Business Skills Mentoring Program VIC

This program provides mentoring support to VIC small businesses to help them invest, expand and innovate.
Open
Closes in 137 days

Closing date: Friday 27 March 2026 Fri 27 Mar 2026

Application detail:

Applications may close earlier if fully committed.

What do you get?

Mentoring sessions.

Who is this for?

VIC small businesses in selected industry sectors.

Overview

The Business Skills Mentoring Program will provide up to 1,000 eligible small business owners with 3 one-hour mentoring sessions to be used with 3 months.

Experienced mentors can provide advice on a wide range of business topics, including but not limited to:

  • marketing
  • communication
  • finance
  • strategic planning
  • digitalisation
  • change management.

The program is for small businesses in 6 priority sectors:

  • advanced manufacturing and defence
  • agribusiness
  • circular economy
  • digital technologies
  • health technologies and medical research
  • regional tourism.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, businesses must:

  • be registered in VIC and operating within one of the 6 priority sectors
  • be registered for goods and services tax (GST)
  • have an Australian business number (ABN), held continuously from 1 December 2024
  • have 20 or fewer employees.

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