Program summary
The Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program was established to assist businesses in Victoria’s alpine resorts, Dinner Plain and surrounding towns, who were most impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions between May and August 2021.
The Victorian Government’s two most recent extensions to the Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program announced on the 22nd of August and the 4th of September total $22.4 million. Alpine businesses can now receive further payments of between $20,000 (off-mountain) and $80,000 (employing businesses, on mountain). This brings the total support available through the program up to more than $38.4 million.
If you are an eligible business for the Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program, you would have received a phone call from the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions to provide more information on the program and help you through the application process.
If you haven’t received this phone call and think you could be eligible for this funding, please contact alpineprograms@ecodev.vic.gov.au.
Program guidelines
Stream 1: On-mountain and Dinner Plain businesses
Stream 2: Off-mountain businesses
Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program Guidelines - Off Mountain Stream (PDF 285.34 KB) 
Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program Guidelines - Off Mountain Stream (DOCX 1518.71 KB) 
Applications for this program closed at 11:59pm on Friday 17 September 2021.
Stream 1: On-mountain and Dinner Plain businesses
Eligibility
To be eligible for support under the program’s On-mountain and Dinner Plain stream, applicants must operate a business within a Victorian alpine resort or Dinner Plain in one of the following categories:
- A food and beverage venue (restaurant, café, pub, bar or other food venue)
- A retail outlet (rental, clothing, footwear, equipment, supermarket, pharmacy, gifts)
- A business providing services directly to visitors or contributes to the visitor experience (transport, activities, entertainment, health and wellbeing)
- An accommodation business with a public on-site food and beverage venue or retail outlet.
Eligible businesses can only receive a grant for either the On-mountain or Off-mountain stream – businesses cannot receive funding from both streams.
Grant amount
Eligible businesses will receive a grant of:
- Up to $138,000 per premises for employing businesses (registered with WorkSafe Victoria)
- Up to $73,000 for businesses not registered with WorkSafe Victoria.
Eligible businesses that have already received support under the Victorian Government’s Business Costs Assistance Program Round Two (including the Tourism Supplement) and Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021 (including the Tourism Supplement) will receive funding under this program up to the total amounts set out above.
Eligible businesses will also receive the following grant payments:
- the Business Cost Assistance Program Round Three payment announced on Friday 6 August 2021
- the Business Continuity Fund (if eligible)
- the Top-Up payments for Business Cost Assistance Program Round Two and Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021 announced on 16, 21 and 28 July, 22 August and 4 September.
These amounts are in addition to any amount available to businesses under the On-mountain grant.
Stream 2: Off-mountain businesses
Eligibility
To be eligible for support under the program’s Off-mountain stream, businesses must:
- Be located within one of the following Local Government Areas:
- Alpine Shire
- Mansfield Shire
- Murrindindi Shire
- Baw Baw Shire
- East Gippsland Shire.
- And provide, as primary activity of the business, one of the following:
- Rental of snow equipment (including snowboards, skis, boots and clothing) for use within a Victorian alpine resort
- Winter tours within a Victorian alpine resort
- Bus transfers to, from and within a Victorian alpine resort.
Grant amount
Funding will be up to $38,000.
Eligible businesses that have already received support under the Victorian Government’s Business Costs Assistance Program Round Two (including the Tourism Supplement) and Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021 (including the Tourism Supplement) will receive funding under this program to take them to $38,000.
Eligible businesses will also receive the following grant payments:
- the Business Cost Assistance Program Round Three payment announced on Friday 6 August 2021
- the Business Continuity Fund (if eligible)
- the Top-Up payments for Business Cost Assistance Program Round Two and Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021 announced on 16, 21 and 28 July, 22 August and 4 September.
These amounts are in addition to any amount available to businesses under the Off-mountain grant.
Program guidelines
Stream 1: On-mountain and Dinner Plain businesses
Stream 2: Off-mountain businesses
Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program Guidelines - Off Mountain Stream (PDF 285.34 KB)
Alpine Resorts Winter Support Program Guidelines - Off Mountain Stream (DOCX 1518.71 KB)