Financial Capability: Empowering Whaanau for a Brighter Future

Meet our BFC (Building financial capabilities) team.

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What is Building Financial Capability?

Building Financial Capability (BFC) is a range of MSD-funded services and products that help people and whānau to improve their financial wellbeing.

BFC takes a strengths-based approach to empower people to get control of their money, set goals and achieve long-term, sustainable change.

Who can use BFC services?

Anyone who wants advice about their personal or whānau finances can use BFC services and products for free. Get in touch with one of our financial mentors today. You will be surprised at how much they can help you get your finances in order.

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What happens in a MoneyMates session?

Facilitators help the group to talk openly about money and finances (not necessarily about their own debt, but about, choices, options and behaviours). MoneyMates support groups are based around the concept of sharing and learning together as a group.

This approach works in both large and small communities, as proven with programmes such as Weight Watchers.

Facilitators encourage group members to learn from others, get control over their financial lives, and build resilience.

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Together, over several weeks they can:

• learn more about getting control of debt, budgeting and cash flow, financial products, safer credit and growing their resources
• learn from other people who are in similar situations, share their own insights and knowledge and build support networks with people going through the same experiences
• access other information and support such as helplines and the Sorted website.
• build up their networks with whānau and their community.

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Money mate's sessions

Our latest dates for Money Mates can be found below. If you miss out this time, there will be other dates that follow.

16 May 2024

23 May 2024

30 May 2024

06 June 2024

13 June 2024

20 June 2024

27 June 2024

Who can use BFC services?

Anyone who wants advice about their personal or whānau finances can use BFC services and products for free. People can organise to meet with our financial mentors by calling our office and asking to sit with a mentor.

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