What we can offer

Boost your numeracy skills to aim for a better job, better pay or perhaps you want to approach your home finances with more confidence. Maybe you want to feel better equipped to help your child with their maths homework or to be one step ahead when they transfer to secondary school. Whatever the need, there will be a Multiply course nearby to support you.

We use community hubs and schools in your area so that attending these sessions is convenient and remains local in places familiar to you. We can work in collaboration with existing community groups such as Men’s Sheds, Military Veterans, ESOL and Adult Learning Wales.

We offer sessions that might run over a number of weeks and can lead to accreditation such as household budgeting as well as one-off sessions that are focussed on a more specific need such as understanding the information on your payslip.

We also run more practical sessions where the maths you use might lead to making a memory box, seasonal wreath, making and baking - cawl and bread or using Scalextric to model the speeds and sizes of actual racing cars. When the sun shines, outdoor sessions are planned such as using a raised bed to feed a family, identifying trees and estimating their height and weight.

Examples of courses we offer:

Family Finance

• Value for Money
• Understanding your payslip
• Controlling what you spend with a budget
• Banking & Insurance

Family Health

• Calculating and monitoring your BMR

Practical Maths

• Crafty Boxes
• Making your own eco cleaning products
• Kite Making
• Seasonal Wreaths

Making and baking

• Cawl
• Scones and Welsh cakes
• Flatbreads

Outdoors

• Seed sowing
• Gardening for wildlife
• Lost in the woods – compass workshop
• Potions, balms and lotions – weed recipes
• Campfire cooking
• Treegonometry
• Planning a litter pick

Maths for the curious

• Scalextric Racing
• Vitruvian Man
• Games of Chance

Supporting your school-aged children

• Help with homework
• Revision strategies for GCSE
• Understanding unfamiliar teaching methods
• Coping with Primary to Secondary transition in maths
• Understanding of number in early years schooling
• Improving your subject knowledge in topics such as Area & Volume, Algebra and Handling Data

If any of these sessions are of interest to you, or if you would like support in other aspects of maths or numeracy, please contact multiply@carmarthenshire.gov.uk so that we can make things happen.