In February 2020, ten pioneering organisations launched Australia’s first place-based Financial Inclusion Action Plan to address the issues of financial stress and hardship affecting the local communities in Geelong. Since then, the Pioneers have played a critical role in assisting those in the Geelong community who have experienced the worst financial impacts of the COVID-19 […]

In an Australian first, ten businesses and organisations have banded together to launch a city-wide plan to combat growing financial hardship. With around 40,000 thousand Geelong residents living on low incomes and many unable to access regular banking or financial services, the group of businesses, government, academia and community organisations has committed to a ‘city-specific’ plan […]