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Pride

Pride

Stand with Pride

Supporting our LGBTQ+ community

We’re standing together for inclusivity and progress, not just for Pride month but all year round.

Our commitment to the LGBTQ+ community

We’re standing together for inclusivity and progress with everyone who banks with us, works with us and the wider LGBTQ+ community.

Part of this is championing true diversity and inclusion. We do this by actively embracing and advocating for the rights and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals, and promoting acceptance, respect, and equality for all. And it’s not just for Pride month, but all the time.

Making a difference through partnerships

We’re working with several partners that help support the LGBTQ+ community. Through these collaborations, we aim to make a meaningful and lasting impact in the communities we serve and beyond.

Through fundraising and volunteering, we support the Terrence Higgins Trust’s ‘Work Positive Programme’. This helps those living with HIV get back into work.

We’re helping to make sports accessible and inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community.

The Barclays Community Sport Fund has supported over 3,500 community groups across the UK with 25% of the grassroots funding going to community groups engaging with young people from the LGBTQ+ community. This helps to make sure that sport is an inclusive space for all the community. The fund also provides access to equality, diversity and inclusion training and resources.

We’re a member of TeamPride, supporting Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign to champion LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport.

Every year, our Spectrum LGBTQ+ employee resource group’s fundraising dinners raise over £200,000 for LGBTQ+ charities.

We’re proud to be a partner of Open For Business, a coalition of global companies making the case that inclusive, diverse societies are better for business and economic growth. Our work with them includes helping SMEs and start-ups build an inclusive work environment.

Making us truly inclusive

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  • Partner with Pride
    • We’re proud to be a partner of Open For Business, a coalition of global companies making the case that inclusive, diverse societies are better for business and economic growth
    • We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. The list is compiled by the Workplace Equality Index, the UK’s leading benchmarking tool for LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace
    • We’re a member of TeamPride, supporting Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign to champion LGBT+ inclusion in sport
    • Every year, our Spectrum LGBT+ employee resource group’s fundraising dinners raise over £200,000 for LGBT+ charities
    • Through fundraising and colleague volunteering we support the Terrence Higgins Trust’s Work Positive Programme, which helps those living with HIV get back into work
    • We’re a founding partner of LGBQ+ foundations with Pride in Ageing in north-west England, which helps people over 50 get access to housing, health services, mental wellbeing counselling and group support to help them cope with isolation
  • Hire with Pride
    • We’re committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered
    • Our inclusive and supportive culture helps us better understand everyone’s needs, while creating a sense of belonging and value. This includes private medical cover for transitioning trans colleagues
    • We promote diversity in our recruitment and hiring processes. We provide equal opportunities for individuals from various backgrounds, including gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. We actively seek to attract diverse talent and foster a culture that values different perspectives and experiences
    • We provide comprehensive diversity and inclusion training, to create awareness about unconscious biases, promote cultural competence, and encourage inclusive behaviour. This helps us to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable expressing their authentic selves
    • In collaboration with our Spectrum LGBT+ employee resource group, we’ve delivered a series of diversity-focused recruitment events for apprenticeship hiring. These showcased career opportunities and our diversity networks
  • Support with Pride
    • Our business and corporate banking teams work with start-ups, SMEs and clients to advise them on how to foster inclusive working environments and support their LGBT+ colleagues through a number of life experiences. These include coming out, transitioning or being a parent to a LGBT+ child
    • Our Spectrum Allies initiative includes employees from around the world, all pledging to support LGBT+ employees and challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Allies commit to challenging and staying informed about homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and educate others on the importance of inclusion, equality, diversity, and respect
    • We are proud to come together as one community to make sure no one in the LGBTQ+ community feels alone. We attend Pride events around the world, and celebrate through virtual events throughout the year
    • In collaboration with Spectrum, we’ve delivered a series of diversity-focused recruitment events for apprenticeship hiring. These showcased career opportunities and our diversity networks.
  • Bank with Pride
    • Our personalised debit card lets you add a range of rainbow, bisexual and trans flag images to your card1
    • With our current account, debit card and savings account, you can select an ‘MX’ title on your registered account details1