'The more the merrier' - Initiative for Financial Wellbeing on hunt for volunteers

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Sophie King
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The Initiative for Financial Wellbeing (IFW) is on the hunt for volunteers to take part in research and to build tools to improve financial wellbeing.

Ovation Finance chairman and Financial Wellbeing Podcast presenter Chris Budd (pictured), who has led the initiative, said volunteers can get involved in researching money and happiness and then use that to create tools the sector can use to improve financial wellbeing. Those interested can sign up through the IFW website and select which "stream" they would like to dedicate their time to. Streams include research, tools, events and connections. There is no limit to how many people can sign up to volunteer, Budd said "the more the merrier" and added volunteers can set their own tasks and...

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