Business Resilience Partnership Program
The Business Resilience Partnership Program supports small businesses impacted by Tropical Cyclone Jasper and the 2023-2024 South East Queensland severe storms and rainfall event.
The program provides funding to local councils, chambers of commerce and other industry and business stakeholder groups to work with their small business communities to enhance individual business resilience during and after natural disasters.
The maximum funding available per project is $50,000.
Delivery partners
- Local government
- Chambers of commerce
- Other industry and business stakeholder groups
Locations
The program supports small and family business owners based in the following impacted local government areas.
Far North Queensland (Tropical Cyclone Jasper)
- Cairns Regional Council
- Cassowary Coast Regional Council
- Cook Shire Council
- Douglas Shire Council
- Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
- Mareeba Shire Council
- Tablelands Regional Council
- Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
- Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council
South East region (South East Queensland severe storms and rainfall)
- City of Gold Coast
- Logan City Council
- Scenic Rim Regional Council
Eligible activities
Your proposal should concentrate activities in the following areas.
- Activities that generally focus on business coaching, mentoring and networking activities proposed and led by local councils, chambers or industry/business groups, with a focus on small business support.
- Activities that increase understanding and knowledge of business resilience practices (including mental resilience) as well as imparting the skills to apply these practices.
- Activities that demonstrate connectivity with small businesses and relevant service providers such as:
- small business financial counsellors
- small business wellness coaches
- Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business (CDSB)
- other local business services providers.
Contact us
Email businessresilience@desbt.qld.gov.au for further information about the program including how to apply.
You can also contact your local Business Resilience Program Officer:
- Far North Queensland: Sandra Henrich (sandra.henrich@desbt.qld.gov.au)
- South East region: Deb Drennan: (deb.drennan@desbt.qld.gov.au).
This program is administered by CDSB. It is jointly supported by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Commonwealth State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).