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.

QLD

Wheels of the Future Sommerset

Regional Training Services Queensland
Employment Region:
Somerset
Status:
Current
A pre-employment program where participants can develop their skills in wheel balancing and tyre changing. This includes one-on-one and group learning in theoretical aspects of the automotive sector, developing an industry fit resume, and meeting with industry representatives and local employers to maximise employment outcomes in the automotive sector.

Your Trade, Your Way

Toowoomba Regional Group Apprenticeship Company Pty limited
Employment Region:
Brisbane South East
Status:
Current

The activity involves a 4-week pre-employment program supporting up to 30 Indigenous Australians, providing accredited and non-accredited training to build knowledge and employability skills and provide fundamentals to work in the Construction, Civil and Automotive Industries.

Your Trade, Your Way

Toowoomba Regional Group Apprenticeship Company Pty limited
Employment Region:
Gold Coast
Status:
Current

The activity involves a 4-week pre-employment program supporting up to 30 Indigenous Australians, providing accredited and non-accredited training to build knowledge and employability skills and provide fundamentals to work in the Construction, Civil and Manufacturing Industries.

A Day in the life of a Care Worker

MiHaven Pty Ltd
Employment Region:
Cairns
Status:
Completed
The activity involved the provision of Certificate III in Individual support training, work experience and support to 30 eligible mature age and/or Indigenous women. The activity created a tailored solution for participants to re-enter the workforce and create a career as a carer.

A La Carte Job Futures

Prestige Staffing Solutions
Employment Region:
Brisbane South East
Status:
Completed

The activity involved a 3-week job readiness program including mentoring, work experience, daily physical fitness and training in responsible service of alcohol and safe food handling. Following completion of the activity participants would transition to employment in the hospitality industry.

A La Carte Job Futures Program

Prestige Staffing Solutions
Employment Region:
Brisbane South East
Status:
Completed

This activity involved pre-employment training into the hospitality sector, tailored to employer needs. It reskilled and upskilled participants through mentoring and vocational placement into entry-level roles.

Aged Care Workforce Activation Program

Prestige Staffing Solutions
Employment Region:
Wivenhoe
Status:
Completed
The activity involved a tailored employment pathway into the health and community care sector, engaging participants in a five-week training program to upskill, reskill and guide them into entry level roles in Aged Care and Individual Support. Participants received mentoring and complete a vocational placement, and as trainees, were supported into employment with local health and community care services in the Wivenhoe Employment Region.

Aviation Logistics Team

Cairns Aviation Skills Centre
Employment Region:
Cairns
Status:
Completed
The activity was a 6-week training and work project that was aimed at developing and placing participants into administrative, compliance and logistics roles with at least three identified employers at the Cairns Airport.

Aviation Specialty Trade Assistance Training activity

Cairns Aviation Skills Centre
Employment Region:
Cairns
Status:
Completed
The activity involved the creation and delivery of industry designed, non-accredited training to create a pathway into aviation for job seekers who were unable to directly engage in the Licenced Aircraft Mechanical Engineering (LAME) apprenticeship course.

Barbering Pre-Employment Program

Enterprise and Training Company (ETC) Limited
Employment Region:
Gold Coast
Status:
Completed
The activity involved the provision of a pre-employment program to upskill and reskill job seekers within the barbering industry. It delivered four weeks of pre-employment training to job seekers and supported them to engage in immersive training and employment with local barbering services.

Learn how Local Jobs is providing pathways for job seekers aged 15 to 24 years in the Illawarra and South Coast region.

Learn how Local Jobs is providing pathways for women over 45 back into the workforce in the Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast region, while also filling in-demand roles in the local childcare industry.