Okanagan charity hosts free on-line course to enhance monetary literacy – Okanagan
This yr is filled with prospects and 2023 may very well be the yr you deal with your funds and create a brand new relationship with cash. A free on-line course may provide the instruments to take management of your banking.
Launch Okanagan, an area charity has been serving to individuals construct monetary stability for a decade by means of a wide range of applications to assist individuals higher perceive cash administration, private funds and the right way to save {dollars}.
Govt director of Launch Okanagan Jennifer Robins has been internet hosting free on-line programs to spice up monetary literacy within the valley since 2020. Robin is now getting ready to host one other ‘{Dollars} and Sense’ program, that’s held in partnership with Crowe MacKay LLP Accounting Companies.
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“I believe generally individuals are in search of methods to get higher with their cash, however we actually really feel proper now with the elevated price of residing the inflationary pressures,” stated Robins.
The free eight-week course comes at a time when Canadians are going through monetary pressures. FP Canada states that 38 per cent of Canadians say “cash is their largest concern, outranking private well being, work and relationships.”
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The course covers budgeting, saving, investing, credit score and debit administration, consumerism and your relationship along with your cash.
“Typically occasions we really feel like issues are uncontrolled and that may maintain us again from studying extra and making adjustments however when you begin gaining management of your monetary scenario, even in case you don’t like the place you might be at present, you can begin taking tiny steps, it doesn’t must be large main adjustments, all these little stops are going to actually add up over time,” stated Robins.
The web course is nameless and begins on Jan. 24 and continues each Tuesday night for eight weeks. For extra details about the course and the right way to register go to www.launchmyfuture.ca
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