STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

1. To uphold the rights, improve, protect and foster the interests of its members.

2. To register qualified persons and encourage members to maintain the highest standards of practice in the delivery of financial counselling.

3. To promote public awareness and government recognition of the aims and objectives of the financial counselling profession.

4. To promote education and training of persons engaged in, or desirous of, being employed in the financial counselling profession.

5. To liaise with appropriate industrial bodies, to promote the improvement of employment standards of the financial counselling profession.

6. To develop and regulate standards of ethics and professional conduct required for the professional practice of financial counselling.

7. To formulate standards of knowledge, accredited training, and experience required to maintain the professional practice of financial counselling.

8. To liaise with appropriate academic and training organisations to maintain and develop qualification standards within the financial counselling profession.

9. To promote consistency and equity for members working within the financial counselling field.

10. To consult with associated organisations within the consumer advocacy field to promote and enhance the work of financial counsellors.