The program is presented by Family Services of Greater Vancouver and designed to help participants increase their knowledge and confidence in the tasks of daily money management. In this 3-Session workshop series you will learn about:

BUDGETING: Track your earning and spending and be in control of your money
BANKING: Choose the options that are right for you, reduce fees and save money
CREDIT: Build and maintain a good credit history and deal with debt
CONSUMERISM: Examine the role of advertising in our spending choices and how to be in charge of your own spending

REGISTER EARLY, SPACE IS LIMITED:

COST: Free (Fully subsidized by Vancity with the support of BC Hydro & Lawson Lundell)

WHEN: September 11, 2013; September 18, 2013; September 25, 2013.
To sign up, you must attend all 3 Wednesday sessions.

TIME: 1pm- 3:30pm

WHERE: BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, #204- 456 West Broadway in Vancouver

TO REGISTER: Call Val at: 604-875-0188 or email: feedback@bccpd.bc.ca

Money Skills is sponsored by: Vancity

Note: Open to non-members!

Social Determinants of Health: The Way Forward
Karen R. Nelson, MBA, MSW, RSW
Chief of Social Work, Director of Spiritual Care, The Ottawa Hospital
Research Professor, Carleton University School of Social Work

The BC Association of Social Workers (BCASW) is hosting an education and networking day September 20, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
BCASW AGM following at 3:15 pm

Attend in person or by videoconference
Host site: Vancouver Centre, BC Cancer Agency, 600 West 10th Avenue
Videoconference sites in Victoria, Nanaimo, Comox, Kelowna, Penticton, Kamloops and Prince George.

Cost inclusive of lunch and refreshment breaks:
$30.00 for BCASW members, BC Cancer Agency Employees, Students.
$40.00 all others.
No cost for AGM only. (Please register if you plan to attend.)

More information and to register:
http://www.bcasw.org/social-determinants-of-health-workshop/

Time sensitive!

Sean Muir, Executive Director of The Healthy Aboriginal Network, is seeking assistance from youth in evaluating a new financial literacy comic book, The Game Plan. If you work with youth and can help (evaluations must be completed this Friday, August 16th), please see details from Sean below.

Financial literacy comic book evaluation
We are evaluating The Game Plan this week. Hard copies have gone out to several organizations across Canada but being summer, access to youth is a challenge. So just to make sure we have enough response we are wondering if there are any organizations that are willing to have their youth answer a short online pre-test, have their youth read the comic digitally (I’ll email you a PDF. Don’t use the one on our website – it’s just a preview) and then answer another short test after reading the book. The deadline for the online feedback is Friday, August 16th. We will be immensely grateful if you’re able to help. The questionnaires can be found at:

Pre-test survey www.surveymonkey.com/s/PYRLDLD
Post-test survey www.surveymonkey.com/s/PYBD23Y

Email sean@thehealthyaboriginal.net to receive an evaluation copy of the publication

Drop by The Healthy Aboriginal Network website to see their extensive collection of comic books and posters on health and social issues for youth at: http://thehealthyaboriginal.net/