Building strong relationships in our local communities provides a valuable platform to engage with colleagues, customers, local governments and NGOs.
We measure and report the total value of our contribution to supporting communities (cash donations, in-kind donations, and colleague volunteering) using the London Benchmarking Group methodology. Our focus will be to enhance our Invisibles programme and create more volunteering opportunities for colleagues to support local community initiatives.
We focus on the issues that are important to our stakeholders: namely, financial inclusion and education.
Volunteering is an important way in which we deliver our purpose to local communities. We are committed to investing not only financial resources, but also work, time and heart to support valuable social initiatives which are beneficial for our customers and the communities where they live and work.