Decision details

Multiply is part of UK Gov. Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), administered by the Department for Education (DfE). It supports the Levelling Up mission to ensure that by 2030, the number of people successfully completing high-quality skills training will have significantly increased in every area of the UK. Multiply aims to help people improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life, home, and work. Whether that be improving household finances, helping children with homework, making more sense of the facts in the media, or improving numeracy skills specific to a line of work.

The County Council has been awarded an allocation of £3,689,038 by the DfE, phased over the next three years, for offering Multiply. It was determined that the most effective way to do this in West Sussex was by inviting organisations to apply for funding to deliver the Multiply programme.

Applications for Multiply grant funding have been received from a wide range of organisations. Following an evaluation process, this report seeks approval to award the funding to those organisations whose applications have been judged as best meeting the requirements.

The Assistant Director (Education and Skills) has approved:

(1)        The award of Multiply delivery grants to the organisations identified in Appendix A of the report up to a total value of £679,791

(2)        The allocation of further Multiply funds to the anticipated maximum value of £238,000 to organisations delivering:

a.        Provision which meets the requirements of additional interventions which are currently being developed and which are more specialist; and

b.        Provision which meets any locally identified gaps following the initial grant awards.

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