Tag: financial

Introducing The Yarn

Published on February 24, 2021

Welcome to our new E-News publication ‘The Yarn’. The Yarn is replacing our existing E-Newsletters and will provide you with a monthly summary of the best stories from our community. For our readers, you… Read more »

ICAN Connect kicks off in Weipa

Published on January 22, 2021

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 »

Tackling Financial Hardship Together

Published on September 18, 2020

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 »

Looking after the Locals

Published on September 18, 2020

Yarnin’ Money with the latest Qld Police Recruits Peter Ingrim, Protective Services Training QLD Coordinator for the Queensland Police Service (QPS), recently approached ICAN to run Yarnin’ Money with the Mob training for six… Read more »

Generosity reigns during COVID-19

Published on July 26, 2020

For over ten years, ICAN’s website PayPal donation button sat alone in cyberspace waiting for a donor’s generosity. Competing with so many worthy charities, and sitting within an organisation that never invested the time… Read more »

Scamwatch: Coronavirus

Published on May 8, 2020

Unfortunately, as the effects of the Covid-19 virus in Australia have become increasingly serious, a number of scammers have sought to take advantage of consumers. The ACCC’s Consumer Consultative Committee (of which ICAN is… Read more »

Corona Preppers

Published on March 22, 2020

The ICAN team have systematically gone into Coronavirus COVID-19 prepper mode. At the time of writing this article, North Queensland has been minimally impacted; that is with the exception of the crazy doomsday shoppers.… Read more »

Annique Jones’s Diary

Published on February 23, 2020

Welcome to ICAN (and Townsville) Annique! You’re new to Townsville, any favourite spots yet? I’m enjoying walking along The Strand, participating in FREE exercise classes (no more excuses!) and exploring the goat tracks around… Read more »