The fund aims to provide critical financial support to community members facing disruption and losses as they recover from significant natural disasters. 

Small businesses and community service organisations may be eligible for $5,000 to help with repairs and recovery. The payment is intended to contribute to the costs associated with restoring damaged property to enable the resumption or continuation of operations.

The Premier has activated the fund in response to Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle and Associated Flooding.

When applying to the Fund, you will be required to provide a brief description of how the funding will be spent. Possible answers include (but are not limited to) equipment and materials to undertake clean-up; carting away damaged goods and material, including cost of disposal; payment for trades people to conduct safety inspections; essential repairs to premises and internal fittings (e.g. floor covering, electrical rewiring, shelving); purchase or hire/lease costs for equipment essential to the immediate resumption of trading; replacement of stock which is essential to the immediate resumption of trading.

To be an eligible small business, the following criteria must be met:

• held a valid and active ABN at the time of the event.

• was operating and located primarily within the Local Government Areas of Exmouth, Ashburton, Carnarvon, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne or Murchison during the time of the disaster.

• has no more than 20 FTE employees.

• provides a direct service to the local community.

• The place of business is not already the subject of an existing application for Impacted Entities for this disaster through the Fund.

To be an eligible community service organisation, the following criteria must be met:

• holds charitable or not for profit status.

• was operating and located primarily within the Local Government Areas of Exmouth, Ashburton, Carnarvon, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne or Murchison during the time of the disaster.

• provides a direct service to the local community.

• The premise is not already the subject of an existing application for Impacted Entities for this disaster through the Fund.

If your business or community service has multiple locations that have been impacted by this disaster, you may be eligible for a payment for each location. You will need to submit a separate application for each location.

• Email: grants-pndrf@wacoss.org.au