Regional Small Business Support Program
Tender ID: 497770
Tender Details
Tender Description
This program provides financial counselling and related services to small regional businesses facing hardship due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2019-20 bushfires.
What you get?
Free financial counselling services.
Who is this for?
Small regional businesses.
Overview
This free, confidential service provides eligible small businesses with individual, tailored support to:
- better understand their financial position
- connect with government programs and assistance schemes
- identify long-term recovery options
- implement plans to improve the viability of their business
- access broader professional advice and support.
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible, a small business must:
- employ 19 or fewer people
- be, in the opinion of the financial counsellor, experiencing, or at imminent risk of, financial hardship as a result of drought, COVID-19 and/or bushfires
- be located in a regional area (defined as ‘MMM2’ to ‘MMM7’ on the Department of Health’s Modified Monash Modellink is external- external site rurality classification)
- be ineligible to access services under the existing Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Program- external site.
How do you apply?
Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at Regional Small Business Support Program- external site: https://recovery.gov.au/programs/rural-financial-counselling/regional-small-business-support-program
Contact information
rfcs@recovery.gov.au
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania