Fast Tracked For Success
ICAN Prison Project team members, Elise Deemal (L); Sharon Edwards (R) Remember Elise Deemal who was living the dream as a Yarnin’ Money Mentor last time we yarned? Thanks to CBA’s First Nations Scholarship… Read more »
Tag: education
Meet Elise Deemal, our new Financial Counselling Trainee!
Elise recently joined ICAN as a member of the Thrive team and has just commenced her Diploma of Financial Counselling studies thanks to the Commbank/ICAN Learn Indigenous Scholarship Program. Elise is on a mission… Read more »
5 Minutes with Aimee Williams, ICAN’s new Financial Capability Trainee!
Aimee is a Barkindji woman from Menindee, far west NSW, now living in Cairns. She recently left a career in childcare to take up one of the CommBank and ICAN Learn Cert IV in… Read more »
60 CBA Scholarships to increase diversity in the Financial Counselling, Capability and Resilience sector
Over the next three years, ICAN and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) will provide 60 scholarship opportunities to advance career pathways for people from Indigenous and multicultural backgrounds in the Financial Counselling, Capability… Read more »
Out and About with Alex (Episode 12 – RACQ in Wujal Wujal
In this episode the ICAN team work with @RACQOfficial to run a pre-purchase car check workshop in Wujal Wujal, gateway to Cape York.
Get a job and a qualification when you join the ICAN Thrive team
The ICAN Thrive™ team is currently recruiting for identified positions in Queensland and Victoria, giving successful applicants an opportunity to be employed and get a qualification at the same time. As ICAN Thrive™ Financial… 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 »
Diploma opportunities for Indigenous service providers closes soon!
ICAN’s long-standing partnership with CBA has facilitated the education of approximately 45 Indigenous Australians to become financial counsellors over the last 6 years. Many of these graduates are now in leadership and formative positions… Read more »