How to refer children to the Play On! Sports Vouchers
Play On! Sports Vouchers will be available from 9am on Monday 4 August. Make sure you have your Medicare card handy for registration.
Key dates
- 4 August 2025: Round 1 opens for parents, carers or guardians to apply for Play On! Sports Vouchers
- 17 December 2025 5PM: applications close (or earlier if fully allocated)
- 19 June 2026: vouchers must be presented to an activity provider.
Who you can refer
When you register and are approved as a Play On! Sports Vouchers referral agent, you will be declaring that, in your professional capacity, you have identified children who have a disability or require genuine financial assistance to participate in sport with a registered Play On! Sports Vouchers activity provider.
If a child has a valid Services Australia Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, they do not need a referral agent and can apply directly online when the round opens.
Only refer children who can use the voucher
Vouchers issued by referral agents are limited as a percentage of the overall vouchers available for each round. Please consider this when requesting voucher numbers, and ensure vouchers are for children living with a disability, or in genuine financial need.
Families must be able to pay any ‘gap’ in membership, registration or participation fees if the costs are greater than $200.
Referring family members
You cannot refer an immediate family member, but you can refer a child or young person that is part of your extended family. You still need to demonstrate the reasons why the child should receive support.
Referring children to your own organisation
If you are a member or employee of an activity provider, then you cannot refer a child to that same organisation. However, you can assist the parent, guardian or carer in applying for the voucher or locating a different activity provider.
Helping with voucher applications
You can help families to access Play On! Sports Vouchers by:
- helping families set up an account and apply for a voucher
- providing access to a computer
- helping families to find a registered activity provider
- applying for vouchers on their behalf.
How to apply
Review the eligibility and if eligible, click ‘Register’ an account. If you already have an account under your work email, simply log in.
- Use your official work email to register.
- Register to login.
- Complete your user profile and read the privacy statement.
- Follow the steps and click save.
- If you are directed to the voucher application page, go to 'Apply for a voucher' or if you are on the 'Select Account Type' screen, click ‘Register’ under 'Individual Account'.
- Click ‘Apply’ next to register as a referral agent.
- Open and read the privacy statement. Click ‘OK’.
- Follow the prompts and save to submit your registration.
- Your application to become a referral agent will be assessed by the department, and you will be advised of the outcome within 1-2 weeks.
- Once approved, you may apply for a voucher on the families’ behalf or send the application on for them to complete themselves (they will first need to register an individual Enquire account for themselves).
- Once approved you can apply for vouchers. On the homepage, access your user profile and see any past vouchers.
- To check your membership status, select ‘Account Details’, ‘Panels’ and you will see your membership status as ‘Active’ if approved. You will also receive an email confirming the outcome.