Business Recovery and Resilience Mentoring Program

The program was open to owners of small businesses with less than 20 full-time employees. A small business owner could be a sole trader, partnership, private company or trust that operates a small business. Businesses had to hold an active Australian Business Number (ABN), not be a public company, charitable business that does not operate to make a profit, or a body corporate under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, and intend to re-establish or continue operating in Victoria. Applications from businesses with 20 or more full-time employees but turnover of less than $50 million could also be considered. Sole traders with no employees other than the owner had to receive most of their income from the business, or demonstrate they received most of their income from the business prior to 1 March 2020 and that this would have continued but for COVID-19 impacts.