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Out and About with Alex (Episode 1)

24/02/2021

Introducing The Yarn

24/02/2021

Welcome to our new E-News publication ‘The Yarn’. The Yarn is replacing our existing E-Newsletters and will provide you with a monthly summary of the best stories from our community. For our readers, you... Read more »

ICAN Connect kicks off in Weipa

22/01/2021

A new partnership for Cape York communities ICAN is excited to announce our new partnership with Weipa Community Care thanks to the generous funding provided by the Ecstra Foundation. Our collaboration will give remote Indigenous communities across Cape... Read more »

My top 5 well-being resources

22/01/2021

The pesky pandemic has followed us into 2021, as the annual cyclone, flood and fire season marches on. Here at ICAN we are also witnessing the stress, finances or ‘lack there, of’ cause at... Read more »

EnergyAustralia scholarship program reaps the rewards

22/01/2021

Johanna Barnard works with the Centacare Reunification Service in South Australia and was a recipient of one of the ICAN Learn/ EnergyAustralia [EA] scholarships in 2018. She is the first graduate of the EA... Read more »

Northern Australian communities need more affordable insurance

04/01/2021

Unaffordable home, contents and strata insurance is a major challenge to the liveability and prosperity of communities, towns and cities across northern Australia, but a range of actions could help address this, according to a major report published by the ACCC.

ICAN & ICAN Learn 2020 Annual Report

19/12/2020

2020 has been another big year for ICAN and ICAN Learn! Our Annual Report video looks at our achievements this year and how we transformed our services during COVID to maintain our vision of... Read more »

Private health insurance report 2019-20

04/12/2020

This report provides an update on key competition and consumer developments and trends in private health insurance between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.

YFS IMPACT REPORT 2019-20

03/12/2020

YFS has been backing vulnerable people in the Logan community to overcome adversity and to thrive for more than 35 years. Nowadays, we extend that reach to the Scenic Rim and Redlands as well.

Calling out the banks: Why responsible lending laws need to stay intact

03/12/2020

No one will forget the stories of banks giving unaffordable loans to pensioners with little care for their vulnerability, or aggressively increasing the credit card limits of people struggling with gambling addiction. These stories were just the tip of an iceberg.

Disaster doesn't discriminate, and neither does debt

03/12/2020

Although Australia is experiencing one of the most severe financial disasters in our country’s history, there is hope for those who reach out, with over three-quarters (79%) of those who came to Moneycare reporting positive mental health after receiving assistance.