The Abacus Club has helped many children in their mathematical journey through after-school maths clubs in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Our motivation is to provide a happy environment in which children can learn to excel at maths. The focus of our clubs is on the use of a counting tool called the Japanese abacus, which is a widely used tool across many Asian countries. In Japan alone, a million children a year learn how to use the abacus.