Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers

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

NSW businesses located outside of the Northern Rivers are also welcome to register for one of the five online programs.

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.

Ten module topic were released from May to July and are now available to access. The program will help all businesses and non-profits operating in the Northern Rivers region to build knowledge and skills.

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 or non-profit:

• Retail, professional services and education
• Agribusiness and aqua business
• Tourism
• Heath care and community services 
• Construction, trades and manufacturing

If you are unsure which program is right for you, this guide 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

NSW businesses located outside of the Northern Rivers are also welcome to register for one of the five online programs.

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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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

The Business Beyond Disasters Northern Rivers program is being delivered by social enterprise Resilient Ready.

This Disaster Ready Fund project is funded by the Australian Government and NSW Government. 

Views and findings associated with this project are expressed independently and do not necessarily represent the views of State and Commonwealth funding bodies.