Barclays has announced a new three-year partnership with Samaritans, as a part of Barclays’ £100m Covid-19 Community Aid Package, which the bank launched in April in response to the pandemic.

The strategic partnership will see Barclays help expand Samaritans’ emotional support service, through a range of new and existing programmes of work including new digital and volunteering initiatives.

Barclays staff will have the opportunity to volunteer with Samaritans as part of the partnership, either by providing emotional support as listening volunteers or by contributing as support volunteers.

Nigel Higgins, Barclays Chairman, said: “As a bank we have been doing all we can for our customers, clients and colleagues, and we hope that by partnering with Samaritans and many other charities across the UK, collectively we can ensure that as many people as possible in the communities in which we live.

Barclays £100m COVID-19 Community Aid Package is supporting charities that are helping vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. Alongside matching colleague donations and fundraising efforts, Barclays are partnering with a number of charities in the UK, Americas, Asia and Europe, delivering help where it is needed most.

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