The Self Employment Program

The Self Employment Program (SE Program) is designed to assist unemployed Manitobans to create jobs for themselves by providing them with the skills and supports necessary to start their own business.  The program is funded and administered by Manitoba Competitiveness Training & Trade (MCTT) and Employment Manitoba (EM).  Community Futures East Interlake (CFEI) has been selected as the service provider for the CFEI region to deliver the program.

To be eligible for the SE Program, you must be legally entitled to work in Canada, have a viable business idea and meet one of the following criteria:

·         Be unemployed and

o   Receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, or

o      Have had an EI claim that ended within the past 36 months, or

o     Have had a maternity or parental claim that started within the previous 60 months.

·         Job threatened and eligible for EI.

For more information on the SE Program contact Jim Park at 378-5106 ext. 2.

Aboriginal Business Service Network

Aboriginal Youth Capacity Building Project

Community Futures East Interlake is pleased to announce that it has received funding from the Aboriginal Business Service Network for an Aboriginal Youth Capacity Building Project.  CFEI will use this funding to introduce "The Lemonade Stand Game" in two local schools.  The game teaches the students about marketing and how to start a business and will be implemented with high school students at Riverton Collegiate Institute and Charles Sinclair School.  The students will be broken up into teams and must decide how to market lemonade to a panel of independent judges from their community.  The winning teams will receive cash prizes.

For more information on The Lemonade Stand Game, contact Jim Park at 378-5106 ext. 2.