Introduction to Liontrust - Flipbook - Page 26
Financial education
Raising financial awareness and literacy throughout society is another
key objective of the Liontrust community engagement program, and
we have partnered with both the Newcastle United Foundation
(NUF) and 10ticks to achieve this.
Our partnership with the Newcastle United Foundation provides a
numeracy programme, Financial Football. This is designed to give
primary school children a head start in financial education.
The six-week programme has helped to break down any barriers
that children face in understanding and learning about numeracy
and finance, with the aim of improving children’s understanding of
money, as well as giving them the confidence to thrive in school
maths lessons.
Financial Football uses the popularity and profile of Newcastle
United football club to encourage primary school pupils to engage
with maths problems, using real-life scenarios such as buying and
selling football players and paying fines for red cards to teach
concepts such as budgeting.
Financial Football has led to significant improvements in solving
money focused questions:
• 67% in numeracy
• 64% in addition, subtraction, multiplication
• 75% in statistics
• 84% in ratios
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Liontrust has also supported the building of Newcastle United
Foundation’s community home called NUCASTLE, which officially
opened in March 2022. One of the classrooms at NUCASTLE is
called Liontrust and will be used to work with all members of the
local community. Currently, Newcastle United Foundation is helping
around 65,000 people across the northeast of England.
Through 10ticks we deliver worksheets and new digital maths
education to primary schools across the UK. 10ticks works with
16,258 state primary schools, which covers around 4.7 million
children.
10ticks has around 8,000 worksheets suitable for primary schools
covering the entire maths curriculum. 10ticks.com Mental Maths is
a fun and engaging online resource designed to help support the
instant recall of multiplication and division facts and lots of other
mental maths topics with little teacher intervention. From challenging
classmates online to playing live games across the globe, these
stimulating activities are designed to engage pupils. The pupils can
also create their own avatar and earn certificates and awards to
inspire them to perfect their skills.
Blackpool FC Girls’ Emerging Talent Centre
In April 2023, we announced our partnership with Blackpool
Football Club Community Trust to become a principal partner
and the front of shirt sponsor for the Girls’ Emerging Talent Centre
(ETC) for the 2023/24 season. The centre provides the chance
for female players to develop their football skills and be offered a
potential pathway all the way to the Lionesses.