Food Insecurity
Prepping is no longer a pastime reserved for fringe doomsayers or northerners stocking up for the cyclone season. Over the past weeks COVID-19’s Omicron variant has brought the country’s food supply chain to its… Read more »
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Is your career ready to thrive?
2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for ICAN and ICAN Learn, with the expansion of our financial capability work through ICAN’s new business unit, ICAN Thrive. Applications for a Financial Capability… Read more »
The Christmas Crunch: Don’t Pay Later
With Christmas only weeks away, we asked ICAN Financial Counsellor Yvette Taylor about the reality of using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services. Many BNPL advertise their services as having no interest or charges.… 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 »
Out and About with Alex (Episode 2 – Mossman Gorge)
In our second ‘Out & About with Alex’ episode, ICAN Financial Counsellor, Alex Price-Busch visits Megan Blacklow from the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre. They take a trip out to the stunning rainforest Aboriginal Community… Read more »
Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance
For many organisations, the COVID pandemic has forever changed how we think about service delivery over large geographic areas like Queensland. In the not-too-distant past, travel costs made remote service delivery inconsistent at best… 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 »