Financial counselling and related services for small regional businesses facing hardship
Regional Small Business Support ProgramLast Updated: 21 September 2022
Regional Small Business Support Program
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 do 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.
Check if you can apply
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 rurality classification)
- be ineligible to access services under the existing Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) Program.
Apply now
Apply for the Regional Small Business Support Program
Find out more about your eligibility and how to apply.