Women Leaders in Sport Program - Applications Now Open

The Sport Australia (Australian Sports Commission) Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) program has opened applications for the 2019 WLIS Grants and Workshops.

WLIS provides leadership development opportunities for women in Table Tennis from:
• sport management in high performance and participation, coaching, officiating, communications/marketing, to elite athletes transitioning out of playing sport to sport administration.
• operational level (e.g., office administrator) to decision making level (e.g., General Manager, Chief Executive Officer, Board Director); and
• national sporting organisations (NSO), state sporting organisation (SSO) to local or regional clubs.

Individual women can apply for:
1. attendance at a WLIS Leadership Workshop, or
2. a grant (up to $3,000) for learning and development, which includes attendance at a WLIS Leadership Workshop.

Your organisation or SSO/Clubs can apply for:
1. sending a selected group of women from your sport/organisation to attend a WLIS Leadership Workshop for Organisations (only funded NSO is eligible for this), or
2. a grant (up to $20,000) to fund a leadership development project for selected women from your sport/organisation.

To apply or for more information, please visit the WLIS website www.sportaus.gov.au/wlis.

The applications closing date is 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 5 September 2018.