Canterbury red zone residents - a guide to financial decisions

From CanCERN's latest newsletter:

The Sorted website CLICK HERE  has a special page for red zone residents, which has a range of tools and information, to help guide you through your financial decisions.   This includes a financial decision guide booklet and an action plan checklist to help get you started with what to think about, and do, and who to talk to.

The website has a wide range links for information on the different aspects of the money side of things. The booklet, which can be downloaded from the link above, covers:

Part one – Deciding on the Government’s offer

• Which option is best for you?
• What settlement date suits you?

Part two – Deciding what to do with your settlement payment

• What to do with the deposit payment?
• What to do with the final settlement payment you receive?

Part three – Getting advice

• Who should you talk to?
• Getting financial advice.
• Sorted tools and more information