Yarraville Glory has received a grant of $1.18 million to install female friendly change rooms to be used by women and girls at the soccer club.
Glory council liaison officer Con Giatas said the club rooms are anticipated to be ready by the end of next year.
“We are excited to have these stand alone change rooms which are female friendly,” he said.
Mr Giatas said several teams will benefit from the new change rooms.
“We have a senior women’s team, an under-12 girls team, an under-16 girls team and various grassroots teams,” he said.
“We also might be getting a second under-12 team this [next] year, as well as an under-17 and under-18 team too.”
Mr Giatas said he expects the change room to have important use in the next coming years with expected numbers of women and girls playing to increase.
“Football Victoria has set a target for 50 per cent participation by 2027, which we are on board with,” he said.
“We want to do everything we can to make that happen.”
The grant is being funded through the West Gate tunnel project.
“We have had great support from the West Gate tunnel team and [Maribyrnong] council,” Mr Giatas said.
“It has been a long process but we are very excited for it to happen, and cut the ribbon when it’s done.”
