Funding for Victorian business organisations to support locally led recovery initiatives in flood-affected areas

This program provides business groups with funding to help them reactivate business activity in local government areas impacted by the Victorian floods.

Overview

The purpose of this program is to reactivate the small business sector in flood affected local government areas.

Grant funds must be solely used to support flood-related recovery activities for members by undertaking activities such as:

• supporting and encouraging flood-impacted businesses to collaborate on business activities
• reactivation and rebuilding of the local economy in flood-affected areas
• enabling flood-impacted businesses to build capacity and resilience
• business skill development, networking, and resource sharing
• upgrading digital channels to better connect with flood-impacted members
• helping members adapt to a flood recovery operating environment
• supporting the advancement of flood-impacted Victorian business communities
• collaboration between tourism organisations or other business groups.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible for a grant, a business group must:

• represent a membership of Victorian businesses located in local government areas deemed eligible for assistance under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement
• be based in Victoria or be the Victorian chapter of a national organisation
• be a not-for-profit member organisation with the core purpose of acting for its members
• hold a current Australian business number (ABN)
• be registered with the responsible federal or state regulator.

Unincorporated organisations and organisations with an ABN registered after 1 November 2021 will be required to have a local council enter into the grant agreement on their behalf.