{"id":3186,"date":"2019-07-01T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2019-07-01T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:54:14","slug":"double-delight-for-active-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/01\/double-delight-for-active-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR ACTIVE KIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NSW kids are keeping active while their parents are keeping the cash, with each school-enrolled child now able to access two $100 Active Kids vouchers from July 1.<br \/>\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet said the money helps parents pay registration costs for sport and recreation, so our kids can participate and stay active all year-round.<br \/>\n\u201cFamilies across NSW keep telling me how much the Active Kids Vouchers help them manage the cost of living. Now with two per school enrolled child, parents keep even more money in their back pocket while their kids stay happy and healthy,\u201d said Mr Perrottet.<br \/>\nSince the Active Kids program was launched in 2018, more than one million vouchers have been redeemed and more than $100 million saved by NSW families.<br \/>\nMinister for Sport John Sidoti said it is a big win for NSW when more kids can participate in sport because of the Government\u2019s drive to take down the barriers to expensive registration costs.<br \/>\n\u201cWhether it is soccer, scouts, AFL, rugby, netball, golf or volleyball, you\u2019re sure to find an activity kids will love. Active Kids really is making a difference to children\u2019s participation in sport and active recreation in NSW,\u201d Mr Sidoti said.<br \/>\nFrom January \u2013 June there was an overall increase of 13 per cent in the number of Active Kids\u2019 vouchers created, including a 17 per cent rise in vouchers created for girls following an influx of registrations for dance, gymnastics, tennis and swimming Active Kids providers.<br \/>\n\u201cThese are incredible results and demonstrate why the NSW Government is investing an additional $40 million this year to expand the Active Kids program.\u201d<br \/>\nFrom today, parents of school-enrolled children can access a second $100 Active Kids voucher to use towards registration and membership fees for sport and active recreation each year. For further information visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sport.nsw.gov.au\/sectordevelopment\/activekids\">sport.nsw.gov.au\/activekids<\/a>\u00a0or call 13 13 02.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW kids are keeping active while their parents are keeping the cash, with each school-enrolled child now able to access two $100 Active Kids vouchers from July 1. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the money helps parents pay registration costs for sport and recreation, so our kids can participate and stay active all year-round. \u201cFamilies across &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/01\/double-delight-for-active-kids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR ACTIVE KIDS&#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-3186","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\/3186","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=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}