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Be Smart with your Money: Financial Education Workshops
July 21 @ 2:00 pm - July 25 @ 3:30 pm
Struggling to make your money stretch? Want to get better at budgeting, saving, or understanding credit? We’ve got you covered!
Join our **FREE** Financial Education Workshop Series and learn practical money skills to take control of your finances.
Monday 21 – Friday 25 July
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Rm 2.134, Building 2, ECU Joondalup
What’s on?
Mon: Effective money planning and finding Financial Assistance
Tue: Meal planning/budgeting and being Credit Savvy.
Wed: Success with Saving & Investment Basics
Thu: Being Power Smart & Scam Aware
Fri: Starting a Job – Superannuation & Knowing Your Rights
Register for as many workshops as you like – attend one or join them all!
Workshop 1 – Effective money planning and finding Financial Assistance
- Financial challenges while studying.
- On-campus support with grants, work and accommodation.
- Community agencies that can provide financial assistance
- Attitudes towards budgeting
- Budgeting techniques
- Available resources
Workshop 2 – Meal planning/budgeting and being Credit Savvy.
- Food budgeting & meal planning resources
- Education & cooking programme resources
- Car loans
- Mobile phones
- Being smart with personal/car loans
- Using Buy Now Pay Later accounts effectively
- Being smart with credit cards/bank charges
- Purchases with interest free periods
- Credit reporting
Workshop 3 – Success with Saving & Investment Basics
- Saving towards goals
- What does saving actually mean?
- Understanding living expenses
- Emergency savings
- Foundational life goals
- Investment Basics
Workshop 4 – Being Power Smart & Scam Aware
- Scam awareness
- How to protect yourself from scams
- What to do if you’ve been scammed
- Understanding your Synergy (electricity supplier) account
- How to control your energy costs/use Energy efficient appliance or what are all the stars abou
Workshop 5 – Starting a Job – Superannuation & Knowing Your Rights
- What is an Industry & Occupation Award
- Superannuation entitlements
Limited places available. Sign up now at Booking and changing Orientation activities