To get social and recreation NDIS supports in your plan, you need to give us evidence that helps us understand the disability-related supports you need.
Talk to your my NDIS contact or support coordinator to work out what evidence we need. Learn more about the evidence we need before we create or change your plan .
You can give us any new information or evidence about your support needs when you get it or any time we talk with you.
We’ll need to understand the support you need for your disability and the barriers you’re facing to participate in a social and recreation activity.
We’ll look at the information we have about your support needs and decide on what NDIS supports to include in your plan.
This may include reports from an allied health professional or psychologist which detail the support you need to take part in social and recreation activities.
Social and recreation support always needs to meet the NDIS funding criteria before we can include it in your plan.
We’ll think about who is best to provide the social and recreation support and, if needed, help you find a service or organisation.
You should think about how you may be able to use your NDIS supports flexibly for different social and recreation activities.
You may already have funding in your plan that you can use for social and recreation supports.
You can talk to your support coordinator or your my NDIS contact about this at any time.
What happens once you have social and recreation support in your plan?
Once we’ve approved your plan, you can start using your NDIS supports for social and recreation activities. Talk to your support coordinator or my NDIS contact for more information.
We fund most social and recreation supports in your Core budget. If we fund assistive technology for your social and recreation supports, you’ll find this funding in your Capital budget.
Learn more about using your budget .
If your needs change and you don’t have enough funding in your plan, you should talk to us. You might be able to use your Core budget flexibly or you might need a change to your plan.
Learn more about changing your plan.
What if you don’t agree with our decision?
If we decide social and recreation supports don’t meet our NDIS funding criteria, we can’t include them in your plan.
We’ll give you written reasons why we made the decision. You can contact us if you’d like more detail about the reasons for our decision.
If you don't agree with a decision we make about social and recreation supports, you can ask for an internal review of our decision.
You’ll need to ask for an internal review within 3 months of getting your plan.
Learn more about reviewing our decisions.