Lotus Glen Correctional Centre (LGCC) has partnered with the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) to focus on delivering strong financial skills training for prisoners. The focus of the collaboration is to increase prisoners access… Read more »
On May 19th, ICAN’s own Unaisi Buli was awarded the prestigious Jan Pentland Prize at the national Financial Counselling Australia Conference held in Darwin, in recognition of her outstanding work in financial counselling. For… Read more »
ICAN Connect partner, Weipa Community Care are tackling energy inequities in surrounding Indigenous Powercard communities through the establishment of a Powercard emergency relief program. The community driven program was made possible through ICAN Connect… Read more »
For many organisations, the COVID pandemic has forever changed how we think about service delivery over large geographic areas like Queensland. In the not-too-distant past, travel costs made remote service delivery inconsistent at best… Read more »
ICAN is a proud member of a coalition of organisations opposing the Government plans to axe Australia’s safe lending laws through the Save Safe Lending campaign. The National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment Bill will remove… Read more »
Welcome to our new E-News publication ‘The Yarn’. The Yarn is replacing our existing E-Newsletters and will provide you with a monthly summary of the best stories from our community. For our readers, you… Read more »
A new partnership for Cape York communities ICAN is excited to announce our new partnership with Weipa Community Care thanks to the generous funding provided by the Ecstra Foundation. Our collaboration will give remote Indigenous communities across Cape… Read more »
The pesky pandemic has followed us into 2021, as the annual cyclone, flood and fire season marches on. Here at ICAN we are also witnessing the stress, finances or ‘lack there, of’ cause at… Read more »