About Us
Here are Finance for YA, we're passionate about educating Young Adults about financial literacy and teaching financial skills.
Our online courses give you the basic fundamental skills and knowledge about personal money management and the financial systems in Australia.
Note: signing up for Finance for YA will add you to our user list, but you will still need to enroll in specific courses to access the content.
Online Courses
Hi, I’m Madeleine
Growing up, I learnt very little about money and the financial system in Australia. At the age of 19, I had managed to save $5,000 - I was super proud of myself. 4 months later, I checked my bank balance and there was less than $500 in there.... I was shocked! I couldn't work out where all my savings had gone.
I spent the next couple of month going through all my bank statements and working out my earnings and spendings. Simply put, I was spending more than I was earning. That was the beginning of my interest in finance.
With my background in behaviour change and my keen interest in personal finance and financial planning, I am able to apply beahvoural change concepts to finance.
The more I've learnt through life experience and structured education (shoutout to Deakin) the more I want to teach others so they can avoid the mistakes I made. And do it in a way that sets them up for financial freedom
Maddie
DipBS, BExSportSci, GradCertFinPlan