Have you got money worries? At Kingdom Resources we can help reduce that worry.  Our experienced budget advisors and trainers have helped many people who thought that their finances were out of control.

 Our Services include: 

• Free Budget Advice
• Course Information
  
• Employment Help

  For more information about any of our services, contact our office on 03 332 1700 or email us.

  For budgeting help outside Christchurch and North Canterbury click here for Christian Budgeting New
  Zealand members, or look in your local White or Yellow Pages under "Budgeting".

We provide a hand up, not a hand out! 

 Free Budget Advice

Each client is assigned a Christian volunteer budget advisor to teach them how to manage their money and stay out of debt. Kingdom Resources volunteers demonstrate God’s love by showing that they care and by taking time with people who have often lost hope.

 Interest Free Loans

People on low incomes are considered high credit risks. So they often seek credit elsewhere with high interest rates (even higher than 40 per cent) and enter a never-ending debt spiral. They are unable to repay the principal debt because of the high interest payments.

Within the budgeting process, sometimes Kingdom Resources can assist people in need with debt restructuring, lending money interest-free, over a manageable time period. Knowing that someone has trusted them enough to lend them money interest-free, plus the budget advice they receive, is a huge boost to Kingdom Resources’ clients.

 Free Budgeting Courses in the Community

We run various budgeting courses, free of charge. The courses are designed to help people cut costs, increase income, develop their own money plan, and manage debts. 

 At Kingdom Resources we specialise in employment training and budget advice.

Taking the First Step - Employment Course for Women

This is an employment course specifically designed for women and covers a broad range of sessions including:

• juggling home and work
• CV preparation
• letters of application
• identifying personal talents and skills
• appropriate job selection through to interview skills
• personal presentation and grooming

It is run over 4 weeks, two days each week.  The first course for 2010 begins on Wednesday 17 February,  to enrol or for more information call Janelle on 03 332 1700 or email us.

 Men at  Work - Employment  Course for Men

This icourse is for men wanting to move within the workforce, or who are looking for work.  Content is tailored for men, and aims to build confidence by:

• skills evaluation
• marketing yourself
• identifying employer expectations
• letters of application
• interview skills
• career options
• CV preparation
• job search strategies

The next 2010 course runs from Monday 26 April to Friday 30 April from 9am - 4pm.  To enrol or for more information call Tony on 03 332 1700 or email us . 

 Beat the Budget Blues - Budget Advice Course

This is an informal budget advice course which looks at developing a Personal Spending Plan - for spending the money we have, and to avert a cash crisis when the unexpected happens.  Information is given on:

• banking
• meal preparation
• cutting costs
• consumer rights
• setting goals
• dealing with debt
• other money saving ideas 

The courses run for 4 sessions, usually over a period of 4 weeks (one morning OR evening each week.)
Details of 2010 Term 1 courses are as follows:

    15 February to 8 March     (Monday evenings) at Rangiora Baptist Church
    18 February to 11 March   (Wednesday mornings) at Emmett Street Christian Centre, Shirley  

  To enrol in any of these courses or for more information call Paul on 03 332 1700 or email us .

 Consider Your Ways

This is also an informal course looking at financial issues for Christians.  It runs for 4 sessions, usually over a period of 4 weeks (one evening per week).  For more information on course venues and dates for 2010, call Paul on 03 332 1700 for email us .

If you need any help trying to find work or finding a new life direction, our professional and supportive trainers and careers advisors are here to give you a helping hand. 

For more information, call Tony on (03) 332 1700 or email us .