Tag: community
Out & About with Alex (Episode 7 – COVID-19 Response)
After recent COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions in Cairns, Alex doesn’t make it too far from the office. Alex catches up with Jennifer Spry, ICAN Human Resource Manager and Carmen Hegarty, Financial Counsellor to discuss… Read more »
It takes a village
This month, we reflect on: the expression it takes a village to raise a financial counsellor and the road we travel together with our students and graduates, on their journey to become practicing financial counsellors. When… Read more »
Energy Emergency
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 »
ICAN Connect kicks off in Weipa
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 »
Release of new Stolen Wages guide a ‘must read’ for claimants and community workers
A new information guide titled Stolen Wages: a guide for community workers supporting recipients of stolen wages is now available to help claimants of the Stolen Wages Settlement Scheme – and Community Service Providers… Read more »
Tackling Financial Hardship Together
The Ergon Energy Retail and Powerlink sponsored ‘Empowering Community Services’ webinar series couldn’t have come at a better time according to ICAN/ICAN Learn CEO, Aaron Davis. “Financial counsellors and the broader community services sector… Read more »
Empowering Community Services
Ergon, Powerlink and ICAN Learn announce a new Diploma of Financial Counselling Scholarship Program, to support the development of new financial counsellors in regional Queensland. Financial counselling and community support services are expecting increased… Read more »