Need help paying for dance, music, coding or footy this year? NSW still runs Active and Creative Kids in 2026.
If you get Family Tax Benefit Part A, Part B, or both, you can apply for two $50 vouchers per child — $100 — to use with a registered teacher or club in the NSW school holidays or during term.
⭐ 🎟️ 2026 voucher dates
- Voucher 1: use by 31 December 2026
- Voucher 2: available now. Use the expiry printed on your voucher
- You can combine two unexpired vouchers for $100 in one go. Each voucher is single-use.
If a page still says “use it by 14 July 2026”, that’s last year’s voucher. It has expired. This year’s vouchers are still open.
Who can get it
Your child needs to be:
a NSW resident
aged 4.5 to 18
in the care of a parent or carer getting Family Tax Benefit A and/or B this financial year or last
You don’t need a school enrolment letter. One adult applies per child. You can add more than one eligible child on the same application.
How to apply
Check FTB in the Express Plus Centrelink app or myGov.
You’ll need a MyServiceNSW Account, one proof of identity (NSW Photo Cards don’t count), the child’s Medicare details, and your Centrelink CRN — or call 13 77 88 if you’d rather not type the CRN online.
Apply at Service NSW.
Approved vouchers show in the Service NSW app under Vouchers within a day, and you get an email copy to print. Can’t apply online? Call 13 77 88.
Apply for your Active and Creative Kids voucher today!
Dance, drama and music
Lessons, workshops and holiday programs all count if the provider is registered. Ask your usual teacher — they may already be on the list.
Art, craft and making
Visual arts, sculpture, design and craft workshops are in. Buying kits, instruments or uniforms is not — the voucher pays for the class, not the shopping list.
Sport and active play
It’s one voucher, not a separate “creative” and “active” pair. Each $50 can go to sport or creative classes: dance, music, football, martial arts, craft, gymnastics, drama, tennis, basketball, languages, netball, yoga, creative writing, circus, coding.
Find a registered provider in the Active and Creative Kids finder.
What it doesn’t cover
No cash, gift cards or store credit, and you can’t split one voucher across two providers. It doesn’t cover school activities or school care, tutoring, cookery, board or digital games, gardening, travel, exams, or buying kits, instruments, uniforms or boots.
Check the eligible activities list before you book. The program runs through 30 June 2027.
You can share an unused voucher with another adult taking your child to class. It still has to be used for that child, once.
Apply, pick a class, and get the kids moving (or making). The December voucher won’t wait!
