Curo’s Strength in Numbers Programme for adults can build your confidence and skills in basic maths and numeracy.
Do you struggle with maths or numeracy? Maybe you have maths anxiety or had negative learning experiences of maths at school? Get stuck when your kids ask you for help with their maths homework? Feel your lack of maths skills is holding you back at home or work?
Our Strength in Numbers course gives adults a whole new route to mastering basic numeracy and Maths skills for everyday life. Different to traditional educational Maths teaching, you will learn how to develop a new, positive mindset about maths within a relaxed friendly environment. Learning at a non-pressured pace, it’ll give you the confidence to improve your numeracy skills and boost your potential earning power in the process.
Course Dates
Park Centre Community Centre, Kingswood
- 9 – 30 January: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
- 6 February – 27 February: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
- 7 February – 28 February: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
- 8 February – 1 March: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
Quebec Community Room, Twerton
- 10 January – 2 February: evening course, 2 evenings a week for four weeks
- 6 March – 27 March: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
- 7 March – 28 March: day course, 1 day a week for four weeks
Eligibility
Aged 19 +, Currently have a Maths Qualification below Level 2, UK resident or have the right to reside in the UK.
To book your free place
Email: workwise@curo-group.co.uk Call: Alexander Critchley on 07773 258654 or Katie Houlden on 07977 228328
Case study: “The course is a positive step for me”
Lily Hutchinson (pictured below) describes how Strength in Numbers has helped her gain confidence in maths.
I’m 63 years old and I’ve been trying to get maths right since I was a kid. At school I never got more than 10% in tests. The teachers had written me off by the time I left primary school. I ended up getting a grade 4 in my CSE exams aged 16.
I went on to become a registered nurse. Numeracy is important in nursing so I learnt strategies to get me through. I always had a second person look over my calculations. But my lack of confidence with numbers held me back in my career – for example, it meant that I never applied to become a sister.
As an adult, I’ve tried to get a maths qualification a couple of times, but it’s never worked out.
I found out about Strength in Numbers when I called Curo’s Work Wise service. As a Curo resident, I’d heard about the service, which helps people improve their skills and job prospects. I’m currently working as a cleaner but I want to change jobs as I’m finding it physically difficult as I have arthritis. I explained how I want to work on a supermarket checkout, but lack the numeracy skills. Work Wise were brilliant and recommended the course.
The psychology part of the course is interesting. We’ve looked at the reasons that people lack confidence with maths and learnt about dyscalculia, which can lead to difficulty understanding numbers. When I was at school in the 1960s and 70s people didn’t talk about any of this.
Alex, the course leader, is very good at explaining things and everyone is so friendly. Next, I’m hoping to get a Functional Skills Maths qualification. It’s early days, but I feel that the course has been a positive step for me and I’m optimistic that it will lead to good things.