About Ticket to Play

Ticket to Play is a Tasmanian Government initiative designed to reduce the cost of sport and active recreation membership and/or registration for eligible children.

Ticket to Play provides two vouchers worth up to $100 each towards club membership fees for children aged 5-18 years who are listed on a Services Australia Health Care or Pensioner Concession card or have received Family Tax Benefit A in the previous or current financial year. Children in approved out of home care are eligible as well. Temporary or provisional visa holders, undocumented migrants or international students can also apply. Vouchers can be used at two different activity providers, or both can be used at one activity provider.

The key objective of Ticket to Play is to increase the number of young Tasmanians participating in sport and active recreation.

Who is eligible for a voucher?

Applicants must be:

• aged between 5 and 18 years old at the time of application; and
• be listed on a valid Services Australia Health Care or Pensioner Concession card or
• have received Family Tax Benefit A in the previous or current financial year or
• be in approved out of home care or
• a temporary or provisional visa holder, undocumented migrant or international student.

Please click on 'Apply for a voucher', if you meet the above criteria.

What can I use a voucher for?

Vouchers can be used toward the cost of club membership or registration fees at Tasmanian sport or active recreation organisations who are listed as an approved activity provider. Click here to search for Approved Activity Providers.

The Ticket to Play vouchers can only be used at or redeemed by Approved Activity Providers.

Active Tasmania, along with all other Australian, State and Territory governments, accepts the following definitions of ‘sport’ and ‘active recreation’, from within the National Sport and Active Recreation Policy Framework:

• Sport - A human activity involving physical exertion and skill as the primary focus of the activity, with elements of competition where rules and patterns of behaviour governing the activity exist formally through organisations and is generally accepted as a sport (Australian Sports Commission).
• Active Recreation - Activities engaged in for the purpose of relaxation, health and wellbeing or enjoyment with the primary activity requiring physical exertion, and the primary focus on human activity.