Local Recovery Fund

The Local Recovery Fund is available in 51 Employment Regions (regions).

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The Local Recovery Fund supports locally driven activities that:

  • meet priorities identified in the region’s Local Jobs Plan
  • are tailored to the opportunities and needs identified in the region
  • address employment and training priorities; and
  • skill individuals to meet local employer demand.

Local Recovery Fund activities are usually sought via a Request for Proposal procurement process. If you are interested in developing a Local Recovery Fund proposal, contact your local Employment Facilitator.

To view current and past Local Recovery Fund activities, search the below table using relevant filters. For more information, contact your local Employment Facilitator.

VIC

Skills For Life (SFL)

Transition Education Australia
Employment Region:
Goulburn/Murray
Status:
Current
The activity involves a pre-employment program supporting First Nations participants focusing on cultural immersion, employability and digital literacy skills, and industry specific training to prepare participants for employment in the construction sector.

The Energiser program

Release the Beast
Employment Region:
Bendigo
Status:
Current
This activity will provide pre-employment training with entry pathways into hospitality and transferable skills to retail, tourism and food manufacturing industries. Participants will reskill and upskill into roles through enhancing their life skills and work readiness by undertaking training, work placements, mentoring and job placement support.

Your MindFit Program

Bounce Consulting
Employment Region:
Ballarat
Status:
Current
The activity is focussed on providing tools and strategies to build resilience in young participants aged up to 25 years within the Ballarat Employment Region. The activity will be delivered to participants across three programs.

Youth Employment Pathways Program (YEPP)

Maribyrnong and Moonee Valley Local Learning and Employment Network Inc.
Employment Region:
North Western Melbourne
Status:
Current
This activity will support young people aged 15 – 24 years by delivering pre-employment and training, providing mentoring support, and undertake industry immersion components including apprenticeship/traineeship and vocational training options and referrals to jobs for key industries including hospitality, construction, parks and gardens, traffic management and aviation.

Accelerate

Hume Whittlesea Learn Local and Employment Network
Employment Region:
North Western Melbourne
Status:
Completed
The activity involved foundation skills training, coaching, skills development workshops and industry immersion opportunities and targeted 25 culturally and linguistically diverse youth (15 to 24 years). Participants were partnered with a corporate mentor to build self-confidence and assist developing an understanding of workplace culture, career pathways and barriers to employment.

Banksia Gardens Job Connect Program

Banksia Gardens Association Incorporated
Employment Region:
North Western Melbourne
Status:
Completed
The activity involved an intensive support model to build upon participants' employability skills and facilitate employment outcomes for residents in the vicinity of Banksia Gardens Community Services in Broadmeadows. Specialist job support coaches assisted participants to develop short-term and intermediate steps towards the achievement of employment outcomes.

BELIEVES

Aisha Alim Coaching Solutions
Employment Region:
Gippsland
Status:
Completed
The activity engaged and supported vulnerable and mature age women who were socially, emotionally, or economically disadvantaged. Through the activity participants built self-esteem and confidence and developed a personalised plan to transition to secure employment or education.

BLOW OUT YOUR CAREER

Foundation Learning Centre Inc
Employment Region:
South Eastern Melbourne and Peninsula
Status:
Completed
This activity will provide young people (aged 15 – 24 years) pathways into the hairdressing industry by delivering vocational training, facilitating qualified hairdressers as guest speakers, arranging work experience, further training and apprenticeship opportunities.

Care Sector Engagement Project

Bounce Consulting
Employment Region:
Ballarat
Status:
Completed
The activity included entry-level accredited units combined with a soft skills program for participants to gain employment in the care sector. Staff from local employers in the care sector received coaching training.

Careers in Care

Apprenticeship Careers Australia
Employment Region:
North Eastern Melbourne
Status:
Completed
A pre-employment training program, tailored to address workforce shortages and employer skill needs for the aged care sector.

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