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The Building Financial Capability BFC programme helps people and whānau to improve their financial wealth and wellbeing and get control
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As the trusted leader in financial capability, NSBS has been helping Kiwis for more than 30 years and is one of New Zealand’s only providers of both BFC and BFC-Plus (TMM) financial mentoring services.
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The Building Financial Capability (BFC) programme helps people and whānau to improve their financial wealth and wellbeing and get control of their money. We help set goals, relieve financial stress and debt, and increase cash flow and long-term savings.
The Building Financial Capability Plus programme, also called Total Money Management (TMM), is a holistic and all-encompassing money management service that improves the wellbeing of people and whānau by protecting their financial future.
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“As a small business owner who has really struggled for two years through the impact of COVID-19 and long lockdowns and loss of custom, now I am facing a rise in cost of living, inflation and mortgage payments. I had proudly been a debt-free individual, but I started struggling with so many things beyond my control. I needed to prioritise my life so that I could keep my business afloat and ultimately leave a legacy for my family. But the truth was I was only treading water: finding the money to pay staff, cover the mortgage, buy groceries and put petrol in the car. I couldn’t breathe. It felt like Groundhog Day. Then came the floods in Auckland, and while my business only suffered a little bit of damage, it still put my insurance premiums up. I heard about NSBS and the mentoring support and financial stress relief they could offer, and I quickly signed up to the BFC programme. I wanted to better manage my money and reduce the burden of financial worries so that my family and I can all live happier and more fulfilled lives. And I have never looked back.”
Clint
BFC
“The financial guardianship support I received from Sue at NSBS over the last few years has been amazing. Thank you to Sue for being there and helping me all those years. She has taught me so much and has enabled me to hold my head high with the progress I eventually made. Sue was my support and mentor. She paid all my bills and managed all my day-to-day money matters, and provided employment motivation which saw me get my first job… then a better one, and a better one, and a better one! Thanks to Sue’s diligent management and mentoring, I can now leave the BFC-Plus programme happy and with money-knowledge, money-confidence and money-independence… and with $36,535.27 in my ANZ bank account which Sue generated and safeguarded for me. Now I can start a fresh new life, drug-free and alcohol-free, completely independent for the first time and with a job, a home and financial security.”
Sally
BFC Plus
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NSBS has been recognised by the Government with a special certificate and pendant for the important work and responsive measures the non-profit organisation provided to individuals and whānau during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ordinary Kiwis are doing it tough and are more in need than ever of financial mentoring services to overcome the burden of financial stress that they are under.
The financial mentor team at NSBS has seen a significant rise in the number of people seeking help with financial budgeting and debt resolution due to the rise in the cost of living, inflation, and interest rates.
Women’s wealth and advising women on how to attain financial independence and financial security for themselves and their families is part of NSBS’s strategic vision, and in line with the government’s national strategy for financial capability.
NSBS is one of the only providers in New Zealand of both the Building Financial Capability (BFC) and Building Financial Capability-Plus (also called Total Money Management) programmes. As such, the Government has invited NSBS CEO, Drew Glucina, to join the Review Board Panel into the BFC-Plus service to discuss its impact and future, held by the Ministry of Social Development.
As New Zealand, like the rest of the world, faces a record rise in food price inflation and cost of living, with grocery prices skyrocketing, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has partnered with UK online grocery chain Ocado to create affordable recipes that won’t break the budget.
This year is a special one for NSBS as we mark 30 years since we were founded in 1992. Since then, we have supported thousands of New Zealand people, whānau and communities to build financial capability and resilience and lead happier, healthier lives.