We’re pleased to recognise Vanquis Banking Group's Lorraine Handley, HR – Learning and Development Trainer, and Faye Steel, Compliance Monitoring Officer, as our Volunteers of the Month for December.
Lorraine and Faye visited a Bradford primary school to deliver a My Maths Story assembly and support two Maths in the Real World class sessions.
Lorraine said: "The children were so well behaved throughout the assembly. They were engaged and asked some great questions. In the class session the teacher I worked with had everything prepared and I helped by moving around the different groups to support with answering any questions. The activity worked really well. Instructions to the children were clear, they knew what they were doing and gave their answers at the end of each section."
The Assistant Headteacher said: "Lorraine was very thorough during the assembly and chose a range of children to answer her questions. She was engaging and animated when the children gave their answers which was lovely to see. The delivery was perfect. The class sessions also went well. They made the children think about how maths is used in real life."
Since 2018, Vanquis Banking Group has been an important strategic partner of National Numeracy, passionately helping to build numeracy skills and opportunities for communities in need across the UK. Our partnership has a special focus on supporting children’s numeracy and showcasing the benefits of improved numeracy for managing money. National Numeracy would like to say a special thank you also to Cathy Prior, Social Impact Programme Manager at Vanquis Banking Group who has been instrumental in our partnership and in generating enthusiasm for the corporate volunteering programme amongst her colleagues.
2024 has been a busy year for our volunteer programme with 120 volunteers enthusiastically visiting 120 schools across the UK, including supporting our National Numeracy Day and Number Confidence Week campaigns. Volunteers from our corporate partners AWS, Capital One, CISI, Experian, EY, Fidelity through The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, Kartesia, KPMG, London Stock Exchange, S&P Global, SMBC, TP ICAP and Vanquis Banking Group delivered 112 My Maths Story assemblies and supported 169 Maths in the Real World class sessions; helping over 17,000 children to see the value of maths in the real world.
