Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Sunday announced an additional 30,000 vouchers as part of a new SwimStart program to be funded from this year.
Preschoolers will get free swimming lessons under a $150 voucher system to be announced in the Queensland budget on June 13.Children should be learning to swim long before they start school, says Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
which helps families meet the cost of sporting club registrations, club memberships and other sports fees.Palaszczuk said the idea was to introduce swimming to children before they start school. “This initiative will give kids the best start at learning to swim and build on the swimming programs offered in our schools statewide.”for schools with pools, or those needing to travel to pools.The new program fills a gap in the existing “learn to swim” process, with preschoolers at the most risk of drowning.Credit:The 2021-22 Queensland Family and Child Commission’s annual report found children aged one to four accounted for the most drowning deaths in 2021-22 .
“The younger we can get all our children in the pool, the sooner they can start building their confidence in the water,” he said.
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