Who we are

We are an award-winning consultancy & recruiter for charities and other not-for-profits. With a difference…

Eastside People is proud to have:

• Delivered over 3,000 projects that drive change
• Supported 1,250 charities and not for profits with advice and expertise
• Successfully delivered more than 550 recruitment projects
• Achieved an outstanding 9.2 out of 10 rating for skills and know how.

Our community of brilliant, experienced professionals and consultants from diverse industries and backgrounds is focused solely on providing consultancy and recruitment services for the charity and wider not-for-profit sector. Our goal is to help industry leaders build the capacity, sustainability and impact of their organisations and bring about social change.

We are different because

• We are a proud social enterprise, recognised for many years in the Natwest SE 100, and have a Foundation which provides an alignment of purpose
• Our mission is to increase the capacity and impact of charities and other not-for-profits, and we have a theory of change which explains how we will get there
• We help organisations at any stage of their journey – whether they need immediate cover (interim), longer-term leadership (recruitment), or want to make deeper organisational change (consultancy)
• We care passionately about how we do our work, and our values align us with the clients and causes we serve
• Our people bring humility as well as know-how, and are committed to using their skills and knowledge to bring about social change
• We invest in our community supporting them to be the best informed, to develop their practice, and to share know-how and resources so that we are more than the sum of our parts
• We give back to the sector offering additional value through free or highly subsidised training, resources and initiatives
• We know that what matters is what gets implemented in the real world, and so all our work is geared to generate learning on how to make organisational change stick.

Our services:

• Mergers & Partnerships: Confidential and professional advice, support and thought leadership on charity and not-for-profit strategic partnerships and mergers, can be a crucial part of a charity’s ability to continue service delivery and beneficiary support
• Environment, Social & Governance: Our charity consultancy services are geared towards helping organisations to assess their starting point with good baseline data and then to develop and improve their practice
• Governance: Charity governance reviews, assessing board performance against good practice, developing action plans for improvements, support on culture and building strong board working relationships, skills audits and trustee recruitment
• Strategy: A range of charity strategy and business planning services that are adapted to your needs, your organisation model, how long your organisation has been operating and your external environment
• Culture & Workforce: People drive performance and actively managing your charity or not-for-profit’s organisational culture is the best way to unlock their full potential
• Impact Measurement & Evaluation: Increased scrutiny on how grants and funding are spent and tightening budgets mean that precise impact measurement & evaluation reporting are critical success factors for any charity or not-for-profit organisation.
• Income Generation & Fundraising: Support for social enterprise and charity income generation, charitable grant applications and fundraising strategy. This could be growing trading income with a new enterprise, securing contracts or grants, or developing a new approach to fundraising.
• Social Investment: Helping you access grants and loans through social investment can help fund a new project, refurbish an existing building, hire staff or grow an existing service.
• AI: Our workshops and consultancy services help you develop and empower your organisation to understand the potential of AI for your specific scenario(s) and implement practical solutions that deliver lasting change
• Digital (inc. Data Protection/GDPR): an integrated digital strategy can help your charity modernise, adapt to change & build future-proofed, sustainable infrastructure & processes.