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• Grants Available - Online Session

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  Do you have an idea for a community project that will help the Hawkesbury with its recovery from fires and floods?

  Or a proposal for an activity that will help to build a resilient and prepared Hawkesbury community?

  There are a variety of grants currently available that may fund your great ideas to improve community connection in collaboration with others.

  Activities could include grass roots activities like street barbecues, short term resilience and connection activities or medium and longer-term community projects.

  Grants range from $1000 up to $300,000 and applications are open to joint-organisations, community groups, not-for-profit organisations and Council.

  You are invited to a one hour information session online to hear more about the grant opportunities on Thursday October 29 from 2pm – 3pm.

  Resilience NSW, Council and Wentworth Healthcare Ltd (provider of the Primary Health Network) staff will be available to discuss the current funding opportunities that are available through their grant programs.

  Please register here to participate.

• Bushfire recovery grants now available

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  Bushfire recovery grants available:

  The Salvation Army has the following grants available to assist people impacted by the 2019-2020 bushfires.

  Assessment for a Bushfire Recovery Grant is based on an individual needs basis and has the following criteria:

  • Suffered loss from the 2019-2020 bushfires
  • At the time of the bushfires, lived or worked in a bushfire affected area
  • Over 18 years old
  • One grant per household

  Additionally, each grant has its own verification requirements. However, if you’ve previously been assessed by The Salvation Army for bushfire assistance (2019-2020 bushfires), you do not need to provide these verification documents again.

  Click here for more details.

• EQUINE FIRE RELIEF AUSTRALIA GRANTS NOW OPEN

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  The Equestrian Fire Relief Australia Grants Program has just opened and is focused on facilitating support to equestrians in Australia's bushfire affected areas.
  Grants are intended to support equestrian welfare, wellbeing and return to participation in equestrian sports by assisting the recovery of the equestrian community.
  
  The grants will be used to repair or replace essential items damaged or lost in the bushfires, such as:
  ǁ Equine facilities e.g. fencing, shelters and outdoor arenas
  ǁ Gear e.g. bridles, saddles,
  ǁ Training or competition equipment e.g. show jumping poles
  ǁ Feed/hay
  ǁ Floats
  
  The grants are open to all types of individual equestrians and not for profit clubs/organisations. Applications will be accepted up to 30 September 2020. To find out more

• REMINDER APPLICATIONS CLOSE THIS SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST!

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  APPLY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 RECOVERY GRANT

  If your small business or not-for-profit organisation has experienced a decline in turnover as a result of COVID-19, you may be eligible for a small business recovery grant of between $500 and $3000.

  This grant helps small businesses meet the costs of safely reopening or up-scaling operations. These expenses include, but are not limited to:

  👉fit-out changes and temporary physical changes (for example, plastic barriers at checkouts)
  👉staff training and counselling
  👉business advice and continuity planning
  👉cleaning products and additional cleaning services
  👉additional equipment necessary to comply with social distancing or other public health measures
  👉marketing, communications and advertising
  digital solutions (for example, e-commerce or business websites).

  ℹ️Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 16 August 2020, to apply online click here

• Red Cross Grants

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  The Red Cross have the following grants open until 31 August 2020 for bushfire impacted residents;

  Bereavement Grant
  Emergency Grant
  Primary Residence Repair Grant
  Injury Grant
  Re-establishment Grant

  Follow this link for further details redcross.org.au/grants

• APPLY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 RECOVERY GRANT

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  If your small business or not-for-profit organisation has experienced a decline in turnover as a result of COVID-19, you may be eligible for a small business recovery grant of between $500 and $3000.

  This grant helps small businesses meet the costs of safely reopening or up-scaling operations. These expenses include, but are not limited to:

  fit-out changes and temporary physical changes (for example, plastic barriers at checkouts)
  staff training and counselling
  business advice and continuity planning
  cleaning products and additional cleaning services
  additional equipment necessary to comply with social distancing or other public health measures
  marketing, communications and advertising
  digital solutions (for example, e-commerce or business websites).

  Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 16 August 2020, to apply online visit Here

• REMINDER - RED CROSS GRANTS CLOSE TOMORROW!

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  There are several Red Cross grants for our community members whose circumstances have been affected by the bushfires. The closing date for Red Cross grants has been extended to Tuesday, 30 June 2020.

  Immediate assistance is available for our bushfire-affected community members who are in financial hardship. These cash grants are available:
  👉Emergency grant for people who have lost their homes.
  👉Injury grant for people who were hospitalised due to the fires.
  👉Primary residence repair grant for home owners whose homes have been structurally damaged. Eligibility has also been extended to include destruction or damage to critical private water, septic and/or power infrastructure.
  👉The former Rebuild grant for owner-occupiers to assist with early stages of rebuilding is now called the Reestablishment grant, and it has extended eligibility criteria. This grant offers $30,000 per household for home owner occupiers and $10,000 per household for people who were renting a home or whose primary place of residence was a caravan or mobile home.
  ℹ️For more information and grant applications visit www.redcross.org.au/grants

  ☎️If you need help in applying for these grants, please contact Step by Step - Disaster Recovery Support Service. To access the Step by Step Recovery Support Service, please call 0417 298 832 or email stepbystep@gatewayfamilyservices.org.au

  If COVID-19 restrictions are impacting your ability to provide the required information for a grant, you can also contact Red Cross on 1800 RED CROSS (1800 733 276) for assistance.

• Small Business $10,000 Grants Extended to 30 June

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  Small businesses in industries highly impacted by COVID-19 have more time to submit applications for up to $10,000 in Small Business Support Fund grants to help pay for unavoidable expenses.

  The grants aim to help highly-impacted small businesses hibernate, with the criteria recently extended to provide support for eligible microbreweries, cellar doors and events and commercial vessel businesses.

  The grants are also designed to allow small businesses to get access to help as quickly as possible and this extension aims to ensure that more businesses can help to cover utilities, rates and supplier costs.

  The criteria for the Small Business Support Fund grants and online application form is available at www.service.nsw.gov.au/…/apply-small-business-covid-19-supp… Applications must be received by 11.59pm 30 June.

  For more information about what other measures might be available, visit www.service.nsw.gov.au/covid-19 and use the assistance tool. To learn more about the NSW Government’s COVID-19 stimulus measures, visit www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

• HARDSHIP, PENSIONER CONCESSION AND DEBT RECOVERY POLICY

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  Hawkesbury City Council understands that from time to time members of our community may experience financial difficulties and may require assistance in making payments.
  
  Council is also committed to developing consistent, fair and effective policies and processes in regard to the management of debts owed to Council.
  
  At its meeting on 28 April 2020, Council resolved to place a Draft Hardship, Pensioner Concession and Debt Recovery Policy on public exhibition for a period of 28 days and seek submissions from interested parties.
  
  The policy is on public exhibition until Tuesday, 7 July 2020 and may be viewed via this link www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au/hardship-policy

• Red Cross Bushfire Recovery Grants Now Open Until June 2020

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  A wide range of Red Cross grants are available to owners of bushfire affected properties. This is great news as it will help many property owners who have been impacted in the Hawkesbury.

  Immediate assistance is available for bushfire-affected people in financial hardship. The cash grants available are:

  • Emergency grant for people who have lost their homes
  • Injury grant for people who were hospitalised due to the fires.
  • Primary residence repair grant for home owners whose homes have been structurally damaged. From 12 March 2020, eligibility has been extended to include destruction or damage to critical private water, septic and/or power infrastructure.
  • Rebuild grant for owner-occupiers to assist with early stages of rebuilding.

  ℹ️ For all Red Cross grants please visit www.redcross.org.au/grants
  ℹ️Red Cross Financial Assistance Information Sheet https://www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au/54420/widgets/288215/documents/168771