Our work
Specific project initiatives provide FCVic with the opportunity to explore, develop and communicate how financial counselling supports community wellbeing.
Our approach reflects the way financial counsellors work. Our work is person-centred and responsive to need. Being curious, we seek to understand what works and what doesn’t for our partner organisations, their workforces and communities. We respond to what we learn and include the voices of all participants – financial counsellors, other service workers, agencies and clients. Together, we create new tools that help our sector to connect and communicate with diverse groups and services.
Some of the areas our work spans across include:
Latest:
Introducing FCVic’s three newest team members
We are proud to introduce our three new FCVic team members to you today – Annette, Julia and Tracey – and share more about their roles and background with FCVic.
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- Topics: Disaster Recovery, Gambling related harm, Interview, Member news, Our Work
Pathways for Carers – Outreach Opportunity
On Tuesday, 29 November, FCVic’s Special Projects team launched its Pathways for Carers outreach program at the Pathways for Carers Statewide Biannual Meeting. The Pathways for Carers project, funded by the Victorian Government and facilitated by Interchange Outer East, offers unpaid carers the opportunity to connect with one another by going on walking events organised in their local area.
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- Topics: Carers, Member news, Our Work
Special Projects Update: Money Check Up Program
An update on the newly launched Money Check Up Program – part of our Special Projects.
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- Topics: Member news, Our Work
Victim/survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV): Need for a better Social Security system
On 12 July, FCVic along with other members of the Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG) wrote to the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services, and other Ministers responsible for women’s safety, ahead of their meeting on 22 July to discuss issues including economic security.
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- Topics: Family Violence, Member news, Our Work
Reflections on the Storm and Flood Recovery Program
One year after the storm and floods that impacted communities across Victoria, Joy and James reflect on both the challenges and accomplishments of the hard-working disaster recovery financial counsellors.
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- Topics: Disaster Recovery, Insurance, Member news, Our Work
Small Business Connections events
Dr Suzy Goldsmith provides an update on the the April and May Small Business Connections events, held in Shepparton and Footscray.
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- Topics: Member news, Our Work, Small Business