Free Financial Education
At HSSCU, we understand the importance of financial education and how it empowers our members to make informed decisions. That's why we're offering free financial education courses through our partner, Alison Financial.
Free Financial Education Courses
These free financial literacy courses are available to members and the community as a whole and covers a variety of personal finance topics. Below are four of the online, self-paced CPD-accredited courses on offer. The aim of these courses is to help empower learners of all ages in a free and easily accessible way.
The Course
“On The Money” is a course that credit unions across the country have developed in partnership with Alison.com, the world’s leading free online learning platform. The initial course offering will focus on key areas of personal finance, including:
- Phishing and Scam Awareness
- Credit and Debt Management
- Budgeting and Cash Management
- Saving, Investing and Financial Goal Setting
How It Works
Simply click on the course that you would like to start with and it will lead you to the Alison site where you need to set-up an account to get started, simply fill in your details and for the ‘organisation/company’ field, simply put in HSSCU. When you get to the page, click on the “0/4 Courses completed” to view all of the courses.
Helping Improve Financial Literacy
The negative impacts of financial illiteracy are far-reaching, from poor decision-making and limited retirement readiness, to vulnerability to frauds/scams, higher stress levels and growing inequality. Financial literacy remains a critical issue in Ireland. HSSCU wants to play a positive role in helping to increase financial literacy levels.
Programme Design
The courses will be delivered through an online learning platform and can be accessed at any time, allowing learners to progress at their own pace. The programme is designed to support people of all ages and backgrounds, including students, families, community groups, retirees and anyone seeking to improve their financial knowledge.
The negative impacts of financial illiteracy are far-reaching, from poor decision-making and limited retirement readiness, to vulnerability to frauds/scams, higher stress levels and growing inequality. Financial literacy remains a critical issue in Ireland. HSSCU wants to play a positive role in helping to increase financial literacy levels.
The Partnership
This partnership reflects a shared commitment to lifelong learning, financial inclusion and community empowerment, ensuring that individuals have the skills and knowledge needed to navigate an increasingly complex financial landscape. This is an initiative that has been brought forward by the Irish League of Credit Unions that we’re proud to be involved with.
Alison was founded in 2007 and is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 6,000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level.
