{"id":79199,"date":"2025-09-08T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=79199"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:40:27","slug":"grants-for-women-in-risk-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/grants-for-women-in-risk-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants for Women in Risk Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALI is giving five women advisers who write risk $2,000 each to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/06\/06\/faaa-release-early-bird-congress-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAAA Congress<\/a> in November. The money can be used to cover any costs that support them attending the event.<\/p>\n<p>CALI CEO <strong>Christine Cupitt<\/strong> said its <a href=\"https:\/\/cali.org.au\/recalibrate-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReCALIbrate program<\/a> has been expanded in its third year to reflect the level of investment needed in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know from our research that women need their own strong financial safety nets, and women advisers are uniquely placed to bridge that knowledge gap and build diversity in our industry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69010\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69010\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135.jpg 925w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-696x822.jpg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/12\/Christine-Cupitt-headshot-1-scaled-e1701894110135-356x420.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Cupitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to funding and access to CALI\u2019s women\u2019s executive network for mentoring and support, this year\u2019s ReCALIbrate winners will also receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A social media and press toolkit to build their profile and visibility<\/li>\n<li>Access to an exclusive meet and greet with CALI and past ReCALIbrate winners in Perth (also offered to all shortlisted candidates who fund their own way to the Congress)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Priority recommendations for speaking opportunities at industry events<\/li>\n<li>A complimentary ticket to CALI\u2019s annual conference in 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Co-founder and Financial Risk Adviser AFP at <a href=\"https:\/\/calibrelife.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calibre Life<\/a>, <strong>Nicole Bendeich<\/strong>, was one of five recipients of the award last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78099\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78099\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/Nicole_Bendeich-Calibre_Life.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Bendeich, Calibre Life, Sydney\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Bendeich, Calibre Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCALI made an investment in my development. It has reminded me that the future of advice needs more diverse, real, and relatable voices,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CALI\u2019s program gently nudged me into opportunities I never thought I\u2019d put my hand up for. It\u2019s led to meaningful mentorships, new collaborations, and real momentum in areas I used to exclude myself from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samantha Greene<\/strong>, Financial Adviser at <a href=\"https:\/\/greenefinancial.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greene Financial<\/a>, was another 2024 recipient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReCALIbrate gave me a reason to show up somewhere I probably wouldn\u2019t have gone otherwise and I\u2019m so glad I did,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I came away with a bigger perspective, fresh energy, and conversations I\u2019m still thinking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other 2024 recipient were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Janice Choo, <a href=\"https:\/\/bigoakfinancial.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Oak Financial Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nikki Szprinc, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcadvice.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DC Advice<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Pritchard, <a href=\"https:\/\/risingtidefinancial.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rising Tide Financial Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cali.org.au\/recalibrate-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Applications are now open<\/a> and will close Sunday, 21 September 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALI is giving five women advisers who write risk $2,000 each to attend the FAAA Congress in November. The money can be used to cover any costs that support them attending the event. CALI CEO Christine Cupitt said its ReCALIbrate program has been expanded in its third year to reflect the level of investment needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-associations","category-conferences-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}