• Learning from disasters

Crippling debt can be a painful experience, but the Salvos’ Moneycare team is here to help.

Can you ever be truly financially ready for a natural disaster? The Salvation Army Moneycare team set out to explore this question in 2022 when they published an online book, Planning for the Unplanned: Are you financially ready for a natural disaster?

Planning for the Unplanned is a guidebook that includes real stories from people and supports readers to develop their own plans for being prepared. The publication includes some tips from Moneycare financial counsellors who are part of a team that has helped thousands of people gain control of their finances for more than three decades.

The team is also offering free webinars on planning for the unplanned – whether that be a natural disaster, sudden loss of income, change in family circumstances or a range of other reasons.

The webinar dates are:

• Monday 11 September 10:30am-12:30pm. To register, click here.

• Thursday 28 September 6:30pm-8:30pm. To register, click here.

Additional webinar dates:

• Thursday 12 October 10:30am-12:30pm

• Monday 23 October 6:30pm-8:30pm

• Tuesday 7 November 10:30am-12:30pm

• Wednesday 22 November 6:30pm-8:30pm

Readers can also register for any of the above dates emailing: planningfortheunplanned@salvationarmy.org.au

To download the book, click here.