The Inspire Foundation and Farsons Foundation recently teamed up to reach a mutual goal: facilitating the understanding of mathematical concepts for children who have difficulties in the area.

“Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration,” said Bryan Gera, Chairman of The Farsons Foundation. “With this in mind we have joined forces with The Inspire Foundation to help one of their professional employees become an accredited Numicon trainer. Numicon is a new approach to teach children numeracy using a more visual and multisensory approach.”

Accredited trainers help train and support staff using Numicon to teach children in a whole class approach, or using one to one intervention.

Inspire already has one accredited trainer but as the demand grows so does the need for more staff members to become accredited and trained in this approach.

“Numicon provides visual and structured imagery that children with such difficulties understand better, faster and easier,” explained Rosette Gatt, Numicon trainer at The Inspire Foundation.

The Farsons Foundation will be funding the training for another staff member from Inspire to become a certified Numicon Trainer by Oxford University Press. This will ensure high quality training that is later delivered to professionals and parents.

The Farsons Group has always recognised its corporate responsibility towards all stakeholders and the wider community. The Inspire Foundation works with children with learning difficulties, disabilities and socially excluded youngsters.

“To make things happen for people with disabilities, and make them happen fast, we need many people and organisations to work together,” said Inspire CEO Antonello Gauci.