School holidays are about to get a lot more fun for Logan youth.
KRANK, the city’s school holiday program, has received a $40,000 boost for 2021-22 to provide more low-cost and free activities for those aged 5-17.
The program has been going since 2005 and more than 5000 young Logan residents have joined activities in the past 12 months.
Activities range from cooking classes and jewellery workshops to wakeboarding sessions, rocket science workshops and ninja obstacle courses. Some activities book out within minutes.
The increased funding in this year’s budget will be put straight to use with an expanded program offered for the upcoming September and October school holidays.
“Programs such as KRANK not only provide fun and healthy activities for children on school holidays, they also provide valuable support for working mums and dads,” council’s Lifestyle chair Laurie Koranski said.
Other youth funding in this year’s budget includes:
• More than $130,000 in funding for the Catapult Youth Entrepreneurship Program which helps build entrepreneurial skills
• Two Council-funded bursaries for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students keen on a career in town planning or civil engineering
• Increased access to library services through an extension of opening hours at Beenleigh, Jimboomba, Greenbank and Logan Village libraries.
