{"id":14099,"date":"2021-12-01T19:23:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=14099"},"modified":"2021-12-01T19:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:23:27","slug":"nsw-families-win-in-december-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/nsw-families-win-in-december-double\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW families win in December double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents are being urged to take advantage of the state\u2019s popular Active Kids program, with tens of millions of dollars worth of vouchers still to be redeemed this year due to the COVID lockdown.<br \/>\nAnd in a December double, Premier Dominic Perrottet also encouraged NSW families to dive into the new First Lap learn to swim program, which starts today.<br \/>\n\u201cNow that sport is back up and running, we\u2019re keen to remind parents to use these excellent NSW Government cost-saving measures so kids can get back to playing sport and learning to swim without breaking the family budget,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.<br \/>\n\u201cWith COVID restrictions stopping sport for several months, around 430,000 children are yet to use their Active Kids vouchers this year, meaning there is around $86 million worth of vouchers still up for grabs.\u201d<br \/>\nEvery school-enrolled child in NSW is eligible for two $100 Active Kids vouchers per year towards the cost of sport and active recreation fees.<br \/>\nMinister for Digital and Customer Service Victor Dominello said the $100 First Lap learn to swim voucher and Active Kids program are among dozens of NSW Government savings to help to ease cost of living pressures for households.<br \/>\n\u201cEvery cent counts when it comes to balancing the family budget and claiming the First Lap voucher is now at your fingertips and available via the Service NSW app,\u201d Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\nMinster for Sport Natalie Ward said the First Lap program, which provides an annual $100 voucher per child, has been expanded to include not just pre-school children but also those in kindergarten in 2021 and 2022.<br \/>\n\u201cWith summer officially starting today, there\u2019s no better time to dive into the First Lap program and make sure your child learns vital safety skills,\u201d Mrs Ward said.<br \/>\nFor more details or to download a voucher, visit\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.service.nsw.gov.au%2Fcampaign%2Fcost-living&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Cf0198c69f4694585723508d9b4343290%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637738958823448249%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RyJS4gy0%2BPWSxQw9CoMKhSTuDq4Kb4O1AL2V4Qc3FSI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.service.nsw.gov.au%2Fcampaign%2Fcost-living&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Cf0198c69f4694585723508d9b4343290%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637738958823448249%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RyJS4gy0%2BPWSxQw9CoMKhSTuDq4Kb4O1AL2V4Qc3FSI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">the Service NSW website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents are being urged to take advantage of the state\u2019s popular Active Kids program, with tens of millions of dollars worth of vouchers still to be redeemed this year due to the COVID lockdown. And in a December double, Premier Dominic Perrottet also encouraged NSW families to dive into the new First Lap learn to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/nsw-families-win-in-december-double\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW families win in December double&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}