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Save the date for National Numeracy Day 2025!

21 Jan 2025

National Numeracy Day returns on Wednesday 21 May and there’ll be something for everyone, no matter how you feel about numbers.

Save the date National Numeracy Day 21 May 2025

Join our celebrity supporters, including our newest ambassador, Denise Welch, for National Numeracy Day 2025 as we encourage people to take the first steps towards improving their everyday maths skills.

Whether it’s for work, helping children with homework or budgeting for the weekly shop, we all need to be able to get on with numbers.

The theme for National Numeracy Day 2025 is money

Money and finances affect us all and with so many everyday tasks such as paying bills, calculating household expenditure and checking a bank account all requiring an understanding of numeracy, dealing with the figures can feel overwhelming at times.

Whether you feel comfortable with monthly incomings and outgoings or would rather avoid confronting the numbers on payslips and bills, this National Numeracy Day there’ll be plenty of tips and advice aimed at helping people to understand numbers better, a vital skill when it comes to managing money.

With individuals, organisations, schools and communities all welcome to get involved and lots of fun, free activities and resources for both adults and children, National Numeracy Day 2025 is set to be the biggest yet.

So put the date in your diary and in the meantime, sign up to receive further information about the campaign in the lead up to the big day.

Sign up for National Numeracy Day

Why not start your journey to number confidence today? Try the National Numeracy Challenge!

 However you feel about maths, you’re not alone. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free and easy-to-use website you can use to improve your confidence with numbers, in your own time and at your own pace.

It’s ideal for brushing up, checking your level, or for catching up on learning you missed, and it’s all about the maths you need in daily life and at work – no algebra or trigonometry.

Image showing the Challenge on a computer monitor