SUPER: How can we help Canadians manage their money better?
VO: Four in ten Canadians surveyed struggle with managing their money.
SUPER: Source: TD Financial Health Index, 2019.
VO: And less than half surveyed report having a budget.
SUPER: Source: Canadians and their Money: Key Findings from the 2019 Canadian Financial Capability Survey, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
VO: With the global pandemic, the need for financial literacy is more important than ever.
VO: With help from the TD Ready Commitment, ABC Life Literacy, a not-for-profit focused on helping Canadians improve their financial skills, was able to quickly adapt their Money Matters program and move their full range of learning materials online.
MACK: What ABC did is we shifted to online and virtual programming, meaning that we have online delivery of Money Matters, as well as virtual classrooms through Zoom and other tools. ABC staff have helped the community programmers learn how to use these tools, learn how to adapt the program for these tools, and also facilitate those workshops.
SUPER: Mack Rogers, Executive Director, ABC Life Literacy Canada
VO: So now, learners from coast to coast have a safe way to continue improving their understanding of how to manage their money.
KATHERINE: They’re leaving feeling like they learned something. So, I think that’s what always sticks with me, is that I actually made a difference in that hour, that two hours, which is really great.
SUPER: Katherine Arruda, TD Volunteer Tutor
ERICA: I think above everything else, the most important thing I learned was this is not a conversation to be scared of. Money is not a conversation that you have to shy away from.
SUPER: Erica Ruth Kelly, Money Matters Participant
VO: Through the TD Ready Commitment, we support initiatives like Money Matters to help build a more inclusive tomorrow for all.
END FRAME: td.com/financialliteracy
