Start Right The big helping the small
	Barclays is using its size and experience to help new entrepreneurs to set up and run successful businesses. During 2000, it organised over 200 Start Right seminars across England and Wales with the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA) and the programme is set to continue in 2001. The seminars offer advice and guidance on all aspects of starting a business, from marketing products and services to writing a business plan. In de-mystifying the world of business, the project is helping more people to realise their ambitions and introducing them to Barclays as a source of friendly advice and support.
			Start Right seminars have been organised by Barclays and the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies in the past year to provide help for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Barclays is a member of the PerCent Club – a group of companies that undertook to donate at least 0.5% of their UK pre-tax profits to the community in 2000. Barclays is one of the top five corporate contributors in the UK. Barclays community work focuses on five main areas – education, the arts, the environment, supporting the disadvantaged and those with disabilities.