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Greater Manchester Multiply Scheme – Enhanced Level 2 Grant Funding

09/03/2023 - Greater Manchester Multiply Scheme – Enhanced Level 2 Grant Funding

Multiply is a UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) funded national programme, commissioned and delivered locally, to support adults who do not have GCSE/Level 2 maths or equivalent to gain skills in Maths/Numeracy.

A key aim of the GM Multiply Scheme is to increase the number of adults achieving a maths qualification, up to and including Level 2.

The Enhanced Level 2 Support will support Greater Manchester residents aged 19+ who have already engaged and enrolled on a Level 2 Maths Qualification (e.g. GCSE or Functional Skills) to achieve their qualification, but they are at risk of not doing so. This could be because;
• They have failed their exam, or only gained Level 1
• They are at risk of dropping out
• They have acknowledged they require additional support

Following an Expression of Interest process, the Grant award has been approved to the following organisations:


Provider / Spend
BOLTON COLLEGE / £89,200.00
BURY COLLEGE / £40,000.00
BURY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £16,882.00
HOPWOOD HALL COLLEGE / £48,650.00
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL / £33,188.05
OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £46,272.00
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE / £178,202.00
TAMESIDE COLLEGE / £64,825.00
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE / £65,300.00
THE TRAFFORD COLLEGE GROUP / £47,193.00
WIGAN AND LEIGH COLLEGE / £25,920.00
WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / £2,618.00
WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION / £8,140.00

Total - £666,390.05

Please see attached the Expression of Interest form that providers were invited to complete for this process.