O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y F U T U R E S D E V E L O P M E N T C O R P O R A T I O N C H A T H A M - K E N T ( C F D C C K ) W O R K S W I T H S M A L L B U S I N E S S O W N E R S The Scoop is priceless March 20152014 ~ Spring is just around!!! the corner ! September ~ in Chatham-Kent Chatham-Kent is ready to MARCH into SPRING . . . . . . and the promise of warmer weather just around the corner! Mar 17th ~ HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY ! ~ Mar 18th OSEB Information Session ~ Goodwill Career Centre, Chatham Mar 18th Business After Hours ~ Retro Suites Hotel, Chatham Mar 19th Business After Hours ~ The Clubhouse at Baldoon, Wallaceburg Mar 20th ~ FIRST DAY OF SPRING ! ~ Mar 20th Opening: “Breaking Barriers” Art Exhibition ~ Thames Art Gallery, Chatham Mar 23rd Job Search Strategies ~ Employment Resource Centre, Wallaceburg Mar 24th Young Professionals of C C-K March Mixer ~ Performance Health, Chatham Mar 25th Job Search Strategies ~ Employment Resource Centre, Chatham Mar 26th C C-K COC 127th Business Excellence Awards ~ Club Lentina’s, Chatham Mar 28th Mary Webb Centre Event: Harry Manx ~ Highgate Hoping March comes in like a Lion and out like a Lamb! Announces New Location !!! We have moved to Chatham . . . 124 Thames Street Chatham, Ontario N7L 2Y8 New Phone Number: (226) 996 -1234 Email: [email protected] The Scoop Created & Distributed by: If you would like a copy of The Scoop e-mailed/mailed to you on a regular basis, OR if you would like to be removed from either mailing list, please call or e-mail at contact info below. View The Scoop online at www.cfdcck.on.ca 124 Thames St., Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8 ~ Phone: (226) 996 • 1234 ~ E-mail: [email protected] ~ Website: www.cfdcck.on.ca ~ MARCH into Community Futures where we will SPRING into action for your business! Page 2 The Scoop Looking to Start Your Own Business? You may be eligible for... The Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) Program This Employment Ontario project, program or service is funded in part by the Government of Canada. The OSEB Program offers an opportunity for an eligible, unemployed person to ‘create a job for yourself’ by starting your own business. This OSEB Program is administered in partnership with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) and provides Employment Insurance (EI) income as well as Community Futures’ entrepreneurial counselling, networking & workshops during the start-up year of your business. Basic Eligibility 1. (and both criteria listed MUST apply to you) You are UNEMPLOYED; (NOTE: do NOT quit your current employment AND do NOT begin working on or start your business venture, as these actions may affect your eligibility for the OSEB Program) AND 2. You have an Employment Insurance (EI) benefit period ESTABLISHED; OR Your EI benefit period ENDED WITHIN THE LAST 36 Months; OR You are re-entering the labour force after having left it to care for newborn or newly adopted children and your benefit period BEGAN WITHIN THE LAST 60 Months during which you were paid maternity or parental benefits. Join us ! FREE Information Session to explain the OSEB Program on on: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Goodwill Career Centre, 300 Lacroix St., Unit 7, Chatham Pre-registration is required by calling 519.676.7775 or toll free 1.866.469.9901 The Scoop Page 3 Business After Hours March 19, 2015 The Clubhouse at Baldoon An evening of networking, great food and refreshments, door prizes and much more!! “Bring your business card for a chance to win a door prize.” More details coming soon. www.marywebbcentre.ca [email protected] 519-678-3065 Page 4 The Scoop