How to communicate about National Numeracy Day: text templates
Tweak or tailor these templates for your emails, newsletters, internal comms, social media and more.
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• Promoting your support and Lead Supporter announcement
• Recruiting schools
• Recruiting organisations
• Promoting the Big Number Natter
• Promoting the website and free resources
• Promoting the National Numeracy Challenge
Promoting your support and Lead Supporter announcement
Announcing your support: Short (Social Media)
- We’re delighted to be a Lead Supporter of #NationalNumeracyDay on Wednesday 20th May, helping people across the UK to feel confident about numbers! Join us: [Insert your trackable campaign website link]
- Our staff are building their confidence and skills in everyday maths for #NationalNumeracyDay. Want to get started too? [Insert your trackable National Numeracy Challenge link]
- We’re excited to announce that [Company Name] is a Lead Supporter of #NationalNumeracyDay. Let’s get the nation number confident together. [Insert your trackable campaign website link]
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Announcing your support: Long (Email/Newsletter/Intranet)
We are delighted to be a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day, the UK’s only day dedicated to everyday maths.
On Wednesday 20th May, we’ll join independent charity National Numeracy to help children and adults across the UK feel confident about numbers at school, at work and at home.
There will be heaps of free resources, activities and videos, including inspirational stories from people who’ve improved their numeracy, alongside practical advice and tips from real-life learners and celebrities.
We’ll be helping people get on at work, support their children and make their money go further by boosting confidence and encouraging them to brush up on their numeracy skills.
National Numeracy Day raises awareness of the importance of numbers in everyday life and empowers people to improve their numeracy.
For more information, visit: [Insert your trackable campaign website link]
Recruiting schools
Help us recruit nurseries, schools and children’s community groups to get involved.
Use your trackable sign-up link for under 16s in emails, social media posts, newsletters and on your intranet.
- Become a #NationalNumeracyDay school. Sign up for free materials and a Number Heroes competition to win one of six numeracy prize bundles: [Insert trackable sign-up link under 16]
- Calling all teachers. Sign up to get involved in #NationalNumeracyDay and access materials to support activity planning, celebrity videos, downloadable resources and more: [Insert trackable sign-up link under 16]
- This year, we are a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 20th May, and we would love you to get involved. If you sign up to be a National Numeracy Day school, you will receive a free toolkit with fun, engaging materials and activities to help children feel positive about numbers. You can also enter a competition to win one of six numeracy prize bundles and join National Numeracy Day Live: [Insert trackable sign-up link under 16]
Recruiting organisations
Help us recruit colleges, workplaces, organisations and community groups to get involved in National Numeracy Day.
Use your trackable 16+ sign-up link in emails, social media posts, newsletters and on your intranet.
- Get involved in #NationalNumeracyDay this May! Sign up to receive a free digital pack filled with confidence-boosting resources and activities. [Insert trackable sign-up link for 16+]
- Sign up for #NationalNumeracyDay and get access to free, practical resources that help your teams and community build their number confidence and skills. [Insert trackable sign-up link for 16+]
- We are a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 20th May, and we would love you to get involved. Sign up to receive a pack of free, practical and engaging resources to help your community feel positive about numbers.
Sign up now: [Insert trackable sign-up link for 16+]
Promoting the Big Number Natter
Internal: Get your people involved
As a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 20th May, we're joining the Big Number Natter.
It’s the UK’s only nationwide conversation about numbers and, love it or loathe it, we’ve all got something to say about maths. It's a chance to have a chat about numbers and change lives for the better.
We’d love to hear the story behind your lucky number, your tips for bagging a bargain, or how you use numbers here at work or at home.
We’ll be hosting Big Number Natters to celebrate National Numeracy Day – look out for invitations and posters.
We’d also love to hear your number stories, so please share your videos, photos and stories with us via [Teams/Yammer/Intranet/Other] and on social media using #BigNumberNatter.
Don’t forget to tag our company handle [@Name] so we can reshare.
External: Get the nation involved
- As a Lead Supporter of #NationalNumeracyDay, we’re joining the #BigNumberNatter to get everyone talking about numbers. How do you feel about maths? Join the conversation on social media or find out more here: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
- Join the #BigNumberNatter and tell us how you feel about numbers this #NationalNumeracyDay. [Insert trackable campaign website link]
Promoting the website and free resources
Internal: Get your people involved
As a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 20th May, we're delighted to support a fantastic range of free resources and activities for all the family.
National Numeracy Day is the UK’s only day dedicated to everyday maths. It celebrates the importance of numbers for adults and children and inspires everyone to improve their numeracy in order to open up opportunities and brighter futures.
There are loads of ways to get involved. Have a Big Number Natter and share your thoughts about maths, or take the first steps to improving your number confidence and skills with the National Numeracy Challenge.
Download practical resources for adults and fun activities for children, or visit the National Numeracy Day website to find out more: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
External: Get the nation involved
- Get ready – it’s #NationalNumeracyDay on Wednesday 20th May. There are heaps of free, fun and helpful activities to get you started now: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
- We’re proud to support #NationalNumeracyDay. Get free resources and activities to build number confidence at work, home and school this May: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
- It’s #NationalNumeracyDay. As a proud Lead Supporter, please join us today in celebrating everyday maths at: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
- We are delighted to support #NationalNumeracyDay to help the whole nation feel confident with numbers. Get all the free resources here: [Insert trackable campaign website link]
Promoting the National Numeracy Challenge
Internal: Get your people involved
As a Lead Supporter of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 20th May, we know how important it is to support numeracy within our own organisation, networks and communities.
We would encourage everyone – no matter how confident with numbers – to try the National Numeracy Challenge. It's a free online tool that builds numeracy skills and confidence.
It focuses on everyday maths, adapts to your learning level, and offers a range of helpful multimedia resources and support.
Visit the National Numeracy Challenge to check your numeracy level in just 10 minutes: [Insert trackable National Numeracy Challenge link]
External: Get the nation involved
- This #NationalNumeracyDay, try the free National Numeracy Challenge to build your number confidence and skills:
[Insert trackable National Numeracy Challenge link] - A great way to boost your number confidence is to try the National Numeracy Challenge this #NationalNumeracyDay. It's a free online tool that helps you develop confidence and skills in just 10 minutes a day. Go at your own pace and get started here: [Insert trackable National Numeracy Challenge link]
- Take the first step to making numbers work for you this #NationalNumeracyDay by trying the National Numeracy Challenge: [Insert trackable National Numeracy Challenge link]
