Fred Savage, ICAN Thrive Financial Capability Trainee This month we yarn with ICAN Thrive’s Financial Capability Trainee, Fred Savage, who swapped his demanding job as a chef for a new career, and reclaimed the… Read more »
With the Senate currently considering bank closures in regional Australia, ICAN has reflected on the lessons it has learned over many years from talking to people in regional and remote communities about the barriers… Read more »
Nicola’s dream of a new career to support her young family came true when she joined the ICAN Thrive team as a Financial Capability Trainee, complete with a Certificate IV in Community Services Scholarship.
The Save Sorry Business Coalition met in Canberra this week to get money returned to the thousands of people harmed by the Youpla collapse. The coalition comprised First Nations representatives from consumer organisations and… Read more »A Day of Action
ICAN recently received funding from Telstra to identify any instances of product misselling across several Indigenous communities in North Queensland, from the Cape to Palm Island. The funding comes on the back of the… Read more »
The #SaveSorryBusiness coalition is busy preparing for a National Day of Action to be held on the 28th of March. The coalition wants to highlight the harm caused by ACBF/Youpla, by raising the voices of those who… Read more »
2023 is already shaping up to be another big year for the national ICAN Thrive financial literacy program. Last year the Thrive team delivered training to organisations including the Queensland Police Service, Department of… Read more »
As the cost-of-living crisis sends some people to financial counselling for the first time, other people previously managing their debt are now considering bankruptcy. As the crisis escalates, so does the demand for financial… Read more »