Start Your Own Business
Business Foundations offers programs that can help you create your own business or refocus your existing micro business into a commercially viable one.
Are You Ready To Start Your Own Business?
Self-Employment Assistance provides support to people interested in starting their own business or who need help to refocus an existing micro-business.
This initiative aims to promote self-employment through a range of activities and is designed to encourage and enable unemployed workers to create their own jobs by starting their own small businesses.
Self-Employment Assistance can give you the opportunity to create your own business or refocus your existing micro business into a commercially viable one. You can get help in exploring, running and operating your new or existing business through tailored mentoring and targeted advice.
Self-Employment Assistance
Within this Federal Government program, there is a whole range of support available to you.
Self-Employment Assistance delivers:
- Small business training
- Assistance to develop a detailed business plan
- Personalised mentoring, support and advice
- Business health checks
- Business advice sessions
- Exploring Self-Employment Workshops
Starting a Business
If you’re not eligible for Self-Employment Assistance, we provide self-paced training that will equip you with the foundational skills for running a small business.
This program will help you:
- Identify your personal strengths, skills and motivations that support business success;
- Analyse a business idea to confirm it addresses a real need or market gap;
- Select an appropriate business structure and outline steps to register and protect it;
- Develop the foundation elements of a simple business plan to guide decisions; and
- Create purpose, vision and mission statements that reflect goals and values.
Self-Employment Praise
Behind every testimonial is an experience that truly matters. Take a look at what our previous participants had to say about the program.
Self-Employment Success Stories
You can read all about the very talented people who launched their own successful business with us.
Program Locations
Self-Employment Assistance is delivered online. If you'd like to visit us in person, check out our various locations.
Self-Employment Assistance FAQ's
Workforce Australia’s Self-Employment Assistance provides support to people interested in starting their own business or who need help to refocus an existing one.
Participant Forms and Guidelines
Here you will find our most frequently used forms and guidelines. This section has been designed as a practical reference place for Self-Employment Assistance participants.
Acknowledgement Of Country
Business Foundations acknowledges the traditional custodians throughout Australia and their continuing connection to the land, waters and community. We pay our respects to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their enduring cultures; and to Elders both past and present.
Victoria
Melbourne Innovation Centre
Level 3, 24 Cubitt Street
Cremorne VIC 3121
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Western Australia
Walyalup Civic Centre
Level 3, 151 High Street
Fremantle WA 6160
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Queensland
Workspace365
Level 4, 260 Queen Street,
Brisbane QLD 4000
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Get In Touch
If you have a question or would like to find out about how we can help you, please get in touch.
