ANZ helps federal funding for MoneyBusiness enlargement

ANZ has welcomed the federal authorities’s dedication of $500,000 to develop the attain of its MoneyBusiness coach coaching initiative, which goals to spice up monetary literacy amongst Indigenous Australians.

The funding will likely be utilized by supply associate Indigenous Client Help Community (ICAN) to upskill group professionals nationwide over the following 12 months. These professionals will likely be skilled to ship MoneyBusiness content material, enhancing monetary schooling help for Indigenous purchasers.

“Monetary wellbeing is a important a part of sustaining robust, thriving communities,” mentioned Janet Liu, ANZ’s head of social influence and group. “We’re wanting ahead to working with ICAN and the federal authorities on this enlargement to help extra Indigenous Australians [to] construct on their monetary abilities.”

MoneyBusiness helps communities thrive

Since its launch in 2005, MoneyBusiness, developed by ANZ in partnership with the Australian authorities, has helped greater than 90,000 First Nations folks throughout 215 communities to construct important cash administration abilities.

The initiative was born out of analysis highlighting monetary exclusion as a significant problem for Indigenous communities.

“We’re proud MoneyBusiness has once more been recognised for its contribution to the monetary wellbeing of so many Indigenous Australians,” Liu mentioned.

ICAN to steer coaching efforts

ICAN CEO Aaron Davis (pictured above) careworn the significance of constructing native workforce capability by way of the group’s coaching arm, ICAN Be taught.

“ICAN is dedicated to supporting monetary wellbeing organisations [to] construct their workforce capability,” Davis mentioned. “As an organisation that gives monetary counselling in regional Australia, we all know how vital it’s to create native employment pathways and the way a lot applications like MoneyBusiness can help in that journey.”

For extra info on this system and eligibility, contact ICAN Be taught at [email protected] or through telephone 03 5471 7777.

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