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42 people are interested
Work with low-income women to increase their financial literacy and confidence!
ORGANIZATION: Women's Money Matters
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42 people are interested
An hour a week of your time can start a woman in your community on the road to financial independence.
You do not have to be a financial wizard to be a coach. All you need is the desire to help someone in your community make the most of the money she has.
Budget Buddies builds the financial literacy, confidence, and security of low-income women in Massachusetts, through a unique program that combines instructional workshops and personal, one-to-one coaching.
We work with clients referred by local social service agencies and customize our program to their needs. Local financial institutions lead our classes. Volunteer coaches serve as personal mentors. The special mentoring component customizes assistance to each client.
Low-income women - who typically have no access to the financial advisors that educate those with higher incomes - get individualized help with the specific financial issues that keep them in poverty.
Teach Financial Skills that Last a Lifetime
Do you have an hour a week to change someone’s life?
As a volunteer coach, you’ll provide ongoing, one-on-one support for your client - and we’ll support you in that effort. As a start, here’s a summary of what we ask of our coaches:
- A genuine interest in and commitment to working with low-income women
- Strict confidentiality of all client financial and personal information
- A six-month commitment to your client
- Participation in a two-hour coaches’ orientation
- Participation in 10-12 hour-long client workshops
- One or two follow-up contacts with your client between workshops
- Participation in our monthly Coaches’ Exchange
For an hour a week, you can guide someone in your community along the road to financial independence. You don’t have to be a money-management expert to participate, just someone who wants to help. Per the request of Budget Buddies students, all coaches are women.
Join us for an upcoming Volunteer Information Night in Haverhill. For upcoming dates and more information, contact our volunteer coordinator, Jazmine, jkardell@budgetbuddies.org or 978-703-0820.
We’d love to have you come learn more about our program!
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About Women's Money Matters
Location:
6 Liberty Square, Boston, MA 02109, US
Mission Statement
Empowering women to improve their financial health, creating a more secure future for their families and communities. Women's Money Matters (formerly Budget Buddies) seeks to improve the financial literacy and confidence of women living on low incomes in Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire, and beyond (virtually!). For information on how you can help, please reach out to our Volunteer Manager, Berny Lugo blugo@womensmoneymatters.org Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/womensmoneymatters
Description
Virtual Programming - Women's Money Matters builds the financial literacy, confidence , and security of low-income women through a unique program that combines 3-4 months of instructional workshops (weekly/online via zoom) and personal, one-to-one coaching. We work with participants referred by local social service agencies and customize each program to their specific needs as well as with individuals who reach out to us on their own. Volunteers from local financial institutions and other community organizations lead the classes. Volunteer coaches serve as the personal mentors.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
75 Elm StHaverhill, MA 01830
DATE POSTED
October 21, 2019
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Adult Education
- Budgeting
- Financial Literacy
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 1 hour a week for a six-month long program