Barclays – the British multinational banking and financial services company also has a corporate citizenship program to support community organizations, NGOs, charities in many countries around the world where it works. To carry out its objective Barclays adopts two way strategy: 1. It collaborates/partners with charities, community organizations, NGOs and social enterprises to implement activities and programs and 2. Employees Programs: Barclays employees make significant contributions to their local communities by volunteering, fundraising and giving money.
Some of its programs include:
Banking on Change
Banking on Change is a partnership between Plan UK, CARE International UK and Barclays that aims to help around 400,000 people in 11 countries by developing access to basic financial services.
Building Young Futures
Building Young Futures is a partnership between Barclays and UNICEF that aims to equip 74,000 disadvantaged young people in six countries – Brazil, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Uganda and Zambia – with the skills to help them fulfill their potential. A total of £5m was invested in the first phase and more than 3,500 hours of Barclays employee time has been given to help deliver the projects. An additional £5m, and significant employee volunteering support, is committed until 2015.
Barclays Spaces for Sports
Launched in 2004, Barclays Spaces for Sports is a community-based sports programme, which uses sport as a platform to help young people develop life skills and revitalise disadvantaged communities in a sustainable way.
In the UK, 200 community sports sites have been created in partnership with the Football Foundation, supporting more than 40 different sports.
Around the world, Barclays Spaces for Sports programmes now exist in China, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, Spain, the UK, the USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Barclays is partnering with Junior Achievement to open up employment opportunities for young people.
For more information about this Foundation, visit this link.
