INSPIRE - Making Your Wages Work for You

INSPIRE - Making Your Wages Work For You
Do any of these sound familiar?
- Starting work but not sure how to manage your wages?
- Wondering where your money goes each week?
- Finding it hard to save for goals?
- Unsure how much money to put aside for bills and future expenses?
- Not confident creating a budget?
- Feeling stressed about money or unexpected costs?
- Wanting to become more financially independent?
Many people know how to get a job, but fewer feel confident managing their money once they start earning. Good money habits can make a big difference to financial wellbeing, independence and long-term success at work. Financial stress, budgeting challenges and a lack of planning can become barriers to employment success.
INSPIRE: Making Your Wages Work for You is a practical money skills workshop designed to help participants build the confidence, knowledge and strategies needed to make the most of employment opportunities. Participants will explore budgeting, saving, managing spending, understanding payslips and planning for the future, while learning practical strategies to support financial wellbeing, independence and long-term success at work.
Our INSPIRE workshop will help you to:
- Build confidence managing money from employment
- Understand where your money goes
- Develop budgeting and saving skills
- Reduce financial stress through planning and organisation
- Set realistic financial goals
- Prepare for employment-related expenses
- Build habits that support long-term employment success
- Increase financial independence
What You'll Learn:
- How to create a simple budget
- Income vs expenses
- Needs vs wants
- Understanding payslips, tax and take-home pay
- Managing employment-related costs
- Saving money and working towards financial goals
- Practical money management strategies
- Budgeting apps and tools
- Ways to make saving automatic
- Strategies to make your wages go further
About INSPIRE
INSPIRE is a practical skills and capacity-building program that helps people develop the confidence, knowledge and strategies needed to achieve their goals, participate in their communities and live more independently.
Making Your Wages Work for You focuses on the financial skills that help people maximise the benefits of employment, reduce financial stress and build a strong foundation for future success.
Participants will leave with a personal financial goal, a simple action plan and practical strategies they can start using straight away.
Ideal For:
Job seekers
- Young adults preparing for employment
- School leavers
- People starting their first job
- People wanting to improve their financial confidence and independence
- Anyone looking to build practical money management skills for work and everyday life.
Employment creates opportunities. Financial skills help you make the most of them.