Funding for NSW small businesses and not-for-profits impacted by storms and floods from October 2021 to January 2022

This program provides funding to NSW small businesses and not-for-profits directly impacted by storms and floods from October 2021 to January 2022.

Overview

Funding may be used to contribute to the costs of clean-up and reinstatement activities, including:

• payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections
• equipment and materials required for cleaning up, or hiring a cleaner to assist with post-flood clean-up
• equipment and materials essential for immediately resuming operations
• the removal and disposal of damaged foods and materials
• repairing premises and internal fittings
• leasing temporary premises or replacing lost or damaged stock if it's essential for resuming operations
• hiring equipment and/or replacing stock needed to resume operations.

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, you must be a sole trader, small business owner or a not-for-profit organisation in a defined disaster area and:

• have suffered direct damage
• be primarily responsible for meeting the costs you are claiming
• be intending to re-establish your small business or not-for-profit organisation within the same area
• have an Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN at the time of the declared disaster
• be engaged in carrying on the small business at the time of the floods in the defined disaster area, if you are a small business owner
• be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), or an equivalent state regulatory body, and have held that registration at the time of the eligible disaster, if you are a not-for-profit organisation.

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at NSW Storm and Flood Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant – October 2021 to January 2022.