Activity provider information

Register your interest

Register your interest as an Activity Provider for the Ticket to Wellbeing program.

We will then contact you when the program is open for registrations.

Organisations eligible to be an Approved Activity Provider

To be an Approved Activity Provider, all organisations must:

• have appropriate processes in place to ensure compliance with the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 and meet the following criteria.

Sporting clubs must be:

• incorporated, not-for-profit entities
• a provider of a sport recognised by the Australian Sports Commission
• affiliated to the relevant state or national sporting organisation.

A sporting club must also demonstrate that it provides a program with a minimum six weeks of activity.

All Approved Activity Providers must:

• ensure that all coaches, referees, first aid officers, and other relevant staff and volunteers hold the relevant skills, experience or qualifications for low-risk activities they provide, and/or appropriate accreditation for high-risk activities (specifically swimming and fitness activities)
• hold current Certificates of Currency for professional indemnity and public liability insurance policies appropriate to the type and level of activities being delivered.

If there is no recognised state sporting organisation/association for a recognised sport in Tasmania, a not-for-profit or for-profit provider can apply to be an Approved Activity Provider when it meets certain requirements. These include:

• holding an ABN or be incorporated, if it is a business
• having appropriate member safety policies and processes
• providing a program with a minimum six weeks of activity.

Private sports providers (for-profit businesses) must be:

• a registered business
• be affiliated or have an agreement with a recognised State or National Sporting Organisation or association for a sport or active recreation activity that the business provides.

Other activity providers (such as dance, yoga studios) must:

• provide a copy of their current Public Liability Insurance
• provide a list of instructors with their qualifications and their status regarding their registration to work with vulnerable people.

All gymnasiums/fitness centres (including those with aquatic facilities) must:

• be a registered business with an ABN
• provide a copy of their current Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance certificate
• ensure that instructing staff have the appropriate qualifications.

Sport types not recognised by the Australian Sports Commission

If an organisation is providing a sport that is not recognised by the Australian Sports Commission, advice should be sought from Active Tasmania by contacting Ticket to Wellbeing prior to applying at tickettowellbeing@active.tas.gov.au or 1800 252 476.