The Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development Sherry Gambin-Walsh has announced a new Intra-Provincial Sport Travel Subsidy Program to reduce costs and enhance opportunities for over 2,500 school-based athletes in all regions of the province, to participate in provincial school sport championships delivered by School Sports NL.
The new Intra-Provincial Sport Travel Subsidy Program will be supported with annual funding of $120,000. To be eligible for funding under this program, the travel distance from the participating school to the host school must be a minimum of 400 kilometres per return trip. The subsidy amount per athlete would range from $20 to $100 per athlete based on travel distance.