Each year, the SDA offers by ballot 1,800 textbook vouchers to members or members’ children who are attending secondary or technical schools, universities and colleges.

Each year, the SDA offers 10 payments to members who are undergraduate university students, and six payments to members who are TAFE students.

SDA members in Sydney and the Illawarra area receive a 10% discount on more than 350 courses at WEA. WEA offers short courses of private interest to workers, rather than courses that are intended to qualify them for alternative employment.