Author: ICAN

Mentorship Program’s Rising Stars Part 2

In the lead up to our 2016 Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program Graduation, we are featuring two students of the “Mentorship Program” in every edition of the ICAN E-News.  In part 2 of the… Read more »

Chrisco practices hampered

In 2013, ICAN staff on Palm Island saw a number of clients who were experiencing financial hardship as a result of making (or attempting to make) large fortnightly payments to Chrisco. We saw clients who… Read more »

ICAN welcomes Clifford to the team!

This month, we feature Clifford Little, the newest staff member to join the ICAN team! My name is Clifford Little and I’m a Financial Counsellor (Associate) in training. I am descended from the Larakia… Read more »

Mentorship Program’s Rising Stars

Every month in the lead up to our 2016 Graduation, ICAN will be featuring the students of its “Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program” here in the ICAN E-News. The Mentorship program provides nationally accredited… Read more »

NQ Indigenous Consumer Taskforce Hits the Road

NQ Indigenous Consumer Taskforce members, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC), Queensland Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) visited the Cape York communities of Hopevale and Wujal Wujal… Read more »