Fund Football Fairly is grass roots campaign working with Capital Football and local Canberra football clubs to secure improved ACT Government funding for football in Canberra. 

Football is the largest participation sport in Canberra but receives a fraction of the funding received by other sports. Other sports have excellent facilities that are the envy of the football community, including the National Hockey Centre, facilities at Phillip Oval and Manuka Oval for AFL and cricket, and marvellous facilities for the Raiders, Brumbies and Giants. 

The historic lack of funding of football is reflected in the paucity of facilities available to the football community in 2024.

We have identified three unanimously agreed upon proposals that require immediate Government support.

In signing this petition, we call upon the ACT Government to commit to the following projects:

1. Urgently upgrade football facilities at local football clubs in Canberra, including:

a) Improved lighting.
b) Improved playing surfaces. 
c) Immediate moratorium on ground hire fees until grounds and change rooms are up to an acceptable standard.
d) Construction of all-weather synthetic pitches at all major playing hubs.
e) Construction of modern clubhouses with administrative, meeting, function, and female friendly change rooms co-located at suburban playing fields.

2. Develop two dedicated football complexes, one north side and one south side, on a level with the new Regional Sports Complex at Jerrabomberra. These complexes are to include function, office, café, and meeting facilities, and have a ground capacity of around 6,000 people.

3. Implement a Sports Voucher scheme similar to those that exist in other states and give each school age child $300 per year to cover participation costs in local sport.

To support the campaign please sign the petition and follow us on Facebook: Fund Football Fairly (ACT)