Advance Greater Cessnock

SafeWork Small Business Rebate – Ongoing

If you are a small business owner in NSW, this $1,000 rebate will help you purchase safety items and improve work health and safety for you and your workers.

Net Zero Industry and Innovation Investment Plan – High Emitting Industries – Ongoing

The NSW Government has announced the $360 million Net Zero Industry Plan to partner with the manufacturing and mining sectors to reduce emissions and boost energy resilience.

Loans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups – Ongoing

The Start-up Finance Package provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups with access to loans to help new businesses get off the ground.

The start-up finance package is up to $100,000 and includes:

• up to 30% of a new business loan as a grant to purchase assets for the business which does not need to be repaid
• flexible loan repayment options
• no application or line service fees
• loan term of 7 years
• minimum security requirements.

To be eligible, you must:

• be at least 18 and of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent
• own at least 50% of the business, or have at least 50% of the business owned by people of indigenous descent
• have less than $400,000 in actual annual turnover
• have been trading for less than 2 years
• have a commercially viable business model.

JobCover Placement Program – Ongoing

The NSW JobCover Placement Program incentivises employers to employ a worker who has a work related injury and is unable to return to work with their pre-injury employer.

The JobCover placement program provides the new employer with incentive payments of up to $27,400 for up to 12 months among other benefits and incentives.

Indigenous Apprenticeships 
A pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to start their career in the Australian Public Service (APS).

Google Ad Grants shows your message to people searching for nonprofits like yours.

Each qualifying nonprofit has access to up to AU$13,000 per month in search ads shown on Google.com. Additional Google Ads may be purchased in a separate account.

You’ll receive AU$13,000 of in-kind advertising from Google each month to create text-based ads, and get access to tools to help you build effective campaigns that can display on Google Search when people look for information related to your not-for-profit.

A payroll tax rebate is available for employers in NSW who employ apprentices and new entrant trainees.

To be eligible you must be employing an apprentice or new entrant trainee as defined in the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001.

The rebate only applies to a trainee who has been continuously employed by the employer for no more than 3 months full-time or 12 months casual or part-time immediately prior to commencing employment as a trainee.

The Impact Program provides pro bono services to help not-for-profits make the most of their technology and maximise their impact.

Each round will be offering a range of pro bono support, including in-person workshops, webinars, comprehensive resources and 1:1 support. Dog & Bone will also focus on providing support to eligible NFP’s in one key theme, per round, throughout the year.

Key topics of focus on include:​

• Cost reduction
• Driving technology & communication efficiencies
• Reducing risk with technology solutions
• Improving technology decision-making

The program is designed to provide funding for projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.

There are two categories of grants available under the program:

Community Grants (STS-CG)

Grants to a maximum of $10,000 are available for local, community-based projects and activities.

These small grants are for projects and activities that are focused on the local community, commemorate the service and sacrifice of local community members, and are primarily accessed by the local community

Major Grants (STS-MG)

Grants between $10,001 and $150,000 are available for major commemorative projects and activities that are significant from a national, state, territory and/or regional perspective. These projects may include the construction of new war or peace memorials, where none currently exists, as well as additions to existing memorials.

MG grants will have a much wider focus than CG category applications and must be commemorative of the service and sacrifice of service personnel beyond the local community, and/or consist of elements that are available to the whole nation, or residents of a state, territory, or regional area. A high monetary value project or activity does not necessarily mean that it is of national, state, territory and/or regional significance.