FPA launches pro bono advice for cancer patients

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8 June 2017
| By Mike |
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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched another pro bono financial advice project – this time with the Cancer Council.

The FPA said it had launched a nationally-structured pilot pro bono financial planning referral service with the Cancer Council to help families affected by cancer who are unable to afford the cost of financial advice, by connecting them with financial planners who can provide their services on a pro bono basis.

Commenting on the launch of the program, FPA chief executive, Dante De Gori noted that a report prepared for the Cancer Council by Access Economics estimated the average cost of a cancer diagnosis to be almost $50,000. 

“Many people simply cannot afford to resolve the financial issues that need to be addressed during this stressful time,” he said. “Financial planners can make a huge difference to families in need of assistance."

De Gori said the FPA was calling on its members to come forward and generously donate their time to assist cancer patients and their families with a wide range of financial issues on a pro bono basis.

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