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Join the Team - Protect the Future of FootyOur great game doesn't start at the MCG. It starts at local footy clubs around Australia where kids are getting their first kick, where communities gather on Saturday mornings, where friendships start that last a lifetime.
4,000 clubs like that are the heartbeat of this country.
Behind every AFL and AFLW player is a local club that gave them their start. Those clubs are under pressure - energy costs are up, extreme weather more frequent, budgets stretched to breaking point.
595 community footy clubs have required emergency assistance from the AFL since 2020 alone due to bushfires, flooding and extreme weather. This means local clubs missing training, kids not hanging out with friends and families stuck at home when they should be hanging out at the footy club.
Sound familiar?
That's where Footy for Climate comes in.
Solar panels on the roof. A battery in the shed to keep the power on in case of emergencies. Money staying in the club where it belongs.
That’s Power Forward - and it works.
We turn up at clubs like Mansfield with a plan, sort the solar, and leave them with thousands of dollars back in their pocket every year. Last year, Mansfield Football and Netball Club was paying $9,000 a year in energy bills. This year, they'll pay around $900.
Then we pack up and find the next one.
We're aiming for 500 clubs by 2030.
Your donation helps protect the future of footy.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.
If you’d like to donate via bank transfer or invoice, please contact us at team@footyforclimate.org.au.
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$55 - Supporter (Named on our website as a Foundation Supporter)
$98 - Cheer Squad (Everything above + named in annual impact report)
$195 - Premiership Circle (Everything above + behind-the-scenes video updates from our AFL and AFLW champions on our latest Power Forward clubs)
$1200 - Engine Room (Everything above + personal message from our AFL and AFLW champions on where our work is headed)
Five years. Here’s what we’ve built.
Power Forward launched at Mansfield, Myrtleford and Portarlington - solar and batteries, at no cost to the clubs, cutting energy bills by up to 90%
"Our Local" documentary - AFL/AFLW players Emma Kearney, Riley Thilthorpe, Riley Bonner, Dylan Buckley & Nell Morris-Dalton returning to the grassroots clubs that made them
"The Cool Down" podcast - footy meets climate featuring Mitch Lewis, Nicola Barr, Phil Davis, Karl Amon alongside scientific experts.
Players across every AFL and AFLW club are part of this - not because it's easy, but because they grew up at community clubs and know what's at stake
Five years of storytelling, player leadership and on-ground work - club by club, community by community. Connecting the people who love this game with the tools to protect it.
80+ MPs from across party lines at our Locker Room activations and Parliamentary Receptions - brought together not by politics, but by footy
What does your donation Power Forward?Now we need to scale.
There’s no complicated formula - we find the clubs, sort the solar, move on to the next one.
We have a target: 500 clubs by 2030. Every dollar funds the work that gets us there.
