Everyday maths skills help us take control of our finances, whether it's budgeting and saving or understanding bills and payslips. However, we know that low number confidence affects millions of people.
Building confidence with numbers doesn't just improve maths skills, it strengthens financial wellbeing, which is why Number Confidence Week is about showing how number confidence can lead to financial confidence.
We'll be highlighting real-life stories throughout the week to show how others have experienced number struggles and that improvement is possible.
Read on to learn about the fun, free ways we'll be helping adults and children to improve their number confidence across the week 3-7 November, including a very special live assembly featuring celebrity guests...
What's on throughout Number Confidence Week?
We'll dig deeper into the theme of Money Matters, tackling a different area each day, with the help of National Numeracy's fantastic celebrity Ambassadors and Champions:
- Monday: Overview of number confidence for financial confidence: Ambassador Bobby Seagull opens the campaign with his "Number Confidence Check-in".
- Tuesday: Young people: Rotimi Merriman-Johnson, AKA Mr MoneyJar, explores number confidence through the eyes of Black British communities, and Iona Bain tells us about navigating life with dyscalculia.
- Wednesday: Parents and carers: We host our star-studded exciting assembly with Barclays LifeSkills, and Denise Welch and Rachel Riley share some of their experiences and advice as parents.
- Thursday: Workplace: Numeracy Champion Angie talks about numeracy in the workplace.
- Friday: Confidence mindset: Dr Linda Papadopoulos helps us all break down the barriers to building confidence and facing our fears.
What's happening for schools?
Schools can sign up to Number Confidence Week and get a free digital toolkit full of fun resources and activities.
They'll also get access to a live broadcast of an exciting assembly with Barclays LifeSkills for ages 7-11 hosted by EduTuber and BAFTA award-winning presenter, Maddie Moate! Maddie will be joined by National Numeracy ambassador Rotimi Merriman-Johnson and Barclays CEO Vim Maru for live-action fun featuring the "Wheel of Numbers."
What's happening for adults?
Check out our social media channels for amazing stories from learners about their numeracy journeys, showing that everyone’s experience is different and improvement is possible.
Hear from people who had a hard time with maths at school, but with determination, now have a better relationship with the subject and how that helps them in everyday life. Perhaps you could consider sharing your own 'Number Story'?
You can explore some of our number confidence boosting resources online and we’ll have celebrity and influencer content for individuals and communities. There are also plenty more inspiring real-life stories on our website.
You can follow Number Confidence Week on social media using the hashtag #NumberConfidenceWeek and the following handles:
- X: @Nat_Numeracy
- Facebook: @nationalnumeracy
- Instagram: @national_numeracy
- LinkedIn: @nationalnumeracy
- TikTok: @nationalnumeracy
How can my organisation get involved?
Organisations can sign up to Number Confidence Week and get a free toolkit full of helpful, free resources to promote internal engagement with staff and external engagement with customers and the community, including confidence-building resources and promotional materials.
There's also information on how to run your own Big Number Natter session within your organisation, to get staff talking about numbers. Love it or loathe it, everyone has something to say about maths!
Number Confidence Week partner activity
We couldn’t run the campaign without the support of our incredible partners, including Headline Supporter Barclays LifeSkills.
Across the week, our partners will be hosting a variety of fun activities to get communities talking about numbers, including a Maths Confidence cafe, online Big Number Natter and maths workshop.
Corporate volunteers will also be visiting schools across the campaign period.
This November, why not start your own numeracy improvement journey?
We hope you and your community will join in with Number Confidence Week, the “Money Matters” edition.
Whether it’s improving number confidence to get on better at work, school or home, taking the first step is all it takes to get started on that journey. Together, we can make a difference.
