Multiply Grants 2022-25

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a £2.9 billion fund which replaces the previous EU Structural Funds and provides investment into three local priorities: communities and place; support for local businesses; and people and skills.

Multiply is one element of the UKSPF, and the aim of the fund is to create opportunities for adults to develop numeracy skills to help improve employment prospects and life chances, specifically adults aged 19 who don't already have a maths qualification at level 2 or above (equivalent to GCSE grade 4).

Leicestershire County Council have established the Multiply Grants programme as a way to invest in high quality provision, which enables adults to improve their functional maths literacy, thus enabling them to improve their opportunities to access employment, training and education.

£600,000 has been awarded to a range of charitable organisations to deliver Multiply provision during November 2022 and March 2025.

The funding has been awarded for projects which improve numeracy skills for adults aged over 19, by helping adults with low levels of numeracy skills to achieve some or all of the following:

• Increased confidence with numbers as a first step towards formal numeracy qualifications
• Improved ability to manage money
• Build numeracy skills in the workplace (in conjunction with employers)
• Develop numeracy skills to gain access to specific jobs
• Prepare for Functional Skills Qualifications
• Enable parents / carers to help their children with maths
• Support people in the criminal justice system to develop numeracy skills
• Support those leaving (or who have just left) the care system to develop numeracy skills
• Seek to engage 'hard to reach' learners

A list of organisations who have been awarded a grant to deliver Multiply (numeracy skills for adults) provision in Leicestershire can be seen below.

More information about the Multiply programme (to support adults to improve numeracy skills) can be seen on Leicestershire County Council's website, via the link below.

If you have any queries, or would like further information regarding the Multiply Grants programme, please contact:

Noel Singh
Funding Manager
Leicestershire County Council
Tel: (0116) 3057020
Email: noel.singh@leics.gov.uk

Or email: multiply@leics.gov.uk