Deadline: 21-May-21
The Surf Coast Shire Council has been announced Small Individuals Business Support Fund grant programs to support Artists and Individual Small Businesses impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The program supports local small businesses that have been adversely affected by COVID-19 restrictions. The funding is aimed at helping businesses build capacity, invest in their business and develop new ways of working and adapting to the new COVID-19 economy.
Objectives
The objectives of the grants are as follows:
- To support Individual small businesses in the Surf Coast Shire that have been adversely affected by COVID-19
- To enable small businesses to adapt to a post-COVID-19 economy
- To support innovation and build capacity by encouraging small businesses to invest in options such as:
- New technologies and digital platforms
- Professional development or capacity-building initiatives
- Alternative service models or business models
- Local-business-to-local-business collaboration
- Employ <20 employees
Funding Information
- Grant pool $100,000.
- Available grants to the value of $5,000
Types of project that may be funded include:
- Investment in business training and skills development
- Building marketing skills and/or investment in marketing systems
- Brand development and strategy
- Promotional and marketing campaigns with measurable targets
- Investment in digital technologies that aim to create new markets or grow existing markets
- Development of an alternative service delivery model
- Business continuity planning
- Financial management systems
- Activities that create local employment
- Investment in systems and technologies that reduce energy consumption/costs.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, the applicant business must:
- have its principal place of business located within the Surf Coast Shire
- hold an active ABN since March 2020
- employ 20 people or less
- have been trading for a minimum of 12 months prior to 1 March 2021
- be able to demonstrate the financial impacts to your business as a result of lockdowns and restriction from COVID-19
- be compliant with all relevant local, state and federal legislation.
For more information, visit https://www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/Small-Business-Arts-Culture-COVID-Recovery-Grants
