Sourdough Business Pathways

BUSINESS PATHWAYS

Are you considering selfemployment or perhaps you are an owner of an existing business? Join the conversation around running your own business as a sole trader, side hustle, sub-contractor, scale up or a standout small business.

Sourdough Business Pathways is one of 23 providers in Australia, acting as an Entrepreneurship Facilitator. Entrepreneurship Facilitators give practical support and advice to current and aspiring business owners across Australia. Sourdough Business Pathways are the Entrepreneurship Facilitator for the Region of Richmond-Tweed (across the Byron and Tweed regions and down as far as Lennox Heads), providing workshops, mentoring, networking opportunities and one-to-one facilitator sessions.

What the Entrepreneurship Facilitator program will offer:

Each Entrepreneurship Facilitator delivers a range of free services that are tailored to the region they are in. An Entrepreneurship Facilitator delivers services that support Participants to start and run businesses that operate commercially by:

• delivering workshops, information sessions and other services for groups of

Participants • one-on-one light touch sessions (either face to face or online) • offering tailored business advice on the topics and in the manner outlined in the

Workforce Australia Guidelines • assist current and aspiring small business owners to engage with their local small business ecosystem by providing referrals to relevant programs and services

Entrepreneurship Facilitators provide services to Participants who:

• are interested in starting a business, or learning more about entrepreneurship • have started a business within the last 2 years, or • are operating a business at risk of not being commercially viable

Visit our website for further details and to register your interest: https://sbp.org.au/entrepreneurshipfacilitatorprogram

Join our monthly webinar to learn more about Starting out in Business, beginning in January 2023

Student Story: Multiple Art Courses 2020 & 2021

Growing up in Adelaide, I spent 30 years wanting to come up and live on the east coast. I did finally move here and while there have been some incredibly difficult and unexpected challenges with the passing of my husband and the recent floods, the opportunity I had to study art has changed the course of my life.

I had already completed an Arts degree in 2012 as a print maker and jeweller, but I wanted to paint and didn’t have the confidence to start. I came across Byron Community College as I was researching different things to do in the area. I wanted to find a connection with like-minded people who love creating art and the College was perfect.

I started with introductory courses and workshops. I didn’t know anyone in the area at all so the community aspect was amazing. The College was so welcoming and inclusive, beginning with our tutor Virginia and emulated by all the students.

This acceptance, encouragement and support was so positive and totally noncompetitive. I started making friends, which really settled me into the area and over time I grew to love it more and more. I loved the equality amongst the different ages and genders, you’re just there with ideas as an individual.

Virginia boosted my confidence so much, teaching me to just to have a go. Her encouragement, support and feedback helped me to see how much I was developing and this really grew my love for painting.

Painting is a real ‘in the moment’ place to be. You lose yourself in it and learn how to be present in a whole new way to appreciate things. For anyone who has had their creativity dashed out, or feels too busy in life to even try it, I would advise trying to find a way where you can go for it. Drop expectations of the outcome and enjoy the process. The College is the place to go in terms of support for that.

After 10 painting courses and much private practise, I am creating work for exhibitions and commissions in Australia and overseas and it all began and grew from studying at the College. Encouragement, community and confidence are the big things that I came away with and I now love supporting and encouraging other artists, seeing the ripples go out to having a better life because they are focussing on the creativity they want to express.

Enrol online at anytime www.byroncollege.org.au