Active and Creative Kids vouchers
Freedom to play
The NSW Government is helping with the cost of sport, recreation, creative and cultural activities with $50 Active and Creative Kids vouchers.
Voucher 1 2025 is now available. If you have not used voucher 2 2024, you can use this together with the new voucher before 14 July 2025 for a combined total of $100.
Family and relationships information
Marriages
Apply for a marriage certificate or plan your wedding ceremony at one of our welcoming venues.
Births
Register your baby within 60 days of the birth. It's free and the hospital doesn’t do it for you. After you register your baby, you can apply for a birth certificate.
Deaths
When someone dies, you will need to provide information to your funeral director so they can register the death.
Latest family and relationships updates
Ministerial media release
30 July 2025
The Minns Labor Government has opened the latest in a growing network of government-owned residential homes, ensuring more vulnerable children in out-of-home care (OOHC) are moved from unsuitable emergency accommodation into stable, therapeutic settings.
News
7 July 2025
NSW Trustee and Guardian is proud to be celebrating NAIDOC Week 2025.
Ministerial media release
30 June 2025
Two new blue plaques have been unveiled paying tribute to lesbian and gay luminaries, librarian Ida Leeson and activist Robert (Bobby) Goldsmith, whose legacies helped progress LGBTQIA+ rights and shaped the rich history of NSW.
Ministerial media release
27 June 2025
The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to build a safer New South Wales by implementing Pathways to Prevention – the state’s first dedicated domestic family and sexual violence primary prevention strategy.
Ministerial media release
20 June 2025
The Minns Labor Government is supporting healthier families and communities with more than $83 million to boost maternity care and $37.5 million to expand the NSW Mobile Dental Van program, as part of the 2025-26 NSW Budget.
Grant applications closing soon
Recent family and relationships publications
Policy
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages | 17 June 2025
Find out about the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages policy for correcting information.
Policy
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages | 19 March 2025
Find out about the restrictions around registering a name in NSW, and why some names may not be accepted by the Registry.
Fact sheet
Youth Justice NSW | 11 June 2024
This factsheet provides information about Youth Justice New South Wales Remand Intervention and Bail Services.
Policy
Youth Justice NSW | 2 May 2024
This policy provides a framework for Youth Justice NSW to appoint and manage convenors. It ensures convenors have the appropriate qualifications, training and support to deliver high quality conferences.
Guide
SafeWork NSW | 28 November 2023
Coping with loss can be a painful experience. This resource has been created to help you and your family find practical information about what to do after someone that you love dies at work. It includes information about who to contact, where to get support and the people or government departments that you may need to deal with.