Member news

Listen to Mark Pearce from Consumer Action Law Centre discuss the power and importance of in-language resources with Rachna Bowman, Senior Practitioner of Financial Wellbeing working at South East Community Links.

Read the April 2022 update on the Integrated Services Project (ISP) – a partnership between FCVic and Social Security Rights Victoria (SSRV).

We celebrate the completion of the first 33 community leaders under the Smart Women Smart Money program – a training program co-designed and facilitated by FCVic in partnership with Australian Multicultural Community Services

Read about why it is important for the financial counselling sector to practice in a LGBTIQA+ inclusive way, and what is happening throughout May to support this.

In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Executive Officer contributes a message to the sector. This month, Sandy Ross looks ahead to FCVic’s upcoming LGBTIQ+ professional development session, IDAHOBIT Day and the Federal election.

Dr Suzy Goldsmith discusses the recently held FCVic’s Carers project CPD session – ‘What is the NDIS and how does it work?’

Read the March 2022 update on the Integrated Services Project (ISP) – a partnership between FCVic and Social Security Rights Victoria (SSRV).

In late February, FCVic staff took part in Rainbow Health Australia’s training, Putting LGBTIQ Inclusion Into Practice. Here, some of the team reflect on what they learned in this session.

In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, FCVic shines the spotlight on one of our members. This month, we hear from Duong Lieu, a passionate financial counsellor who works out of a homelessness service centre in western suburbs of Melbourne.

In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Chairperson contributes a message to the sector. This month, Carly Baker reflects on what structural changes we need to lift Australians out of poverty, and looks to the sustainability of the financial counselling sector.