Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:

• school camps or trips
• swimming and school-organised sports programs
• outdoor education programs
• excursions and incursions.

From 2020, the Victorian Government is investing an additional $160.9 million for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund over the next four years. 

This funding will help ensure more than 220,000 government and non-government students from lower-income families can participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.

Payments amounts for 2023 are:

• $125 per year for eligible primary school students.

For ungraded students, the rate is determined by the Date of Birth

• $125 per year for students born on or after 1/7/2011

Payments are made directly to the school and are tied to the student.

• from March onwards each year where the parent/carer’s concession card is assessed as valid on the first day of term 1; and
• until June 23 where the parent/carer’s concession card is assessed as valid at the end of term 2.

Payments are for the application year and cannot be claimed for previous years.

Submitting an application

Applications can be entered from 30 January 2023. Parents/carers wishing to apply for CSEF payments for 2023 must submit their application form to Caulfield Junior College by 16 June 2023.  

Please apply as soon as possible.  Applications close before the end of June (16/6/23) but payments are made to the school in batches prior to the closing date. We also cannot process anything beyond the close date.

Forms are available at our front office, or via email, or you can download the below attachment.

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; or
• circumstances have changed – e.g. there has been a change in the care arrangement of the student, a change of name or CRN, or a new sibling has commenced at the school and the parent/carer wishes to apply for the CSEF payment for the new sibling.

Where a parent/carer is not required to submit a new application, schools can copy the previous year’s application on the CSEF system to the current school year.

Please take the time to read the information found at the below link. (Eligibility, Special Considerations, etc.) https://www.vic.gov.au/camps-sports-and-excursions-fund  (Although the website states it is closed – CSEF closed for  2022 only. CSEF for 2023 opened on 30th January.)

Year 7 and Prep students in government schools who receive funds are also able to get support for school uniforms.

For more information regarding this initiative, see State Schools' Relief https://stateschoolsrelief.org.au/  

(Or contact the school at caulfield.jr.co@education.vic.gov.au.)