Moving family members into aged care is a difficult and emotional experience. The need to move often arrives with little warning and leads to a complex array of decisions. Once the aged care home has been selected, a raft of confusing financial matters arise including negotiating and funding the accommodation deposit, daily and extra service fees and the Centrelink means Read more…

Empower Interest-Free Loans help to make life just that little bit easier by offering interest-free microloans to Jewish people of all ages, for a range of purposes. Empower Interest-Free Loans can be used to: start or expand a small business learn a trade or vocation, or to further your education assist first home buyers to enter the property market buy Read more…

Jewish Care’s Financial Counsellors offer a free non-judgemental service to support individuals and families to build their financial literacy and knowledge and manage financial issues. Advocating with credit unions, banks and utility companies is a significant function of these counsellors. Read more…

Moneysmart Financial counselling is a free and confidential service offered by community organisations, community legal centres and some government agencies. Financial counsellors are skilled professionals. They will listen to your problems and help you with things like: – bills or fines you’re struggling to pay – being harassed by debt collectors – gas, electricity or phone disconnection – being evicted Read more…