EMBERS (Eastside Movement for Business & Economic Renewal Society) is a non-profit agency that works to combat poverty and assists in the revitalization of Vancouver by facilitating community-based business development. We do this by helping individuals and groups start small businesses and social enterprises. We offer self-employment training, one-on-one business coaching, and work with residents, community groups and other stakeholders to develop plans, strategies and specific ventures to improve the lives of residents and build a healthy community.

HOPE & SELF-SUFFICIENCY
The most important thing that we do is offer hope and self-sufficiency to low income people. Using principles of community based economic development ("CED") that have been used throughout the world, we have seen people without a business background go on to become self-sufficient owners of their own micro-enterprise.

• EMBERS is a non-profit Community Economic Development Corporation
  
• EMBERS is a registered charity and not-for-profit society.

• To act as a catalyst for community economic activity
• To facilitate community economic planning based upon a collaborative and cooperative model
• To assist low-income, under-served entrepreneurs in starting, stabilizing and growing successful small businesses
• To participate in research that leads to business and social enterprise development

• Business Training classes for entrepreneurs
• Business Coaching for our graduates and those qualifying to start-up businesses
• Incubation - we offer office support and business services to start up businesses taking our programs
  
• Professional Volunteers - we are always looking for people who would like to contribute services to help our entrepreneurs
  

EMBERS is a registered charity and not-for-profit society using principles of Community Economic Development to serve Vancouver.