Queensland Government Young Athletes Travel Subsidy

As of July 1 the current Queensland Government Young Athlete Assistance Program will be replaced with the Young Athletes Travel Subsidy.

The new travel subsidy aims to foster the development of young athletes and support elite athlete pathways by providing financial assistance to help alleviate the costs associated with attending championship events. The funding is provided retrospectively for specific state, national and international events under a three tiered system.

Officials and athletes are eligible to apply once every two calendar years for each tier of the system. Applicants eligible for support are those who:

• compete or officiate (as a coach, referee or scorer) at an eligible Queensland state or state school event, Australian national or national school event or international event
• have been residents of Queensland for at least 12 months preceding the event
• are under the age of 18 at the start of the event
• travel a road distance of at least 250km (one-way) from their place of residence to the event location (to check road distances visit www.racq.com.au/travel/trip-planner ( http://www.racq.com.au/travel/trip-planner ))
• fly a radial distance of at least 250km (one-way) from their place of residence to the event location (to check radial distances visit www.ga.gov.au/cocky/distance.jsp ( http://www.ga.gov.au/cocky/distance.jsp ))
• have their participation at the event confirmed by the relevant State Sporting Organisation, Queensland School Sport or School Sport Australia.

Applications will open on July 1, for more information CLICK HERE

Young Athletes Travel Subsidy Fact Sheet