Small businesses and not-for-profits can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help them recover from recent severe storm and flooding events in the New England regions of NSW.
These grants are now available in 59 local government areas and is being jointly funded by the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
The Storm & Flood Small Business Disaster Recovery Grant is designed to help pay for costs of clean-up and reinstatement of a small business or not-for-profit organisation’s operations who suffered direct physical damage as a result of the NSW storms and floods during November and December 2021.
Deputy Prime Minister and Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce, said it was vital to provide support to help small business get back to normal as quickly as possible.
“The Australian and NSW Governments are focused on giving small businesses and not-for-profits across the region the support they need to bounce back,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
The new grants of up to $50,000 complement a raft of existing flood recovery supports including ongoing clean-up and targeted industry support.
Mr Joyce said the Australian and NSW Governments were standing by the people of the regions.
“We will continue to support them for as long as it takes to bounce back.”
These grants are available in the fifty-nine (59) local government areas of: Balranald, Bathurst, Bega Valley, Blayney, Blue Mountains, Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cabonne, Cobar, Coonamble, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Dubbo, Eurobodalla, Federation, Forbes, Gilgandra, Glen Innes Severn, Goulburn-Mulwaree, Greater Hume, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Hilltops, Inverell, Kyogle, Lachlan, Lismore, Lithgow, Liverpool Plains, Lockhart, Mid-Western, Moree Plains, Muswellbrook, Narrabri, Narromine, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Richmond Valley, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Upper Hunter, Upper Lachlan, Walcha, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle, Weddin, Wentworth, Yass Valley and the Unincorporated Area.
To register interest for the grant and be notified when applications become available, visit the Service NSW website or call 13 77 88.