Funding for medium businesses and not-for-profits impacted by August-September 2022 floods in southern or central NSW

Overview

Grants can be used to help cover costs of clean-up and reinstatement of businesses, including:

• payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections
• equipment and materials required for cleaning up
• equipment and materials essential for immediately resuming operations
• payment for a cleaner if the service would not have been needed, or exceeds ordinary cleaning costs, in the absence of the disaster
• the removal and disposal of debris, damaged materials or damaged stock
• repairing premises, or repairing or replacing internal fittings, if it’s essential for resuming operations
• leasing temporary premises, if it’s essential for resuming operations
• replacing or repair of motor vehicles, if essential for reinstatement of the business
• replacing lost or damaged stock, if essential for immediately resuming operations
• temporarily adopting an online business model.

Check if you can apply

Eligible applicants must be a medium business owner or a not-for-profit in an eligible LGA and:

• have suffered direct damage – 'direct damage' means a direct and material impact of flooding on business assets or equipment
• have employed a minimum of 21 and less than 200 full time equivalent (FTE) employees as at 4 August or 14 September 2022
• be responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application
• be intending to re-establish the medium business in the defined area.