Events across Canada Inspire Canadians to Take a Step Forward to Personal Financial Fitness
TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2011 /CNW/ - Is "get my finances in order" one of the top items on your to-do list? If so, now is the time! Next week is Canada's third annual Financial Planning Week (Oct 17-23) and Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) challenges Canadians to take action and get their personal finances on track by taking advantage of a cross-Canada network of public presentations about financial planning delivered by Certified Financial Planner® professionals.
"Procrastination is one of the greatest challenges that Canadians must overcome in regard to their finances. During Financial Planning Week, we encourage Canadians to learn at least one new thing about their finances, or to simply take action to get started improving their financial wellbeing," says Tamara Smith, VP, Marketing & Consumer Affairs, FPSC.
Canada-wide Events:
To help Canadians get moving on their financial fitness, FPSC issued its own challenge to CFP professionals across Canada and invited them to submit ideas on how they could host events in their communities to inspire and help educate Canadians about personal finance.
While all FPW events are posted on its Financial Planning Week Calendar so that Canadians can see events in their area, twelve submissions from CFP professionals were chosen as "Challenge Winners" and awarded $500 each. In the spirit of helping people - which is what CFP professionals do, every day - many Challenge winners are donating their $500 to a local charity, hospital, library or educational institution.
"Our hope was to have CFP professionals engage Canadians with different needs, from all walks of life and from various regions. They delivered on this expectation. In fact, we had more submissions than we could support. We congratulate the winners and acknowledge all the planners who are holding events in their communities. Everyone will be a winner this Financial Planning Week if they get involved and inspire themselves or others to bring more financial fitness into their lives," says Smith.
10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Financial Wellbeing:
And for those that can't make it out to an event, FPSC has also posted "10 Things You Can Do To Celebrate Financial Planning Week" on the Financial Planning Week website to inspire Canadians to get going.
"We know from our research that those Canadians that do engage in comprehensive financial planning experience significantly greater emotional and financial wellbeing. We also recognize that small steps can lead to big change over time. Make it happen by starting this week!" concludes Smith. NOTES TO EDITORS: To learn more about each Challenge winner's event, click here. Additionally, all events sent to FPSC are posted on the Financial Planning Week Website Calendar.
About Financial Planning Week
Now in its third year, Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) and the Institut québécois de planification financière (IQPF) have jointly declared October 17-23, 2011 as Canada's Financial Planning Week. During the Week, each organization will be spearheading industry events and public outreach activities in their respective markets. Financial Planning Week is part of an ongoing effort by both organizations to make financial planning more a part of Canadians' lives. Stay up-to-date at www.financialplanningweek.ca / Twitter @FPWeek, and join us on the LinkedIn and Facebook page for Financial Planning Week.
About Financial Planning Standards Council
Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) is a not-for-profit organization which develops, promotes and enforces professional standards in financial planning through Certified Financial Planner® certification, and raises Canadians' awareness of the importance of financial planning. FPSC's vision is to see Canadians improve their lives by engaging in financial planning. Currently, there are more than 18,000 CFP professionals in Canada and more than 133,000 CFP certificants in 23 countries worldwide. See www.fpsc.ca for more information.
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CONTACTS: For more information and to arrange interviews please contact:
Eileen Chadnick
Chadnick Communications (for FPSC)
416.631.7437 or eileen@chadnick.com
Heather Mills
FPSC
416.593.8587 x 235 or hmills@fpsc.ca