Barclays commits £3.6 million and staff volunteers to financial exclusion projects
Howard Lake | 8 June 2006 | News
Barclays is targeting financial exclusion and poverty among over 270,000 people at the vulnerable extremes of the age range, thanks to £3.6m worth of funding to Help the Aged, NCH the Children’s Charity, and a massive volunteering campaign.
The new agreements, spanning three years and worth £1.8 million to each charity, are the single largest contributions Barclays has ever made towards promoting financial literacy and debt advice. Over 3,500 Barclays staff are also expected to volunteer with the charities, assisting in ways such as providing skilled advice on money management and helping in their financial education.
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