Sea to Valley Startups

Promoting small business ownership and self-employment to create jobs, grow the economy and improve labour outcomes, across the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Yorke Peninsula, and the Mid North in South Australia.

What is Self-Employment Assistance?

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Helping people to start successful businesses. This new, flexible self-employment program will allow Australians to access tailored support to start and run viable small businesses.

Working with unemployed people and job seekers; those who are under-employed and seeking a side hustle; owners of existing micro-businesses; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, refugees, people with disability, and Indigenous Australians.

The program is open to people who are unemployed, under-employed and owners of existing micro-businesses (with up to 4 employees) who need support for the business to be commercially viable.

Sea to Valley Startups delivers services that:

increase awareness of opportunities for self-employment by promoting small business ownership as a path to financial independence

achieve labour market outcomes by supporting unemployed and under-employed Australians to become self-employed business owners

help existing micro-business owners improve your viability by delivering services that maximise the likelihood that your businesses will operate commercially.

Funded by the Australian Government, via Workforce Australia, book in for a 15 minute chat via admin@seatovalleystartups.com.au to see if Self-Employment Assistance is for you.

Aiming for outcomes of:

Commercially viable and successful small businesses
Creating work and earn an income
Overcoming barriers
Running a viable small business
Starting a business
Sustainable self-employment

Eligibility

To be eligible you must:

be at least 15 years of age (a person must be 18 years of age to access Small Business Coaching)
not be prohibited by law from working in Australia
not be an overseas visitor on a working holiday visa or an overseas student studying in Australia
not be an undischarged bankrupt.

Some services available through Self-Employment Assistance will also have additional eligibility criteria. For example, to access Small Business Coaching you must have an eligible business idea or existing business. This means your business idea or existing business must:

be either a new business or a micro-business (up to 4 employees) at risk of not operating commercially
be assessed as viable by your Self-Employment Assistance provider
have an independent business structure
be lawful and capable of withstanding public scrutiny
be established, located, and operated solely within Australia
be structured so you will maintain a controlling interest over the business through your time accessing the Services.

You may also be eligible for financial support while you start and run your business as part of Small Business Coaching.

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