Provision to deliver the Multiply Programme - Category 2 - Science & Mathematics

The scope of this project is to seek one or more service providers across all Lots to deliver the Multiply programme over a 3-year period. The contract will commence from September 2022 until 31st March 2025 and is being led and administered by Hull Training and Adult Education Hull City Council. Multiply activities aim to secure benefits for adults by giving them access easy access maths provision and confidence building with number.

We want to be flexible and determine what provision is needed to deliver high quality, innovative numeracy interventions that meet the needs of local people and the national aims for Multiply. There is a menu of interventions laid out in the tender documents for applications to map their interventions too. Multiply funding is led and administered by the Authority.

The delivery programme will address client and employer led demand and will provide opportunities to train, upskill and work towards level 2 Math qualifications. The project is open to all delivery providers that meet the eligibility criteria and will support the Authority to achieve its aim in contributing and commitment to increasing the percentage of the local population with level 2 math qualifications and skills.

Lot 3 - (Practical math), Courses designed to help people use numeracy to manage their money.

Maximum funding for this Lot is £60,000, over a 3-year period with an expectation of a minimum 60 learners will be recruited to the multiply programme to include an engagement of 20 guided learning hours per individual. All learning must be instructed under the guidance of a lecturer, supervisor tutor or an appropriate provider of education and training whilst on the Multiply programme.

Minimum of 1200 guided learning hours across the provision.

Provision to ensure ex-offenders have opportunity to occupy their time and learn new skills to reduce the chances of them reoffending.

We will offer learning opportunities that allows them to maintain positive activity in order to reduce the possibility of them reoffending.

We will incorporate maths into the delivery of subjects such as painting and decorating; basic household DIY and maintenance; How to become self-employed; Basic computer skills, prisoners do not have access to computers and often technology has moved on since their incarceration; Making and crafting. We will work closely with our partners at HMP Hull to ensure that all learning offered is attractive to the prisoner and enables them to improve their maths skills. Additional information: Department of Education (DfE) funding - Multiply Funding to improve numeracy skills for adults (aged 19 and above).