Join us for the International Day of Person’s With Disabilities
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Advocacy Award.
This award is presented to the Alberta Community Futures office that goes the extra mile to support their clients with disabilities. Criteria for selection is based on year-over-year growth of reported clients with disabilities served plus supports accessed through the Alberta Entrepreneurs with Disabilities platform of programs. This year also saw the introduction of our new Elevate program that offers even more support to this group of clients. Read more
Can You Walk, Tweet and Chew Gum?
Growing up you felt coordinated if you could walk and chew gum. If you were feeling brave, you might attempt to ride your bike and chew gum, but that was the height of your multitasking.
Fast forward thirty years. People are now walking and riding while chewing gum, drinking coffee, sending emails, texting, adding friends, tweeting, talking, messaging, taking pictures, videos, blogging, reading and much much more.
What does this mean? It means that people can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you’re a small business owner and you want to navigate people to your website, service or product – social media is key. Read more
Community Future Meridian
Community Futures across Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan provide many services including the ELEVATE Program. Over the course of the year, we will be highlighting all 56 offices.
On today’s blog we are featuring Community Futures Meridian.
Meridian is located in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. Kindersley is a community of more than 5,000 residents, located in the heart of west central Saskatchewan. Kindersley is as progressive today as when the first settlers appeared more than 100 years ago. The region depends on the oil sector and with the recent economic condition there have been many trials for families in their region.
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Steps To Success
Are you ready to start your own business? Interested in learning more about the ELEVATE Program and how it works? Here are the steps to success!
How Do You Apply?
Once you’ve determined that you’re a good fit for the ELEVATE Program, you’ll contact your local Community Futures office to get more details and begin the application process.
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Introducing Elevate
Do you dream of starting your own business?
How would you like to have a team of business cheerleaders by your side from the very beginning of your business journey?
Introducing ELEVATE!
ELEVATE is a dynamic new business building program for youth and adults with a disability or health condition interested in starting a business. This program assists entrepreneurs locating their businesses in rural, remote or northern communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba.
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