Search Privacy & Cookies Contact us Tel: +44 (0) 20 7903 7300 | enquiries@novae.com About Underwriting classes Our people Broker support Investor relations Novae > About > Corporate Responsibility About Lloyd's Syndicate 2007 Novae Re Novae Underwriting Claims News Corporate Responsibility Sponsorship Security Contact Terms and Conditions Corporate Responsibility Novae recognise the important role that business must play in society. Our Investing in the next generation programme is part of a wider commitment to socially responsible business practice. Poor numeracy is a huge, well documented but nevertheless neglected problem that begins in primary school. A survey by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in 2011 identified numeracy skills as being significantly worse than counterpart literacy skills, and the trend is worrying. The UK is losing ground on the world scene, too, dropping down international league tables for maths. This is a problem for the future of the UK generally, and for the future of the UK insurance industry in particular. Insurance is built on numbers, and strong numeracy skills are vital. But fixing the problem isn’t simply a government job. It will take effort at every level, and that’s why Novae decided to target its CSR efforts on improving numeracy levels among young people across the UK by 2015. 2013 marked the second year of Novae’s “Investing in the next generation” programme, which launched with the objective of improving numeracy levels among young people across the UK. In 2012 Novae distributed 3,500 BrainBox maths games to 1,750 state junior schools; the response was very positive. Encouraged by the feedback, Novae expanded on this idea and worked with maths teachers to better understand what their needs were. With these requirements in mind Novae identified ‘maths snap’ games as a suitable resource and in September 2013, 4,500 packs of ‘maths snap’ games were sent to 1,500 state junior schools. Throughout 2014 Novae will continue to develop its Corporate Social Responsibility programme. Efforts will be made to ensure that the “Investing in the next generation” programme – already largely directed by teacher feedback – becomes more effective and better targeted. Prince’s Trust XL Clubs “Business has a responsibility to society. Full stop.” Matthew Fosh – Nov 2012 About Underwriting classes Our people Broker support Investor relations Site map Terms & Conditions Corporate Responsibility Security Privacy & Cookies Contact us 71 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4HH Tel: +44 (0) 20 7903 7300 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7903 7333 enquiries@novae.com © 2014 Novae Group All Rights Reserved | Site design ABA-Design.co.uk