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