Leisure Access Program/KidSport

Leisure Access Program

The information on this page is also available in PDF format.

What is the Leisure Access Program?

This program is for residents who are economically disadvantaged and live in the Prince George municipal boundaries and surrounding areas.
What Do I Get?

Everyone who qualifies for the LAP Program will receive a bar code card with forty complimentary passes for public swim and public skating admissions. In addition, a Leisure Access ID card will be issued, which gives a 75% discount on City of Prince George registered programs. The 75% discount can be applied towards a ten visit or a month pass at either of the pools.

Program Registration

Everyone is entitled to 75% of their available credit for program registration and must pay 25%.
How Do I Qualify?
1. To be eligible you must:
2. Be a resident of Prince George or surrounding areas.
3. Show financial need. You may show financial need by:

Referral from the Ministry for Children and Family Development or the Ministry of Housing and Social Development or Carrier Sekani Family Services. (Social worker to sign and stamp application form).
BC Senior Supplement Recipient (Photocopy of previous years supplement cheques are required).
Others in need. Annual gross household income is below the Statistics Canada Low Income Cutoff. (Photocopy of previous years Notice of Assessment from Canada Revenue Agency is required).

Qualifying Income Levels
# in family	Household Income (Yearly, in dollars)
1	18,000
2	22,453
3	28,541
4	32,863
5	35,973
6	38,973
7	41,916

Verification of Eligibility

When you apply for the Leisure Access Program you will need to ensure the application form is completely filled out. Plus one of the following:
1. Signed and stamped Leisure Access Application Form from your Ministry for Children and Family Development or the Ministry of Housing and Social Development or Carrier Sekani Family Services.
2. BC Seniors Supplement.
3. Photocopy of your previous years Revenue Canada Income Tax: Notice of Assessment (line 150) indicating your previous years gross income.
Please note: If you are applying as an Others In Need, you must provide us with your Notice of Assessment from Revenue Canada. No other documentation will be accepted. Thank you.

How Do I Apply?
- Pick up a Leisure Access application form:
  - Four Seasons Leisure Pool: 700 Dominion St
  - Prince George Aquatic Centre: 1770 George Paul Lane
  - City Hall: 1100 Patricia Blvd

Or download the application in PDF format.

Note: You must reapply each year from your signup date and only once per year.

Complete the application form, provide photocopies of required documents and return it to the address below. Your cards will be mailed when ready unless otherwise indicated. Applications take two weeks to process.

City of Prince George
Attn: Community Services Department
1100 Patricia Blvd
Prince George, BC V2L 3V9
Phone: (250) 561-7640
Fax: (250) 561-7718

Leisure Access Guidelines

There is also a frequently asked questions page with more information.

Leisure Access cards may only be used by the person named on the card.
Everyone using their bar coded complimentary passes must swipe each time at the pool and their picture will come up on the screen for security.
All applicants will be required to have their picture taken and it will be filed with their profile in our computer system.
Please report any lost or stolen cards to the City of Prince George at 561-7640.
Non-observance of the rules of the pool, rink or Leisure Access Program will result in the loss of program privileges.

KidSport Program

KidSport is a national children's charitable program that assists financially disadvantaged kids to overcome the barriers preventing or limiting their participation in organized sport by providing funds for registration/participant fees to sport leagues.

kids

The KidSport concept was developed by Sport BC in 1993, to provide a response to many new issues facing organized youth sport including cost of participating in sport and increase in child obesity to name a few. KidSport is presently available on a provincial level and a local Prince George KidSport fund and committee, like many other local chapters in communities across BC, will ensure that money that is raised in the community stays in the community.

A KidSport committee has formed made up of various interested volunteers from different sport organizations in the City of Prince George and will be responsible for developing our community chapter, promoting the program, soliciting sponsorship, allocating funds and provide annual reports. This committee will set up it's own structure and will have it's own bank account and operate under the provincial chapter's umbrella. Each community fund is licensed as a “franchise” of the provincial fund.

More information is available in the documents below:

Proud Members in good standing of Prince George KidSport

Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club
Prince George Gymnastics Club
Prince George Minor Lacrosse
Prince George Minor Football
Prince George Minor Girls Softball
Prince George Minor Hockey
Prince George Ringette
Prince George Track and Field
Prince George Youth Baseball
Prince George Youth Soccer
Prince George Youth Volleyball Club
Spruce City Minor Boys Softball

Please click on link to go to the online donation page at KidSport Canada’s website which allows donors to donate to our local chapter.

https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/KidSportCanada/OnlineDonation.html.

Leisure Access Program/KidSport