A CARDIGAN family centre is among five Ceredigion projects to receive grants to help the community.

Ceredigion County Council’s Cynnal y Cardi Team granted five projects a share of up to £5million from the Shared Prosperity Fund (Levelling Up) to help people manage their money and improve their wellbeing. The funding is part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund’s Multiply (improving numeracy skills) theme.

Jig-So Cardigan Family Centre is one of the five to have been given funding, with the money going towards the centre’s Un, Dau, Tri project. This will provide parents and carers with opportunities for participation in number-based activities to develop skills and confidence.

This will include courses, sessions and 1-2-1 activity to develop numerical literacy in an informal and enjoyable way which will boost the parents and carers ability to use maths in their daily life, at home and work and to support their children. There will also be support and advice to address financial management and debt and household budgeting for low-income families.

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Also given funding is Cymunedau’n Cyfrif. The organisation’s Communities Count will be administered by CAVO and supports the delivery of community activities to improve numeracy skills. This will help people to cope with the escalating cost of living challenges and include topics such as financial budgeting, cooking on a budget and understanding energy costs.

The activities will be delivered through community hubs across the county as well as outdoor settings and online opportunities.

The Mid Wales Multiply Parents Programme has also been given funding. The programme has a mixture of online and face-to-face sessions with an on-demand learning platform and allows parents to improve their numeracy skills to help their children as well as their own progression. The programme will be bilingual and will focus on maths and numeracy content from the Curriculum for Wales as well as upskilling.

Money Mystery’s four session course has received funding and will focus on practical, daily living issues involving money for adults who may find it hard. The aim is to engage participants to feel supported enough to focus on the financially practicality of daily living and gain confidence with math skills. The course includes budgeting and planning a mystery trip that they will then go on.

The fifth to get funding is Coleg Ceredigion’s Multiply project, a multi-faceted, flexible and bespoke model of numeracy skills which will provide training and qualifications in numeracy to help meet the needs of employers and employees.

Cllr Clive Davies, the council’s cabinet member for economy and regeneration, said: “Congratulations to the projects that have been successful in this latest funding round, these add to the already funded activities across Ceredigion providing services and support to our communities and businesses.

“I would encourage any other project that could benefit to make the most of such opportunities available through the UKSPF and contact Cynnal y Cardi for more information.”

For more information, visit https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/MidWalesUKSPF