Multiply
Multiply is the government’s £560 million programme helping to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of adults across the UK, delivered through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The funding is distributed across local councils and then allocated to providers to deliver various different activities to support individuals with their numeracy skills.
Better Connect have formed a partnership with local organisations routed within their communities to help individuals develop their skills in numeracy. We are also working with employers to highlight the benefit of developing numeracy skills within the workplace.
In March 2023, we held an event for Multiply, see the below video to find out more!
Why is Numeracy important?
Numeracy is the ability to understand and use maths in daily life, home, and work. Whether that be improving household finances, helping children with homework, making more sense of the stats and facts in the media, or improving numeracy skills specific to your line of work.
People who improve their numeracy skills are more likely to be in employment, have higher wages and better wellbeing, and will be more able to progress to higher levels of free training to secure a skilled job in our economy.
Businesses who develop their employees’ numeracy skills can boost productivity, increase profits and improve employee retention.
The multiply programme was created to help adults improve their numeracy skills and gain a greater understanding of the impact that poor numeracy skills can have on their lives.
How to get involved?
Better Connect is working with organisations across York and North Yorkshire that are routed within their local communities and able to offer support to individuals in numeracy.
We are also working with employers to show how numeracy skills are used across different types of workplaces. We will be holding events and inviting both employers and unemployed individuals, to try and raise awareness of the importance of numeracy – and give candidates the opportunity to meet employers that have vacancies they are potentially struggling to fill due to the job requirements or skills gaps.
We would also like to hear from stakeholders, councils or funders from other areas such as West Yorkshire.
We are keen to support with the multiply programme wherever possible.
Testimonials
“My confidence has improved greatly. So much so I am now volunteering in a shop using numbers and I am looking for paid employment – it has been a long time since I last worked.
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— Multiply Participant
“I am more confident with my budgeting and have now gained a place at college to study carpentry.
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— Multiply Participant
“I have been fully immersed in this programme. I really enjoyed working on patterns and symmetry, mass and volumes.”
— Multiply Participant
“I feel more comfortable with numbers now. I understand my income and expenditure better.”
— Multiply Participant
“Debt closed and debt free now! Focused on staying that way in the future through better budgeting. ”
— Multiply Participant
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