AFL Taskforce Social Impact Tender Award

The bid for a Northern Territory AFL Club has reached a new milestone with the awarding of a tender for a consultant to complete a Social Impact Evaluation.

Local Territory business GHD Pty Ltd has been awarded this work. GHD has been in the Territory for 65 years and employs 54 staff.

The core team to deliver the Report includes specialised staff with previous

experience completing similar social impact assessments.

A key focus of this consultancy will be making recommendations on how to create a Club which is not only successful but inclusive, and one which engages young people, and creates widespread social benefits across the Territory.

The development of a Territory AFL Club will require firm support from private enterprise, all levels of Government, and entities such as Land councils. The broad experience of the Taskforce Membership means these voices are well represented in their work.

Further work of the AFL Taskforce is to explore and build on the foundations laid by the AFLNT’s Feasibility Study to develop a business plan that would effectively champion, lobby and drive the Territory’s AFL licence agenda.  

This report will be included in the final report due at the end of the year.

Quotes from the Minister for Sport, Kate Worden:

“Our vision is for a Territory Club to become the pathway for Territory boys and girls to achieve their dreams of playing for a local AFL team at the highest level of sport in the country. We want this team to become a sustainable part of Territory life, and a source of pride for all Territorians on the national stage.

“An AFL Club licence is not just about new sporting heroes. We want to make sure that opportunities presented have flow on affects for communities. This is what generational change looks like. 

“We know that when the opportunity for an AFL licence becomes available, the Territory needs to be ready.”