Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)

Submitting an application

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) system is open for schools to enter applications from 28 January 2025. Parents/carers wishing to apply for CSEF payments for 2025 must submit their application form to the relevant school before 4 July 2025.

However, a parent/carer will only be required to submit an application form to the school in the following circumstances:

• the parent/carer is applying for the CSEF payment for the first time – i.e. an application form was not lodged with the school in the previous year
• circumstances have changed – for example, there has been a change in the care arrangement of the student, a change of name or CRN, or a new sibling has started at the school and the parent/carer wishes to apply for the CSEF payment for the new sibling also
• if any other details on the application changes such as the declaration.

Where a parent/carer is not required to submit a new application, schools can rollover/copy the previous year’s application on the CSEF system to the current school year. Please note this is a manual process that needs to be completed by the school’s CSEF Administrator every year. The system will not rollover the applications automatically.

Schools must securely store CSEF records during the 7-year document retention period. For more information about security storage refer to: Records Management.

Schools must securely store consent records for at least 2 years from the date the family leaves the school in a form that we can audit. Refer to Your businesses obligations for Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS) – Services Australia.

CSEF applications may be audited by the department.

Application forms

Schools are able to accept and process applications up until 4 July 2025.

• Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund application form
• CSEF application form – 16 years and over (for mature minors)
• CSEF application form – 16 years and over (requiring parent/carer permission)

If there's shared custody

Only one application for each student can be submitted per year. Parents/carers are to decide which parent/carer should apply. If the parents/carers are unable to decide which of them is to utilise the CSEF, then the first eligible application entered and approved on the system will receive the payment.