SWAN - South West Action for Numeracy
Introduction
The Government has developed an aspiration to bring at least 95% of the population to functional level in numeracy (Entry Level 3) by 2020.
The Learning and Skills Council is the Government’s major body for funding post-compulsory education and training and has been tasked with driving this forwards. Funds are usually distributed through recognised colleges and training providers, but on this occasion funding is available to any organisation that can engage with individuals as the aspiration will require innovative ways of engaging with people across communities.
The ways that improvements can be made are many, one approach is to encourage people to engage in imroving their skills through 'taster' programmes.
Funding was made available to offer very short “taster” programmes to people who might benefit from improved skills in this area. These were offered by a range of organisations in a range of venues and the “taster” experiences were described and marketed in a variety of ways. According to circumstances they were presented as “managing credit cards”, “coping with debts”, “helping your kids through GCSE maths”, “maths for yachtmaster chartwork”, etc.
To access the Taster Programme session plans & resources, please click here.
For our 10 Tips for Engaging People in SWAN, please click here.
For further numeracy resources, please click here.