Bega and Eurobodalla small businesses and not-for-profits can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help them recover from severe storm and flood events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Storm and Flood Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant is designed to help cover the costs of clean-up and reinstatement of a small business or not-for-profit organisation\u2019s operations who suffered direct physical damage as a result of the widespread storms and floods throughout November and December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liberal candidate for Bega, Dr Fiona Kotvojs, encouraged the affected local businesses and organisations to apply for this help with the clean-up and recovery effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBusinesses across this region have been through a series disasters, and these grants will go some way to helping them get back on their feet,\u201d said Dr Kotvojs. \u201cAs Premier Perrottet said, businesses know that we\u2019ve got their back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Grants can go towards the cost of safety inspections, building repairs, cleaning equipment, materials needed to resume trade, disposing of debris and spoiled stock, replacing work vehicles or leasing temporary office space. Bega and Eurobodalla small businesses and not-for-profits can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help them recover from severe storm and flood events. The Storm and Flood Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant is designed to help cover the costs of clean-up and reinstatement of a small business or not-for-profit organisation\u2019s operations who … Continue reading “Small business flood recovery grants open”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14770,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions\/14770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke urged small businesses and not-for-profit organisations to utilise the available support.
\u201cThese new grants complement the existing financial assistance already available to home owners, primary producers and local councils,\u201d Ms Cooke said.
\u201cStorm season will continue until March, so I am encouraging all communities to be vigilant to the ongoing threats in the short-term, and continue working with us in the long-term to build a more resilient NSW.\u201d
For more information and to apply, call Service NSW on 13 77 88, or go to:
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