Number Champions
@NumberChampions
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We are a UK charity. Our trained volunteers run creative one-to-one sessions with children in state primary schools who struggle with maths.
London North and Central
Joined January 2020
RT @charitygovaward: This month, we're celebrating the #charities shortlisted for #CharityGov2024. Congrats to @APARU_UK, @NumberChampion….
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Thank you to @ReachVolunteer for your support of the Charity Governance Awards. We are delighted to be in such good company!.#CharityGov24.
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We have just been shortlisted for the Charity Governance Awards 2024 organised by @ClothworkersCo. Congratulations to the other wonderful charities in the shortlist and Thank You to @CharityGovAward for all your support and encouragement!.#CharityGov24
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Thank you to @HiSheriffLondon for all your wonderful support.
Excellent evening celebrating long serving @NumberChampions with their inspirational founder, Bernard Manson. Their 110 #volunteers make learning #maths fun through imaginative one-on-one sessions with children in over 30 primary schools in #London. More volunteers needed!
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Labour could abandon Rishi Sunak’s maths reforms to focus on primary school #maths provision.Speaking at the Science Museum, Shadow Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP wants to set up children to succeed much earlier on in their lives. via @ft.
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Thank you to @CISIFutureFndn for their very generous grant which will enable us to help many more children.
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‘Maths is the language of the universe’ says shadow education secretary @bphillipsonMP, promising ‘real world’ numeracy lessons and a new 'phonics for maths' programme for early years and primary school classes.
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It's great to see the illustrations in today's @guardian - on the front page and in this article. They're by Hannah Robinson, the talented young artist who created the illustrations for our website.
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Our Annual Report for 2022-3 is now published! .Thank you to our #volunteers who helped 250 children in 29 London schools. 86% of the children gained more confidence with #maths, 79% were more engaged in classroom lessons, and 83% made material progress.
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Bernard (Chair) and Lorraine (Head of Ops) were invited to the House of Commons yesterday to meet Mike Freer (local MP for some of our partner schools). We opened a dialogue about how a good grounding of maths in primary school significantly improves children's life chances.
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We are looking to hire a part-time staff member to join our Head of Operations in the day-to-day running of the charity. If you or anyone you know, would be interested in this role, we would be delighted to hear from you!.
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We are delighted that, on behalf of everyone at Number Champions, our founder has been.named a #CoronationChampion! #CoronationChampionsAwards, launched by.@RoyalVolService, celebrates the work of extraordinary #volunteers across the UK.
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Number Champions has been honoured by the Office of the Prime Minister with a #PointsofLight award to our founder. Bernard says ‘Although my name is on this award, it really recognises all our volunteers and the support they give to children.'.
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We’ve just published our Annual Report 2022. Last year our #volunteers helped 240+ children in 25 schools. 89% of the children showed a measurable increase in confidence and 78% a measurable catch-up in #maths attainment with the rest of the class.
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Prof Ulrike Tillmann @LondMathSoc suggests that the way to increase interest in the mathematical sciences is not to tinker with what we call the subject but to invest in it properly so that people of all ages can access the best possible teaching.
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Passionate about helping young children develop key life skills? . @NumberChampions are are looking for a volunteer tutor to support primary school children in their confidence, enjoyment and skills in maths. Role link below 🔽🔽 #mentoring .
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Interesting article by @alexbellos about the importance of developing spatial reasoning. Can you solve the puzzles? .
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In the 1840s, Ada Lovelace (1815-52) showed mechanical computers had a wider application beyond mathematical calculations and wrote what is considered the first computer algorithm. #InternationalWomensDay.#InternationalWomensDay2022 .#WomensDay.#Maths
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