Time 2 Count

The Northern Bank's Time 2 Count programme started in 2001 with 20 Northern Bank staff providing a weekly mentoring service to Key Stage 2 pupils in eight primary schools located throughout Belfast. The programme was structured to engage the business sector in a meaningful way to complement the curriculum and to add value to the way mathematics is taught in the classroom.

Time 2 Count involves business volunteers giving of their time to help young people raise their aspirations and educational achievements. The volunteers engage in a programme where they provide support to children in an attempt to make mathematics fun and exciting. Time 2 Count aims to contribute to . . .

Improving children's numeric skills and to developing their confidence and communication skills.
Introducing children to the world of work through the provision of positive adult role models who are there to provide support and assistance to the children.

Evaluations of Time 2 Count have shown that . . .

Teachers from all participating schools have reported positive feedback on their experience of Time 2 Count and the impact that the project has had on the children involved.
The programme had been a very positive experience for all the volunteers supporting the children

Since 2001, the number of schools in Belfast with Northern Bank volunteers has increased. Other companies have also joined the Northern Bank in providing volunteers for Time 2 Count, and since January 2005, the programme has been extended to schools in Derry, Ballymena, North Down, and Newry. More recently, in 2007, schools in Enniskillen, Newtownstewart, Tandragee, Newcastle, and Armagh have joined the programme.

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