FAST Active Kids Vouchers Process Update

The NSW Office of Sport is providing a $100 voucher to parents/guardians of eligible school enrolled children. The $100 voucher can be claimed for registration and participation costs for sport and fitness activities.

1. Vouchers have a nominal value of $100. This can be spent once, and any remaining balance cannot be claimed. For example, if a membership is $70, then $70 can be claimed on the voucher, and the remaining $30 cannot be claimed.
2. The voucher must be used to register the child who applied for the voucher.
3. To use an Active Kids voucher, please email the Voucher number, Child's full name as written on the Voucher and date of birth to Robert@fastaekwondo.com
Once the voucher has been approved, as of July 2023 all Active Kids Vouchers that are redeemed will have an expiry date. Active Kids Vouchers for the the First half of the year (January to June) must be used within this period, Vouchers for the second half of the year (July to December) must be used in this period. Balances will not be carried over into the new year or cross over into the next part of the year, the balances must be used within the date range they have been released for. Upon approval A discount code that can be used (2) 'two' times (value of $50 each) will be sent to be used for payment of taekwondo classes. Please note that you must be logged into the correct account to use the code.

What is Active Kids: https://sport.nsw.gov.au/sectordevelopment/activekids

Apply for an Active Kids Voucher: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-active-kids-voucher

Active and Creative Kids program provides sustainable support for NSW kids
https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/news/active-and-creative-kids-program-provides-sustainable-support-for-nsw-kids

16 June 2023

The Minns Labor Government is making the Active and Creative Kids voucher programs more sustainable by introducing a new and permanent means-tested scheme from Term 1 next year.

This will ensure around 600,000 school-aged kids in NSW can continue to participate in sports and creative programs across the state by helping low and middle income families with cost-of-living pressures.

Since forming government in March, we have been up front with the people of NSW about the economic challenges we have inherited from the former government.

The former government never funded the Active and Creative Kids or First Lap vouchers beyond June 30 this year.

They also handed over to us the largest debt in our state’s history, with the state on track for a record $187.5 billion in debt. Incoming briefs have also uncovered a $7 billion black hole of unfunded programs.

We can’t fix a decade of failure and wrong priorities from the former government overnight. 

But we are working hard to repair the budget in a responsible way, while helping to ease cost-of-living and rebuilding our essential services – what we were elected to do.

The new voucher will be for $50 and will be issued twice a year, at the start of terms 1 and 3, beginning in 2024. 

It will cover activities currently available under both the Active Kids and Creative Kids voucher programs.

The NSW Government and the Commonwealth Government will partner to share information on NSW families receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A. These families – almost half in NSW covering around 600,000 (out of 1.35 million total) school-aged children – will be able to access the vouchers.

The cost of the new Active and Creative Kids voucher program starting in 2024 is estimated at $28 million per year.

This compares with the cost of the previous schemes, which was estimated at $190 million in 2022-23, comprising of $136 million for Active Kids and $54 million for Creative Kids.

As an interim measure, the current Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers will be extended from July 1 2023 until the new scheme is in place from 1 February 2024. The interim vouchers will be to the value of $50 for school-aged children.

School-aged children will also be eligible for a new $50 Creative Kids voucher from 1 July if they have not yet used their existing 2023 Creative Kids voucher.

The First Lap swim voucher program will be extended for 12 months, to the value of $50.