How prepared is your business for the next disaster?
The NSW Reconstruction Authority is offering a free program for businesses and not-for-profits in the Northern Rivers to help them prepare for future disasters.
The program includes advice on how to continue trading during tough times and how to recover following a disaster.
The Business Beyond Disasters program provides weekly learning modules and check-ins to develop a business plan for disasters.
The free sessions are being held in Casino, Kyogle, Lismore, Ballina, Mullumbimby, Grafton and Murwillumbah.
Resilient Ready will run the program.
The program runs for 10 weeks, starting from March 17 to May with online learning modules running until December.
Participants can choose one of five specific business programs including:
● retail, professional services and education
● agribusiness and aqua business
● tourism
● health and social services
● construction, trade and manufacturing.
The eLearning modules cover topics such as operating through disasters, financial viability, understanding insurance, evacuation triggers, and how disasters can bring opportunities.
Book a session for Kyogle or Casino below.
- Kyogle information session, 8:30-10am on Thursday, February 20 at the Kyogle Memorial Hall
- Casino information session, 3:30-5pm on Wednesday, February 26 at the Casino RSM
- Online information session, 1-1.30pm on Thursday, February 27 via MS Teams.
All other sessions can be accessed here.
Business Beyond Disasters is part of a broader project funded under Round One of the Disaster Ready Fund called the Northern Rivers Disaster Readiness Program (previously known as the Northern Rivers Disaster Adaptation Project – Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation). The project is jointly funded by the Federal and State Governments.
This information was provided by the office of Janelle Saffin MP.
