Barclays in the Community

Barclays Ghana believes in partnering with the communities in which we live and work to touch their lives for growth and development. The objectives for our corporate social responsibility agenda are as follows

• To achieve 100% trust in the brand from all stakeholders
• To raise the percentage of people who think Barclays cares about the community
• To increase Make a Difference Day participation for all colleagues
• To ensure that our community initiatives are more focused

Barclays Bank Ghana donates one percent (1%) of its pre-tax profits every year to our corporate social responsibility agenda for Ghana. For 2008 this amount is GH¢519,460.

Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited has adopted the following three areas of focus for its corporate social responsibility activities:
Health – emphasis on HIV Aids, Malaria and Guinea Worm Eradication;
Education – emphasis on Primary and Junior High School development;
Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – Entrepreneurial skills development for the youth.

These three areas are also broadly in line with the Barclays Group focal areas which are Banking on Brighter Futures, Charity Begins at Work, Financial Inclusion and Looking after local communities.

The following projects/partnerships are being considered for this year.

1. Partnership with Water Aid Ghana. Provision of portable water and sanitation education for selected districts of the Guinea Worm endemic areas in the Northern Region of Ghana.
2. Collaboration with Junior Achievement, Ghana to run volunteer teaching scheme for members of staff in primary schools across the country, particularly in Accra.
3. Partnership with Academy of Education Development (AED) to extend the promotion and development of English and Mathematics in Primary and Junior High Schools in selected cluster of schools in the Western and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana.
4. Partnership with the Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) on sustainable community based ecotourism projects.

Make a Difference Day

Make A Difference Day unites in all colleagues, customers and partners to give time and money to support the communities in which we live and work with various activities and projects aimed at making a difference in their lives. In 2007 this flagship community project, Make A Difference Day (MADD) saw an increase in number of staff groups by 44%. That is from 118 to 271 groups. Total investment spend on MADD was GH¢262,870 which is centrally funded by Barclays Plc. but remains a part of our investment in the Ghanaian community