Financial Advice Matters Group Pty Ltd

Wishing all our valued clients a happy festive season and New Year! 🎉
We thank you for another great year and hope you enjoy the break with friends and family. We will see you in the new year when we reopen on the 8th of January.

One of the biggest obstacles to overcome is doing something because you MUST rather than WANT to.
And the choice made between the two can change the outcome and results you want to achieve drastically.

Our final instalment of the Mind the Gap series explores what changes can come from combining them and how it can put you in the best position to support behavioural change 💪

Mind The Gap - The Impact of Not Taking Action — Financial Wellness Matters In this final instalment of Mind the Gap, we explore how the results achieved and approaches taken by leaders because you must , rather than you want to can differ greatly, and how combining them can put you in the best position to support change.

Two weeks to go until the Wellbeing at Work Summit in Sydney and Melbourne where our Managing Director will continue spreading awareness around financial wellness and its place in the workplace 🙌 The summit will be held on Nov 14 in Sydney, Nov 15 online and Nov 16 in Melbourne.

And we're excited to share that you can receive 20% off your ticket when you enter our code FWM20 at checkout! 🎉

For more information and to book your tickets, visit their website at
https://wellbeingatwork.world/summit/wellbeing-at-work-australia-summit-2023/ -tickets__tickets-form

Did you know one of your greatest resources for support within your workplace can be peer groups or networks within it? Learn more about how you can best utilise this powerful resource in the latest instalment of our "Mind the Gap" series 🧠

Mind The Gap - The Role of Peer Support Networks — Financial Wellness Matters You can’t underestimate the powerful force a well-structured peer group or network can be for change and support within an organisation. See how to best utilise this resource to help bridge the gap between employers and their employees in this article.

Our Financial Wellness Matters team work with organisations every day to help their employers and employees to manage the effects and pressures arising currently from cost of living, which has provided some insightful perspectives from both sides.

Check out the first instalment of our new 3-part series where our Managing Director and Financial Wellness Matters CEO, Darren Smith, explores the gap opening between employer and employee and what can be done to help close it 🤝

Mind The Gap - Cost of Living Pressures Driving a Wedge Between Employees and Their Employers — Financial Wellness Matters There are very few employers and employees who have not felt the increased pressures of cost of living or cost to serve, which is causing a gap to open between employers and their employees. In this blog, we explore this gap from the two different perspectives and consider what support can be provid

Only one month to go! This November, our Managing Director, Darren Smith, will be joining the Wellbeing At Work team in Sydney and Melbourne at their annual Summit to continue spreading awareness around financial wellness and its place in the workplace 🙌

The summit will be held on Nov 14 in Sydney, Nov 15 online and Nov 16 in Melbourne. For further information and tickets, visit their website at
https://wellbeingatwork.world/summit/wellbeing-at-work-australia-summit-2023/

At Financial Wellness Matters, we are no strangers to the effects stress and mental wellbeing can have on people, particularly from financial pressures. We have seen through our work, our experiences, and research that the link between financial and mental wellbeing is stronger and more established than you may think. According to research conducted by Beyond Blue last year, people experiencing financial challenges are at least twice as likely to encounter mental health issues than those that aren't.

These financial challenges and hardships, especially in the current financial climate, can have a substantial effect not only on someone's work performance, but in their personal matters as well. The longer this goes unseen and unsupported, the worse it can progress.
We work with organisations to help them greater support their employees to understand their financial positions, provide them with the tools and skills they need to empower them to alleviate some of the financial pressures they may be facing.

On this World Mental Health Day, we encourage any leaders and workplaces to make financial wellness a priority not just today, but every day, and work towards empowering and supporting their teams to make the most of their finances. Please reach out to our team if you're looking to make a start in greater supporting yours.

It's officially Queensland Mental Health Week 🧠💚

This week is all about encouraging yourself and others to really think about your mental health and wellbeing, and gaining a greater understanding of how important and impactful our mental health truly is in our daily lives.

We at Financial Wellness Matters encourage you to also consider your financial wellbeing and how this could be affecting your mental health. Take the time this week, and throughout your daily life to reflect and see what you can do to strengthen and support your financial and mental wellbeing 💪🙌

Please note all our FAM branches will be closed today for the King's Birthday public holiday and will reopen on Tuesday 3rd October. We wish all our valued clients a relaxing public holiday.

It's almost Queensland Mental Health Week, and our team over at Financial Wellness Matters is joining in!

Our financial wellness coaches will be hosting a free online webinar during this week exploring the connection between mental health and financial wellness, and sharing some budget boosting tips to help you strengthen your financial wellness 💪

🔗 To find out more and to register, visit the link below or visit the QMHW website at https://www.qldmentalhealthweek.org.au/event/2023-boost-your-budget-strengthening-your-financial-wellness/

Boost Your Budget - Strengthening Your Financial Wellness Online Webinar — Financial Advice Matters Join our financial wellness coaches during Queensland Mental Health Week as they explore the connection between mental health and financial wellness, and share some budget boosting tips to help ease some of the pressures in the current financial climate and increased cost of living to help you stren