Free and flexible workshops for adults (19+)

Free and flexible workshops to help with the cost of living

In partnership with Essex County Council, Colchester Institute are delivering Multiply, which aims to support people aged 19 and over to improve their numeracy skills and gain maths qualifications up to GCSE grades 4 to 9 or A* to C.

Multiply seeks to address the crucial skills gap in Essex, where adult numeracy ranks lower when compared to the national average. It supports ECC’s broader ambition of helping Essex residents to increase their skills and to reduce barriers for disadvantaged groups.

Not a numbers person? Anxious about your maths skills?

Multiply will help you to feel more confident using numbers at work or in everyday life. Learning at a pace that suits you, Multiply offers short, flexible learning opportunities of around six hours.

Multiply aims to improve maths skills to support people at work and in their everyday lives, which includes:

• helping people to budget and manage the increased cost of living
• helping parents and carers support their children with their schoolwork
• empowering people to access new employment
• supporting people to progress at work

Multiply will include free and flexible courses for:

• people with no qualifications
• people who want tools to use in everyday life
• people who want to build on their maths knowledge
• people who desire a full qualification in maths up to GCSE level

Who is eligible for these workshops?

Anyone aged 19 and over

We are able to offer additional Multiply courses which are delivered online through the Skills Network. Available for adults (19+) across the UK until 2025, learners need to be aged 19+ and not have a current mathematics GCSE at grade C or equivalent, or functional skills. These courses are for beginners who want to build on their existing maths knowledge and can be studied at the learners own pace. Accessible on a phone, tablet, PC or laptop, there are also no formal assessments, and all of the courses and units are auto marked and developed by subject experts.