Rural, Remote and First Nations Providers

Distance Changes Everything

Thinner margins, harder recruitment, and the same regulatory obligations as a provider with a head office and hundreds of staff.

Many of our team live and work in regional, rural and remote Australia. We have first-hand experience of what it takes to deliver services a long way from anywhere.

Harvest works with providers in small rural towns, remote communities and First Nations organisations across Australia. The work is practical and hands-on:

  • business systems and process review

  • policy, procedure and documentation review

  • audit readiness and continuous improvement planning

  • Support at Home implementation

  • budgeting, and setting service pricing

  • coaching and mentoring for managers and staff

  • general advisory support and guidance to boards

  • recruitment assistance and advice

Support at no cost through SDAP

Much of this work can be delivered free of charge under the Australian Government's Service Development Assistance Panel (SDAP). Harvest is a panel member.

You may be eligible if you are:

  • located in a small rural town or remote area (MMM 4–7), or

  • providing services to a significant number of First Nations peoples, anywhere in Australia.

Applications go to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, and are assessed on need and available funding.

Read about SDAP · SDAP application form

Not sure whether you’re eligible, or what to ask for?

Talk to us - we’ll tell you either way, and there’s no cost to finding out.

Talk to Us

  • "Alicia and Allira came to community, sat down and listened. Our old people come first here - they understood that from day one."

    CEO, Aboriginal Aged Care Corporation

  • "Our board knew the Act had changed but not what it meant for us personally. Harvest walked us through our obligations as key personnel, and then helped us rebuild our board papers so we could actually see what we were signing off on. We're governing now, not reacting."

    Board Chair

  • "We'd been putting off the audit prep for a year because nobody knew where to start. Alicia sat with us for two days and we came out with a plan we could actually follow."

    SDAP client