Following the success of the Small Business Mentoring Program delivered in 2020, the Mayor of Hawkesbury City Council, Councillor Patrick Conolly has announced that applications for Hawkesbury City Council’s Visitor Economy Business Mentoring Program are now open.
“The program is being offered to existing local businesses as well as startups that have a business idea that will support the development of the visitor economy in the Hawkesbury,” Mayor Conolly said.
This program is free of charge to successful applicants and is funded under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund (BLERF) Grant received by Hawkesbury City Council. This funding will support and empower seven business owners and start-ups in optimising their business. (Image left: Mayor Patrick Conolly with Hawkesbury City Chamber of Commerce President Angela Dye and Councillor Sarah Richards)
“This grant funded program comes right at the time to help small businesses recover from the endless disruptions that have been happening since the bushfires in 2019/2020,” the Mayor said.
The Visitor Economy Business Mentoring Program has been designed and facilitated by independent mentors, business and tourism experts, Sparrowly Group. Sparrowly Group designed and delivered the 2020 mentoring program and has been working in the Hawkesbury in destination development, business resilience and recovery for a number of years.
The program has been designed to be delivered in a group mentoring format for five sessions. Program will include four group sessions and a one-on-one session with a mentor.
Places are limited. Visitor economy businesses are encouraged to apply as soon as possible via the below online form at sparrowly.com/hawkesbury-visitor-economy-business-mentoring Applications will close at 5pm AEST on Friday, 22 April 2022.
The Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Package is part of the $4.5 billion overarching bushfire support program co-funded by the Australian and NSW Governments for bushfire recovery, response and preparedness across NSW.
