Brought to you by Founding supporter Better Society award winner We are all numbers people National Numeracy Day 2019 Impact Report #NationalNumeracyDay National Numeracy Day 2019 Impact Report National Numeracy Day 2019 was Our 2019 a huge success, securing the supporters backing of 10 Lead Supporters, National Numeracy over 200 Champion organisations Day brings together employers, educators, and over 400 educational individuals and supporters from institutions, as well as achieving across the UK. national media coverage. Founding Supporter ince launching the campaign in 2018 SNational Numeracy and our partners Lead Supporters have succeeded in challenging negative attitudes towards everyday maths, through raising awareness of the issue and celebrating numbers across the country. Each and every one of our winning Best Partnership with a supporters made a huge National Charity at The Better difference, encouraging people Society Awards 2019, and the across the nation to take one silver Corporate Engagement simple step towards improving Award for Best Charity, NGO, their confidence and ability with or NFP Programme within the numbers, by taking the National Partnership category. Numeracy Challenge. Research Partners We aim to build upon this To date the campaign has strong start and make National inspired over 48,000 people Numeracy Day 2020 an even to start their journey towards greater success and will continue improved numeracy. our work to empower the nation through improved numeracy. National Numeracy Day is now an award-winning campaign Digital Partners 49% 2 i n 5 Almost half the working-age population say they do not want to has the numeracy level *2011 skills for life survey: a improve their maths and expected of a primary survey of literacy, numeracy skills. school child.* numeracy and ICT levels in England. 2012. Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Brought to you by Founding supporter Better Society award winner numeracyday.com #NationalNumeracyDay National Numeracy Day 2019 Impact Report What is National Numeracy National Numeracy Day Day and why do we need it? seeks to: 1. raise awareness of the ational Numeracy Day is run by the UK value of numbers, Ncharity National Numeracy and founding 2. promote the idea that being numerate isn’t supporter KPMG. The annual campaign is a a special talent, it’s celebration of numbers and how we use them something we can all get better at, in everyday life. 3. while also delivering the nation a solution to The Day provides an Yet half of all working-age improving numeracy. opportunity to both raise adults in the UK struggle awareness of the issue and to with using numbers, making enable people to get started them more vulnerable to in improving their confidence unemployment, fraud, low and ability with numbers. wages and poor health. From working out budgets, to Even more surprising, two in following a recipe, choosing the five seem not to recognise best deal, to planning a journey, the value of these vital skills helping with homework, or and say they do not want to even working out your team’s improve. This demonstrates chance of winning the league. how few of us have made the Whether at home or at work, connection between improving we all use numbers every day. our numeracy and the huge impact it can have in our lives. Levels of numeracy across the UK are low by international standards and, if anything, are getting worse over time. This is posing big costs on individuals, economies and societies. It is time to raise awareness of the blight of innumeracy and, most importantly, to begin to take steps to improve matters. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, National Numeracy F2 Freestyler, Jeremy Lynch, shows off his skills on National Numeracy Day, using football to highlight the importance of numbers in everyday life. trustee Brought to you by Founding supporter Better Society award winner numeracyday.com #NationalNumeracyDay National Numeracy Day 2019 Impact Report Supporter toolkits and promotional Growing in numbers resources Founding supporter Brought to you by Brought to you by Founding supporter ince the inaugural campaign last year, We are all National Numeracy Day has gathered an Adrian, 29 Site Supervisor, numbers Liverpool S “ I usenumbersevery dayinsomeway, Adrian, 29 people Site Supervisor, shapeorform”Liverpool I use numbers AdrianusedtheChallengetobuildhisconfidencewithnumbers incredible amount of support and grown into “ andmakethemovefromUniversalCredittofull-timeemployment. every day in Whatpromptedyoutothink I use numbers every day in some way, some way, aboutimprovingyourrelationship shape or form, particularly when working withnumbers? out measurements in my new job as a Site shape or form” I was unemployed and on Universal Credit, Supervisor. 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