Author: ICAN
Yarnin’ Money….in two worlds
In early December, the Yarnin’ Money team visited the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York to deliver the first “Yarnin Money with the Mob” training under “Yarnin’ Money”, ICAN’s three-year financial literacy outreach… Read more »
ICAN releases 2015 Annual Report
Our successes over the past year can be attributed to the organisational values ICAN’s co-founders set to paper 9 years ago. To honor this, we celebrate our achievements in the context of our values… Read more »
Mentorship Program’s Rising Stars – Part 3
In the lead up to our 2016 Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program Graduation, we will feature two students in every edition of the ICAN E-News. In Part 3 of the series, we meet Damien… Read more »
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 »
Government decision to remove funeral insurances from Centrepay backed by ASIC report findings
On October 08, 2007, ICAN condemned Centrelink in The Australian newspaper after a funeral insurance company with a history of adverse court judgments was granted approval to access Aboriginal’ welfare payments. At the time,… 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 »