UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)

Applications are invited for the following intervention: S42 Courses designed to increase confidence with numbers for those needing the first steps towards formal qualifications.

The UK Government is seeking to ensure that all citizens have higher level numeracy skills to enable them to take advantage of all opportunities available to them. Multiply funding has been ring-fenced by the Government to support those needing help with numeracy.

This intervention aims to support learning activities for adults aged 16 years+ and without a SCQF level 5 qualification in maths, who wish to improve their numeracy skills and knowledge. People who have a SCQF level 5 qualification can also participate if their maths skills no longer meet the traditional standard and where Multiply can help them progress into work, in their career or on to higher levels of training,

Learners who already have an SCQF level 5 maths qualification can access Multiply provision if:

• A skills assessment has determined they have functional maths skills below SCQF level 5 and;
• Multiply will help them progress into work, in their career or on to higher levels of training.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) has been developed as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up Agenda, to act as a replacement for the EU Structural Funds post-Brexit. It will provide £2.6 billion of investment across the UK by March 2025, with each lead authority receiving a direct allocation over 3 financial years. It aims to enable truly local decision-making and better target the priorities of places within the UK. Dundee City Council as the Lead Local Authority has received an allocation on behalf of the city and will manage its distribution across the themes for the duration of the full UKSPF programme.

Funding Information

• Grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 are available.

Outputs and Outcomes

• S42 Outputs
  • Number of people participating in Multiply funded courses
  • Number of adult numeracy courses run in a local area through Multiply
  • Number of Multiply learning hours each participant will be offered
• S42 Outcomes
  • Number of adults participating in maths qualifications and courses up to, and including, SCQF level 5/Level 2 equivalent
  • Number of Multiply learning hours completed (average per participant)
• Applicants must select which of the pre-determined outputs and outcomes the project will achieve. You must also provide a baseline figure in order that progress can be measured in achieving the outcomes and outputs.
• Applicants can also identify their own outputs in addition to those listed above if there are additional deliverables.

Eligible Projects

• Projects must take place within the Dundee City Council area and should be delivered before 31 March 2025.

Who can apply?

• Applications are welcome from all public sector bodies, community groups, education providers and private organisations where the intervention is relevant to their work.
• Organisations must be appropriately constituted and have a bank account. Experience of delivering similar learning approaches (not necessarily numeracy) and engaging with local people will also be an advantage.

For more information, visit Dundee City Council.