Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers

Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers is a free program for all Northern Rivers NSW businesses and non-profits.

It is a tailored version of Resilient Ready’s innovative Business Community Resilience (BCR) Toolkit. The BCR Toolkit program helps business and non-profit people to make small changes that have a big impact.

Registrations open in early 2025. Running from March to May 2025, the program will help all businesses and non-profits operating in the Northern Rivers region to build knowledge and skills. You will receive a new module theme every Monday at 10:30am from 17 March to 19 May 2025 (10 weeks) – sent via text and/or email.

Weekly modules have been specifically selected to benefit your business or non-profit, and are industry relevant. All modules focus on a relevant topic and take 5-10 minutes to complete. Modules include two simple yes/no questions, an industry-specific local business case study and easy-to-understand worksheets and tools.

Target program outcomes include:

• Efficient planning for disasters
• Increased essential business continuity capabilities
• Working together to overcome future challenges

Sign up or log in to the program that’s right for you and your business:

• Retail, professional services & education [link]
• Agribusiness & aqua business [link]
• Tourism [link]
• Heath care & community services [link]
• Construction, trades & manufacturing [link]

If you are unsure which program is right for you, this guide [link] may help. You and all other members of your team can sign up to a program. Each person can only sign up to one version of the program.

Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers is free for all  businesses or non-profits operating in the Northern Rivers NSW region.

Multiple people from a business or non-profit can participate!

This program is free to all businesses and non-profits trading in the Northern Rivers region in NSW, including:

• Ballina Shire
• Byron Shire
• Clarence Valley Council
• Kyogle Council
• Lismore City
• Richmond Valley Council
• Tweed Shire

Each version of the Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers program will feature industry-relevant module topics.

You can participate in one program to access the relevant module topics.

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Retail, professional services & education

1. The 80/20 Rule
2. Essential Operations
3. Operating Through Disasters
4. Essential Information
5. Understand Insurance Choices
6. Financial Viability
7. Climate Impacts
8. Evacuation Triggers
9. Disasters Can Bring Opportunities
10. Competitor Collaborations

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Agribusiness & aqua business

1. The 80/20 Rule
2. Essential Operations
3. Operating Through Disasters
4. Essential Information
5. Understand Insurance Choices
6. Financial Viability
7. Biosecurity
8. Evacuation Triggers
9. Disasters Can Bring Opportunities
10. Competitor Collaborations

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Tourism

1. The 80/20 Rule
2. Essential Operations
3. Operating Through Disasters
4. Essential Information
5. Understand Insurance Choices
6. Financial Viability
7. Climate Impacts
8. Evacuation Triggers
9. Disasters Can Bring Opportunities
10. Competitor Collaborations

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Heath care & community services

1. The 80/20 Rule
2. Essential Operations
3. Operating Through Disasters
4. Essential Information
5. Understand Insurance Choices
6. Financial Viability
7. Climate Impacts
8. Evacuation Triggers
9. Disasters Can Bring Opportunities
10. Competitor Collaborations

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Construction, trades & manufacturing

1. The 80/20 Rule
2. Essential Operations
3. Operating Through Disasters
4. Essential Information
5. Understand Insurance Choices
6. Financial Viability
7. Supply Chain
8. Evacuation Triggers
9. Disasters Can Bring Opportunities
10. Competitor Collaborations

No, however we do recommend you complete each module before the program closes to bring benefits to your business or non-profit. These can be completed weekly upon module release or in a group at anytime during the program.

Either way, each week from 17 March to 19 May 2025 you will receive access to a new module theme with an alert sent via email, text or both (choose in Account Settings). You can access the modules at anytime post their release. If you are busy one week you can visit the module at a later date to suit.

Before the program closes we will let you know so you can complete any remaining modules and download your Tailored Toolkit. And it’s up to you to attend any or all of the online check-in sessions. It would be great to see you there!