserve into an Inclusive Playspace Port Stephens Council $75,000 2020/21
Trinity Drive Mixed Recreation Space, Cambridge Gardens Penrith City Council $198,860 2021/22
Tweed Heads West Inclusive Playspace Tweed Shire Council $50,000 2019/20
Upgrade of equipment and facilities at Simpson Park, Muswellbrook Muswellbrook Shire Council $75,000 2021/22
Variety - Livvi's Place Goorimahbah - Place of Stories Inclusive Playspace Tweed Shire Council $300,000 2020/21
Variety Livvi's Place MidCoast Council $188,090 2018/19
Vi Denny Playspace Maitland City Council $85,000 2021/22
Warrina Street Oval playspace Hornsby Shire Council $200,000 2021/22
Warringa Park Playground Upgrade North Sydney Council $50,000 2018/19
Wentworth Falls Lake Playspace Blue Mountains City Council $200,000 2019/20
West Coffs Reserve Coffs Harbour City Council $200,000 2018/19
Wherrett Park Inclusive Playspace – New Clarence Valley Council $175,000 2021/22
Willow Drive Playspace Maitland City Council $65,000 2018/19
Wilson Park Co-Design Penrith City Council $75,000 2021/22
Woolgoolga Beach Reserve Playground and Parkland Coffs Harbour City Council $50,000 2018/19