Barclays Christmas Grants

Are you a retired Barclays employee? Find out how to apply for a grant to help with winter bills and expenses.

The Christmas Grant is a one-off, tax-free payment of £500, or £250 if you live in residential care. It’s designed to help retired employees pay for bills and expenses during the festive period.

Any retired Barclays employees or widowed partners in receipt of a Barclays pension can apply.

Yes, you’ll be assessed based on our current grants criteria, including household income, capital and savings. To qualify, you should have no more than £16,000 in capital or savings, excluding the home you live in.

I wanted to say how extremely grateful I am for the Christmas grant. You don’t know how much it will make a difference. Now I won't need to worry so much about putting the heating on for two or three hours a day.

– from our client

Applying for a grant

Explore everything you need to know about applying, securing and receiving a grant.

You’ll just need to complete an application form and provide recent evidence of your household income, expenditure and banking service.

Give us a call on 020 3873 8510 for a form, or email us at winter@bwcharity.org.uk with the following information:

Full name
Address
Phone number
Which bank you worked for

We’ll then automatically email a form to you, or if you’d prefer a paper form, let us know and we’ll pop one in the post.

If you applied last year and were awarded a grant, we’ll automatically send you a new form in August this year, and every following year to complete and send back to us.

If your application was declined last year and your circumstances have changed, email us at winter@bwcharity.org.uk or give us a call on 020 3873 8510 to talk things through.

Yes, you’ll just need to provide written consent confirming that you’re happy for the person you’ve chosen to do so. This is to protect your personal information and ensure compliance with data protection guidelines.

You can still apply, we’ll just need evidence to show that you’re receiving your late spouse’s bank pension.

If you worked for Barclays in the UK but now live abroad, you may be eligible to receive the grant. It would just be paid in your local currency, subject to exchange rates.

Typically, you’ll need to provide us with evidence of:

Your bank pension
Household income from all sources, including a pension statement, payslip and benefit letter
Current housing costs, including rent, mortgage, Council Tax/Rates and water rates
Your full name and/or address on all documents. If you’re sending bank statements, any income or expenditure must be clearly named

All paperwork will be stored in line with our data protection policy. Explore our policies for more.

There are two deadlines to keep in mind:

Application form requests by September 27, 2023
Form returns with any accompanying evidence by October 27, 2023

If your application is successful, you’ll receive payment directly into your bank account in early December 2023.

Still have questions or just need to speak to someone for help with applying? Give us a call on 020 3873 8510, or email us at winter@bwcharity.org.uk.