Building a sustainable First Nations workforce in urban, regional, and remote communities is a key focus for ICAN over the next three years. In an exciting new project, ICAN will work with four community… Read more »
Carmilla Dennis is a proud Torres Strait Island woman born and raised in Cairns. Carmilla recently joined ICAN as a “Grow Officer” – a professional development position designed to develop and foster future First… Read more »
ICAN’s Elizabeth Carr is a passionate advocate for First Nations people. She yarned to us this month about how obtaining a CommBank Scholarship transformed her life. Now, she wants other First Nations people to… Read more »
FCAQ recently released its report ‘Give Financial Counselling in Queensland a Fair Go’ requesting $15M per annum from the Queensland Government over five years to support state-based financial counselling services. With the burgeoning demand… Read more »
The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network Ltd (ICAN) invites expressions of interest from community organisations committed to advancing financial counselling and capability in First Nations communities. If you’re striving to develop a local First Nations… Read more »
In this episode, Alex heads to Springvale in Melbourne for ICAN Learn’s very first Commbank-sponsored Multi-Cultural Scholarship Program Graduation. The Commbank Scholarship Program combined a mixture of accredited training delivered by ICAN Learn and… Read more »
In this episode, Alex catches up with Sinead and Libby from ICAN’s Yarnin’ Energy Team at the Cairns NAIDOC celebrations.
In this episode, Alex attends a Financial Wellness Week event on Palm Island and catches up with event organiser Eddie Buli from the First Nations Foundation and Deniece Geia from the Palm Island Justice… Read more »