There is no cost to be involved. Parents must complete the registration form in order for students to get the ACT-i-Pass. Once the form is completed they have access to free programs from July to June.

The ACT-i-Pass program runs from July before your child enters Grade 5 until the end of June in Grade 5. You can register your child as early as April of their Grade 4 year and up until May of their Grade 5 year.

Grade 5 students have been chosen because research shows that physical activity begins to decrease in children as early as age 9. The ACT-i-Pass helps grade 5 students stay active!

There is no obligation to sign up or pay for anything after the program year ends. This pass is simply meant to encourage healthy, active lifestyles among our youth, entirely for free and with no obligation.

The letters are associated with the address you included on your registration form: L (London), E (Elgin), O (Oxford), and M (Middlesex). A list of the passes accepted by each service provider can be found at the bottom of the activity details on the schedule page. Your pass letter is located at the bottom left corner of your ACT-i-Pass card with the pass number.

Unfortunately transportation is not included. Programs have been set-up around London so that participants can choose programs that are closest to them. If your child is interested in using their pass at the Boys & Girls Club, they do have a bus that picks up children at several locations each weekday throughout the school year. For more information about the Boys & Girls Club bus and its schedule, you may contact them at (519) 434-9114.

You can use the pass almost every day of the week for one or more locations/programs! See the current schedule for more details.

For some programs you can attend with your child, as the ACT-i-Pass sometimes a +1 guest option! Some programs do not have the capacity to include parents/guardians so please check with each partner for details.

Your child may bring one sibling or friend as their +1 guest depending on the program. If more than one sibling or friend want to attend, they will not receive free admission. Check with partners for age appropriate programs, costs, and rules.

All children in London can participate in this program, including those with special needs. Please contact partner organizations to make arrangements to suit your child’s needs:

• City of London Recreation/Spectrum: (519) 661-5575
• YMCA of Western Ontario: (519) 667-3300
• Boys & Girls Club of London: (519) 434-9114

You can request a replacement card by contacting the evaluation team at Western University by email (playeveryday@uwo.ca) or phone (519-661-2111 x. 82619).

All programming provided by the ACT-i-Pass is offered for free by our recreation partners, including the Boys & Girls Club of London, the YMCA of Western Ontario, the City of London, and many other service providers.

Funding for the administration of the ACT-i-Pass program is provided through grants awarded to Dr. Jason Gilliland and colleagues from Western University’s Human Environments Analysis Laboratory. Funding has been provided by the Children’s Health Foundation, the Lawson Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

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