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FCVic Staff share a few highlights from this month’s Financial Counselling Australia conference.

Dr Suzy Goldsmith provides an update on the the April and May Small Business Connections events, held in Shepparton and Footscray.

Bella Walker explains the new Carer Pathway pilot, a dedicated warm referral pathway for carers to access financial counselling assistance.

In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Chairperson contributes a message to the sector. This month, Carly Baker reflects on the history of the Devil’s Advocate and looks back on the month of May – a month that has seen us with a new Federal Government.

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?’