Increase your confidence at work, or secure that dream role, by improving your basic maths skills with Multiply.
By improving your basic maths skills you’ll become much more confident and much more employable. Not only that, but you’ll be able to take on roles that are paid more and you can progress further.
Multiply helps people to improve their basic maths skills for FREE, and we can do this because we are fully funded by the government.
By improving your basic maths skills with us, you’ll see real benefits in your work life:
We work with people at every stage of their work life. You might just be starting out in your first job, you might be looking for a job, or you might have worked for years and want to progress further or change the type of work you do. Some of our learners want to change their careers completely, or turn their hobby into a business and just need some support to figure out the costs around this. Whatever your situation, we have the right team in place to help.
If you work in the care sector, in order to do your job well or get a higher position, you might need to put a staff rota together. We’ll work with you and your employer to create a package of support that’s tailored to your needs so that you can develop the precise basic maths skills you need. This means that you’ll be able to do your job more confidently and effectively, and you’ll be able to progress further and be paid more.
If you work in a shop, you’ll need to make as much profit as you can. This could involve planning special offers on certain products. You’ll need to work with numbers to figure out how to put these offers together, and it could include adding numbers together, taking away amounts, and looking at percentages. Talk to us about the precise areas you need help with, and we’ll ensure you get the support you need.
As a chef, you may be asked to reduce the amount you spend on ingredients so that the cost of food can be kept down for customers. We can help you look at budgeting and cost of living skills to make it easier for you, making things much less stressful for you and your employer.
You can work with us in your own time, or you can work with us alongside your employer to get the precise support you need. All of our time and support is provided for free.
We’re delivering Multiply in places across York and North Yorkshire, including Harrogate, Scarborough, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Craven, Hambleton, Selby and more.
Our sessions are delivered both in person and online (through our CENTURY app), so you’ll be able to find the right opportunity for you. We have expert delivery partners working throughout the area to help you improve your basic maths skills so that you can thrive, both at work and at home.
Download Our App
Improve your basic maths skills with our CENTURY app. The content in the App caters to all interests, featuring business-related classes (which frame maths questions around admin, catering, health and social care and beyond), maths classes for families, and GCSE-level functional skills classes.
Fill in this form, and you’ll receive logins and support information from your own dedicated point of contact at Multiply, to help guide you through.
You’ll need one of the class codes below to complete the sign-up process.
If you need any support with the app please email us at multiplyteam@northyorks.gov.uk.
Our practical maths classes are designed to help you with day to day things at home and at work. Our delivery partners have put together a fantastic set of activities and courses to help you improve your numeracy skills. You won’t even realise you’re learning.
Perfect for those who haven’t been in education for a while, The Progression Award is a stepping stone to a GCSE-level course. You’ll work in a group of 6 learners, practising your basic maths skills in everyday contexts. At the end of the 6-week course, the evidence of your learning will be submitted to achieve a Progression Award at Entry Level 3.
You can access The Progression Award via local delivery partners in your area, after developing your confidence and skills via their fun practical maths classes.
We work with a range of delivery partners throughout York and North Yorkshire, who provide fun practical maths courses, Progression Award support, and open events across your local area, at things like family festivals, race days, fun runs and more, to enable you to improve your basic maths skills in a fun way, while taking part with others across your local community.
Find an event near you and come and say hello to learn how our Multiply partners can help you.
EventsWe also work with employers, and we support you to increase the skills of your workforce.
Employers that work with us see many benefits, including:
Some employers struggle to fill certain roles because the people applying for them may lack skills in certain areas. Many skills gaps often crop up around numeracy. Numeracy is about understanding numbers and being able to use them in everyday tasks both at work and at home. We work with both employers and job seekers to improve basic maths skills and get roles filled. Improving skills means that people can perform well in their new jobs, which clearly benefits both employers and job seekers.
Any business in York and North Yorkshire, no matter how small or large, can access our support for free. We’ll provide a bespoke skills programme for your business to fill any basic maths skills gaps your employees have. We can even train one of your employees to become a numeracy champion so they can then support and train people in your business for years to come.
If you’re an employer that could benefit from our work to reduce the skills gap of candidates or your current employees, then please contact Christine Brass, at our partners Better Connect, now on: cbrass@betterconnect.org.uk or call her on 01423 795306.
Improving basic maths skills opens up new opportunities for job seekers, employees and employers – get your free support today.
Our local delivery partners are trusted community organisations located throughout York and North Yorkshire. By working through these organisations, our support is provided in local venues instead of more traditional classroom settings. This creates a supportive, guided, but low-pressure environment for our learners.
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