Multiply Programme

• Smart Spending – Are you finding it difficult to juggle your incomings and outgoings? Come to this free workshop designed to help you develop, manage, and maintain a budget with confidence.

• Food shopping and deals – puzzled by prices? Confused by club cards? We look at how to understand supermarket prices, deals, and offers, and how to make your money go further with the weekly shop.

• Loans – whether you’re consolidating debt, looking to buy a new car or renovate a room, loans are useful ways to purchase large items. If you need some help understanding APR, credit scores and eligibility, this workshop is for you.

• Credit cards – would you like to understand more about credit cards, their uses, costs, charges, and interest free offers? This workshop is designed to increase understanding of credit cards so you can feel more confident in how to use them.

• Utilities & mobiles – if you’re interested in building confidence to find the best energy, broadband and mobile phone deals, this workshop is for you. We look at utilities, break down the costs and help you understand how to compare services to suit your needs.

• Cost-friendly cooking – a hands-on course designed to build confidence cooking fresh and tasty meals, with budget-friendly recipes at the forefront.

• Independent living – if you’ve recently moved home and could do with some help to build confidence in running a household, we may be able to help. From basic DIY to managing your bills, we have workshops to suit your needs.

• Travel – would you like to be able to travel further afield, either to go shopping, to work, education or explore the countryside, we have a workshop designed to help build confidence in reading train and bus timetables, buying tickets, and managing your time.

We can support you to support your children with their maths homework. From early years to year 7.

• Tunes and Tales – Through songs, stories and play, our sessions aim to build a love of learning and empower inquisitive minds around maths in the early years, setting a foundation for their mathematical journey ahead. We provide a space to explore maths with your child and build confidence and inspiration for further activities at home.

• Meaningful Maths – From number and calculating to shape and measure, we offer an opportunity to see how your child learns maths in school, whilst upskilling yourself and building confidence to help your children with maths work at home.

• Maths Madness – Join us on a journey into the fun world of numbers through games, play and stories. Let’s make maths an exciting adventure together with the family.

• Counting on Success – A way to get fresh ideas to make maths more fun and engaging at home. From calculating to shape and problem solving, we aim to build your confidence and skills to empower your child’s maths journey.

Our Numeracy Support will help you upskill and increase your employability through the following free accredited courses:

• Agored Courses – For 2-4 hours a week for 4-6 weeks, you can work towards gaining formal qualifications recognised by employers.

• GCSE Courses – For adults aiming to gain a formal qualification in maths, we are offering free 36-week GCSE courses at both foundation and intermediate level. Whether people are looking to improve their grades or attain qualifications they may have missed earlier in life, Multiply can support these ambitions. Currently, this course is being offered to those able to reach venues in Abergavenny. The deadline for joining these courses was November 2023. Watch this space for details of next year’s courses.

• GCSE Resit – We are offering free one-to-one revision sessions for adults who are resitting GCSE maths. These sessions will be tailored to the individual’s needs and can be offered both in person and online. We can help to boost grades and develop confidence and a better understanding of GCSE maths, enabling adults to achieve their full potential. Note that November 2023 resits will be prioritised.

• Family Fun Days – Come and join us for experiments, sports days and arts & crafts.

• Brews and Brain Games – join us for a weekly gathering filled with warmth, laughter and camaraderie. Challenge your brain with puzzles and games, make new friends and indulge in tea and biscuits.

• Tunes and Tales – Through songs, stories and play, our sessions aim to build a love of learning and empower inquisitive minds around maths in the early years, setting a foundation for their mathematical journey ahead. We provide a space to explore maths with your child and build confidence and inspiration for further activities at home.

• GCSE Courses – For adults aiming to gain a formal qualification in maths, we are offering free 36-week GCSE courses at both foundation and intermediate level. Whether people are looking to improve their grades or attain qualifications they may have missed earlier in life, Multiply can support these ambitions. Currently, this course is being offered to those able to reach venues in Abergavenny. The deadline for joining these courses was November 2023.