Money Coaching
Serve your church and community with money coaching, and help them experience the freedom that comes from feeling in control of their finances.
What is Money Coaching?
Through money coaching, you can help your church and community build the knowledge, skills and confidence to improve their financial wellbeing.
CAP’s money coaching toolkit features 100 minutes of expert teaching across 23 bitesize videos, alongside top quality print resources. Money coaching typically takes place over three or four group sessions facilitated by trained Money Coaches and Befrienders within your church community. It’s designed to run alongside any other ministries or services you offer in your church such as small groups or food banks. It can also be offered one to one.
It’s a simple, low cost way to serve your community and help them experience the freedom that comes from feeling in control of their finances.
What’s included?
Through a series of videos, group discussions and activities, your money coaching participants will receive up-to-date, expert advice on different topics that will help them navigate their day-to-day finances.
Money coaching topics include:
How to build and balance a household budget
Ways to save more with smart spending
Exploring the difference between essential and optional expenses and finding ways to realistically cut costs
How to use credit wisely and navigate unmanageable debt
How to structure finances using a system that is proven to work
How to stay safe from scams
We’ll provide tools and resources to help you publicise your course and ongoing training and support.
Who is money coaching for?
Money coaching is designed to be suitable for a wide range of incomes and personal situations. The resources contain lots of different examples, allowing you to tailor the discussions and activities appropriately.
Who can be a Money Coach?
We don’t expect you to have a wealth of financial knowledge or any formal qualifications, you’ll just need to be comfortable leading a group and facilitating discussion on the topic of money management. With just the short training that we provide, you’ll be equipped with the skills and knowledge you need to be a Money Coach.
Who can be a Befriender?
You won’t do the up front presenting as a befriender, you will be the supportive, encourager in the group, taking part in the activities and listening to people’s questions and concerns. An “Anam Cara” (Soul Friend) to come alongside people who may find it emotionally or practically challenging to put the suggestions in the money coaching into practice You may wish to offer more support outside of the money coaching workshops too, but that is entirely up to you.
Costs
Money coaching is a low cost way to bless your community.
Training of Money Coaches and Befrienders is currently free to church partners.
The starter kit from CAP costing €50 approx delivered has everything you need to get your first money coaching workshops up and running.
A coach guide
5 participants journals
An activity pack
Extra coach guides and journals are available as needed but they are not expensive. The videos are provided to church partners running money coaching along with lots of extra information and help relevant to our experience in Ireland.
You will need a place to hold your workshops, it doesn’t have to be in your church building, and there may be a cost there. After that there is simply the cost of refreshments.
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How do I sign up to offer money coaching through my church?
Good question! We want this process to be as easy as possible for you and your church.
Get in touch with us, you’ll receive instructions on how to sign up, including your church leaders agreeing to partner with us, attending training, and getting all the resources you need to help your community get back in control of their finances.