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BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria
KEY information
Program running April to June 2024
Registrations open 4 March 2024
stakeholders
Tourism Midwest Victoria (TMV)
TMV Industry Partners
Local Government and Emergency Service Organisations
Helping businesses from tourism communities get disaster ready
Resilient Ready is excited to collaborate with Tourism Midwest Victoria to deliver a fully subsidised program to build resilient tourism business communities across Victoria’s Midwest region.
This innovative solution is tailor-made, designed to build localised resilience with TMV Industry Partners and other businesses and organisations that connect with visitors.
By signing-up to the BCR Toolkit program, you can:
- Create your personalised business resilience toolkit
- Upskill with 10 x 5-minute e-learning modules on topics like insurance, cyber security and understanding emergency warnings
- Watch videos of local business people sharing their stories
- Build regional connections with other people in business experiencing similar challenges to you
Download the flyer to find out more.
Join us to take small steps to get you, your business community and visitors ready for future disasters.
Bekah Baynard-Smith
Program Coordinator
Funders
The BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria program is funded by Tourism Midwest Victoria and co-delivered with Resilient Ready.
About the project
This program is open for registrations now.
Modules will be sent directly to participants every Monday morning from 15 April to 17 June 2024.
Join us for in-person and online workshops to connect with business peers, TMV and Resilient Ready, and to drive conversations around tourism business resilience.
- In-person workshop:
17 April 2024, 10am – 12pm, Sovereign Park Motor Inn | RSVP here - Online workshops (via Zoom):
22 May, 11am – 12pm | RSVP here
12 June, 11am – 12pm | RSVP here
We look forward to seeing you there!
Frequently asked questions
The BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria program is a tailored version of Resilient Ready’s innovative Business Community Resilience (BCR) Toolkit. The BCR Toolkit program builds regional connections and helps businesses to make small changes that have a big impact.
Running from April to June 2024, the BCR Toolkit program will support TMV Industry Partners, primarily micro and small businesses, to build their resilience through 10 resilience-themed micro-learning modules. All modules focus on a locally-relevant topic and take 5-10 minutes to complete. Modules include two simple yes/no questions, a local business case study and easy-to-understand worksheets and tools.
Target program outcomes include:
- Safer tourists and tourism operators
- Increased resilience skills and knowledge across the business community
- Positive behaviour changes resulting in better business
- Data to identify local business community vulnerabilities
The BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria program is FREE for all TMV Industry Partners in these Local Government Areas:
- City of Ballarat
- Pyrenees Shire
- Golden Plains Shire
- Moorabool Shire
- Hepburn Shire
Target sectors include:
- Accommodation
- Food and beverage
- Entertainment, attractions and retail
- Tour and transport operations.
If you’re a micro or small business in the Midwest region with a direct connection to visitors, we invite you to sign up and enjoy the benefits.
The BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria project has been made possible by Tourism Midwest Victoria.
The BCR Toolkit: Tourism Business Resilience in Midwest Victoria project is a collaboration between Resilient Ready and Tourism Midwest Victoria (TMV).
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