From 2021-05-18 to 2021-05-20, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday every week
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
READ Saskatoon delivers Momentum's Money Management Training. This curriculum is a holistic, asset-based approach to growing a sustainable livelihood.
This curriculum has been designed for the use of community-based organizations who work with people with lower incomes.
Your organization will
• Build expertise in the sustainable livelihoods approach to poverty reduction
• Build in-house capacity to provide money management education for your participants
• Have the flexibility to work through each topic at a pace that works for your participants
Your participants will
• Learn the critical skills necessary for achieving a sustainable livelihood
• Learn how to save and reduce debt, even on a low income
• Understand how thoughts and feelings about money impact how they manage money
• Learn how financial assets are connected to personal, human, physical and social assets
• Tell their money where to go instead of asking where it has gone.
What is included within the Financial Literacy training?
Your staff will receive:
• Intensive two-day facilitation training on the five core workshops
• Facilitation skills based on adult learning principles
• Financial Literacy Curriculum manual and resources, including facilitators' guides and participant handouts
• Networking opportunities with other agencies serving people living on low incomes
What makes the curriculum unique?
• It’s all in the delivery and based on comprehensive front-line experience working with individuals living on low incomes
• Plain language content increases the accessibility of the material for groups with lower literacy levels
• Foundational nature of the curriculum tailored to the unique needs of individuals living on low incomes or experiencing other barriers
• Activity-based approach provides an engaging environment for participants to learn about a challenging topic
• Five modules cover both the technical and behavioral components of financial literacy, increasing the chances that participants will be able and willing to make the changes in their own lives.
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