Access to employment

We will help people gain access to vital skills they need to get into work and support entrepreneurs to scale businesses and create employment opportunities.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Barclays’ Barbara Byrne on Empowering Women to Shape the Future
Barbara Byrne, Vice Chairman of Banking spoke as a panelist at the 2017 Women's Empowerment Principles Forum.

Diversity & Inclusion

Barclays CEO, Jes Staley, Tells MPs Why Inclusion is a “Huge” Issue
Timed to coincide with the build-up to International Women’s Day, Staley, along with Labour peer Baroness McDonagh, hosted a breakfast at the Palace of Westminster for 100 people, before taking questions from the audience and being interviewed by Barclays’ Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion Mark McLane.

Diversity & Inclusion

Barclays Celebrates International Women's Day
International Women’s Day (IWD) acknowledges the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women while advocating and pushing for gender parity.

Diversity & Inclusion

Barclays: Bridging the Careers Gap
“The opportunity to reach 16,000 students as a careers champion is really exciting,” says education adviser Sian Gresswell, after completing the first workshop in the new Careers and Employability Leadership Programme developed by education charity Teach First and LifeSkills created with Barclays.

Diversity & Inclusion

Barclays: Creating Access to Employment
‘I feel like I have a role here’, says Alex an apprentice with Growing Underground. Alex comes from a tough part of London with limited job opportunities and without the relevant qualifications to pursue a more business-centric path, he was unsure of his career prospects.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Evolution of Retail Banking
“We will only be successful if customers are at the heart of our business,” says Steven Cooper, CEO for Personal Banking at Barclays, whose team oversee the accounts of 17 million people.

Diversity & Inclusion

Simplifying the Activities of Barclays

Education

Karren Brady: LifeSkills Powered by Barclays and Inspiring Young People
Baroness Karren Brady is passionate about helping young people reach their potential. As Ambassador for the LifeSkills programme and chair of the LifeSkills Advisory Council, she has met thousands of young people taking their first steps into the world of work – and says she’s inspired by their determination.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Barclays Bolder Apprenticeships: A New Lease on Life
Four years ago, Jeff Ruffell thought he might not work at a senior level again. He had spent two decades in sales management and another decade in the kitchen and bathroom industry, but a run of bad health and bad luck had left him jobless at the age of just 53.

“I was recovering from a serious car accident when the company I was working for folded,” he says. “The stress of the accident caused me to have a breakdown and I thought my depression would stop me finding work with a new company.”

Diversity & Inclusion

OUTstanding: Meet the Barclays Pioneers Fighting for LGBT Equality
Jes Staley, Barclays CEO, is among six employees honoured in a ‘power list’ that celebrates pioneers promoting workplace equality for the LGBT community.

The rankings, compiled by professional diversity network OUTstanding and the Financial Times, are divided into three categories: Leading LGBT Executives, Leading Ally Executives and Future Leaders.

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  2. Access to employment
    We will help people gain access to vital skills they need to get into work and support entrepreneurs to scale businesses and create employment...

  3. Access to financial and digital empowerment
    We will improve access to financial services, including developing targeted products and services for individuals and small businesses. We will also...

  4. Access to financing
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