{"id":292343,"date":"2021-01-22T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=292343"},"modified":"2021-01-22T19:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:31:41","slug":"fairplay-vouchers-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/01\/22\/fairplay-vouchers-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"FairPlay Vouchers Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_209999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209999\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/stirlinghinchliffe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209999\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/stirlinghinchliffe1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 22, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are now open for Round 4 of the State Government&#8217;s &#8220;FairPlay&#8221; scheme which aims to help low-income families enrol children in their favourite sport or activity.<\/p>\n<p>Parents, carers or guardians can apply for a voucher valued up to $150 for their child, which can be used towards sport and active recreation membership, registration or participation fees with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/recreation.npsr.qld.gov.au\/club-locator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registered activity providers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the government was investing $7.5 million to help pay the club registration fees of up to 50,000 young Queenslanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFairPlay reduces one of the barriers standing between some young Queenslanders making the team &#8211; the cost of joining a club,&#8221; Mr Hinchliffe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many sports and activities to choose from including cricket, tennis, football, basketball, netball, scouts, roller skating, equestrian, calisthenics, canoeing, BMX, cheer-leading and martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have more than 4500 registered activity providers across the State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Families with children aged 5 to 17 years may be eligible for FairPlay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents or guardians should have a valid Health Care card or Pensioner Concession card with the child\u2019s name on it or be identified by a registered referral agent such as a youth worker or child safety officer.<\/p>\n<p>Applications close on March 17, unless vouchers are exhausted prior.<\/p>\n<p>Vouchers should be presented to activity providers by May 12 and be redeemed by providers by May 26.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/fairplayvouchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are now open for Round 4 of the State Government&#8217;s &#8220;FairPlay&#8221; scheme which aims to help low-income families enrol children in their favourite sport or activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":276888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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