Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation, First Nations Foundation has received a grant for over $790k as part of the Australian government’s Women’s Leadership and Development Program to support and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with skills to secure a prosperous future. The Indigenous Women’s Financial Wellness (IWFW) project, which will be implemented over 3 …
Financial Standard’s publication celebrates International Women’s Day 2021 with donation Financial Standard donates 30% of all new subscription fees in March to the First Nations Foundation First Nations Foundation supports Indigenous woman across Australia through the Indigenous Women’s Financial Wellness initiative The First Nations Foundation would like to acknowledge the Financial Standard’s generous support for …
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Sydney, February 2021: Pearler – the fintech start-up that aims to combine the community aspects of social media with the age of digital investing – has announced it has partnered with First Nations Foundation, to enable Pearler users to contribute to the Foundation’s ongoing work. “The new wave of Millennials and Gen-Z investors are continuing …
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While the hurdles presented in 2020 tested the nation’s not-for-profit and charitable sector, leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, First Nations Foundation, has displayed incredible resilience and innovation to achieve remarkable growth and deliver support to thousands of vulnerable individuals as it enters its 15th year in operation. Triumphant in the face of last year’s adversity, …
First Nations Foundation, Australia’s leading Indigenous financial literacy organisation, has launched an online resource to educate and empower young Indigenous Australians to take control of their financial future. The new platform, TomorrowMoney.co, specifically targets young Indigenous Australians aged 18-30 years old, with a view to setting them up for long-term financial wellbeing. First Nations Foundation …
The First Nations Foundation has created a new, free website to help young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people learn more about money – and we’re excited to tell you that our Tomorrow Money project goes live today. We know money isn’t always an easy topic. Our community has not always had access to the …
Suncorp’s RAP 2020–22 has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia and has been recognised as an ‘Innovate’ RAP, which acknowledges that we’ve moved from the scoping to implementation phase. Suncorp’s Executive General Manager Consumer Distribution, Banking & Wealth, Chris Fleming, has been appointed Suncorp’s RAP Champion for the next two years. Fleming said the RAP sets …
Trips to four Queensland Indigenous communities to support residents’ financial wellbeing has allowed QSuper to help reconnect members with more than $1 million in super. In the past 18 months, QSuper has travelled to Thursday Island, Doomadgee, Yarrabah and Bamaga to meet face-to-face with around 400 members as well as other community members. These trips …
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First Nations Foundation has been shortlisted in three categories at the MyBusiness 2020 awards. While there is no argument that 2020 has been a year of fundamental change across the world, it has also had some positive impacts. Showing how a work-from-home approach can actually work in business has been one, while accelerating the role …
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Financial literacy, or financial capability, is widely agreed as being fundamental for financial wellbeing. This is particularly relevant in 21st century Australia, where the government’s policy of self-funded retirement is a critically important issue for most. Research by ANZ revealed that when it comes to financial matters, a large proportion of the population has insufficient …
