The Self-Employment Program is offered by a number of Community Futures regions in Saskatchewan. Be sure to contact the office in your region for more information.
The Program Objective:
- to provide potential entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge necessary to start and successfully operate a small business
- is designed to assist unemployed individuals to create and maintain self-sustaining jobs through the self-employment option
Candidates are selected based on the following criteria:
- must be unemployed
- be a resident of Saskatchewan and be legally entitled to work in Canada
- must have an established unemployment insurance claim that is still active or has ended in the last 36 months
- OR have started a maternity or parental unemployment insurance benefit claim in the past 60 months
- AND remained unemployed
- OR be in receipt of Saskatchewan Assistance Plan benefits of the Provincial Training Allowance
- must have a sound business idea
- must have the personality traits necessary to achieve successful self-employment
Program Overview:
- participants receive assistance in all areas of small business ownership
- training is offered through The GoForth Institute or directly from a Community Futures office
Areas of training include:
- creative thinking
- how to run a profitable business
- how to prepare your financial records
- business communication
- customer service
- legal issues in starting and operating a business
- government programs and services