Bulahdelah Pre-School, Great Lakes Children's Centre and Nabiac and District Pre-School will benefit from a slice of $44,300 in drought relief funding for community preschools across the Myall Lakes region.
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Bulahdelah Pre-School will receive $3000 funding, whilst Great Lakes Children's Centre is set to pocket $4100 and Nabiac & District Pre-School will get $3300.
Other preschools set to benefit from the funding include Old Bar Community Pre-School with $11,700, Girrawong Pre-School with $4100, Taree & District Pre-School witrh $6900, Flying Fox Mobile Pre-School with $3000, and Wingham & District Pre-School with $8200.
Premier, Gladys Berejiklian says the drought relief payments will ensure early childhood education services can continue to operate during the adverse economic conditions associated with the drought period.
“Services can use this funding to assist families and children in a range of ways, including transport arrangements to maintain preschool participation, crisis planning or fee subsidies to further support families,” Ms Berejiklian said.
“This year has been one of the driest winters on record, which is why the NSW Government has committed more than $1 billion to date to help those who are struggling.”
Member for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead said the payments would ensure services in Myall Lakes could continue to operate during the adverse economic conditions associated with the drought period.
“I know how crucial it is to continue to support families and businesses in areas like the Manning and Great Lakes who are struggling,” Mr Bromhead said
“Times are tough, but our farmers are resilient and we need to keep functioning as normally as possible.”
Minister for Early Childhood Education, Sarah Mitchell recently visited Myall Lakes, and said it was crucial the NSW Government continued to support families to ensure children always have access to top quality early childhood education, no matter where they live or what their circumstances are.
“Our goal is to help alleviate some of the pressure on families by supporting early childhood services where attendance may have dropped due to socioeconomic pressures, and also to boost service operators coping with additional challenges,” she said.
Funding has been allocated to services based on their enrollment numbers and location, scaled according to the level of drought intensity. More information is available on the Department of Education’s website.
