Blog - Prosper Canada

NPF TIG Week: Achieving unity: Building and using shared measures across funders and non-profits

16 December 2020
Author: Sheila B. Robinson

We are Allison Meserve (Prosper Canada), Rochelle Zorzi and Liz Martin (Cathexis Consulting). In this post, we highlight the process we used to co-develop shared indicators for six organizations involved in a national project and what we’ve learned along the way. We hope this will be useful for your own funder-non-profit relationships!

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Tags: calculator, education, financial counselling, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial planning, goal setting, low-income, poverty reduction

Family Services of Greater Vancouver’s Money Navigator: Answering the call for help

16 December 2020
Author: Wendy Abbott-Serroul

Vancouver, like many cities across Canada is experiencing high rental rates and low apartment vacancies making it exceptionally challenging to find affordable housing. For those who now find themselves unemployed, the situation is even more precarious. Jennifer*, a Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV) financial coaching client, found herself facing financial difficulties and the real risk of becoming homeless, she reached out to the free C19 Money Navigator service for help.

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Tags: Benefit, benefits, budget, budgeting, debt, education, financial advice, financial counselling, financial empowerment, Financial Empowerment Champion, financial literacy, financial well-being, goal setting, low-income, money management, poverty, poverty reduction, tax, tax filing

A look back on 2020 for the Financial Empowerment Network of Nova Scotia

26 November 2020
Author: Lindsay Visser

Since October 2018, the Financial Empowerment Network of Nova Scotia (FENNS) has worked to raise the levels of financial empowerment and financial literacy across Nova Scotia. Representing a broad spectrum of public, private and non-profit sector groups, we bring together organizations working to increase financial understanding with organizations whose work is directly affected by that lack of understanding.

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Supporting clients: When virtual assistance is not enough

29 October 2020
Author: Wendy Abbott-Serroul

There is no doubt that the ability to leverage innovative and useful tools such as Zoom, smart phones and other video platforms has ensured that during the pandemic, important meetings, relationships and support networks could be maintained. However, in our zeal to embrace technology and its ability to keep us connected we are reminded that, in some cases, this simply cannot replace, nor should it, the experience of being able to connect face-to-face.

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Finding Financial Stability in Uncertain Times

19 June 2020
Author: Galen MacLusky and Glenna Harris

Galen MacGlusky and Glenna Harris of Prosper Canada write in Tamarak Institutes' June, 2020 blog about Prosper Canada's network of 14 Financial Empowerment champion (FEC) - organizations that aim to expand proven financial empowerment interventions in communities across the country, and how these organizations see the way through to supporting Canadians weather the current financial crisis.

Originally published by Tamarack

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Tags: Benefit, benefits, debt, financial advice, financial counselling, financial empowerment, Financial Empowerment Champion, low-income, poverty reduction, tax filing