Their role is to help to improve people’s confidence with numbers by talking positively to those who may feel anxious about maths.
A three-year programme aimed at helping adults in Leicestershire boost their numeracy skills is looking to recruit 100 volunteers from across the county to train as Numeracy Champions.
These Numeracy Champions don’t teach maths – their role is to help to improve people’s confidence with numbers by talking positively to those who may feel anxious about maths, support people to have a more positive approach to numbers and signpost them to ways of improving their numeracy skills.
Councillor Christine Radford, cabinet member for adults & communities, said: "Numeracy is a vital skill that has so many practical applications in everyday life, and boosting those numeracy skills improves lives.
Numeracy Champions have a vital role in improving the numeracy of adults in Leicestershire by helping and supporting them in their learning. If you’d like to help people to become more confident with numbers, I encourage you to sign up to become a Numeracy Champion and attend the training sessions."
Leicestershire County Council has been awarded £3 million from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), and is working in partnership with charity National Numeracy to recruit and train the 100 Numeracy Champions, as part of the wider Multiply programme.
Multiply is a national project designed to help spread opportunity and level up the country by raising adult numeracy skills levels.
The funding means that over the next three years, the council will be able to deliver hundreds of free courses, support and workshops to adults aged 19 and over who do not already have a GCSE grade C/4 or higher in maths or equivalent and need to improve their numeracy skills.
Anyone who would like to sign up to become a Numeracy Champion can book onto a training session.(link is external)
More information about Numeracy Champions is available from the National Numeracy website.(link is external)
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