Testimonials

“We’ve been using Charity People’s recruitment services since 2003. During which they have provided us with highly-skilled candidates that not only have the relevant experience but have been a good fit for our organisation. It’s Charity People’s ability to understand CLIC Sargent as an organisation and their dedication to delivering the “right” candidates that means we will continue to use their services.”

Kerry Isherwood, HR Officer, CLIC Sargent

“It was a pleasure dealing with Charity People in our search for an experienced Marketing Officer. Our consultant was approachable, organised and sensitive to our needs. The candidates he found for us were excellent, and the candidate we appointed is proving to be hardworking and competent and is doing well managing the difficult maternity cover role set for her.”

Pamela Shorney, Fundraising Marketing Manager, Barnardo’s

“Over the last few weeks we have used a number of staff through the services you have provided at Charity People Care. Good agency staff are hard to find so well done to you and your colleagues for finding yourselves high quality, experienced and conscientious people to represent your company.

As you know, I order the staff but the invoices go to the school for payment. Our school's Finance Officer has also commented on the ease and accuracy of the way in which she receives invoices and payment details from Charity People.

Keep up the good work and thanks for all your support.”

Marjorie McFee, Children's Centre Manager, Liz Atkinson Children's Centre (formally Brixton Children's Centre)

“Since my first dealings with Charity People, in 2002, I have found them to be professional and courteous, and so I have continued to recommend them to colleagues as the agency of choice. Although my current employer does not often use agencies for permanent recruitment, when we do use an agency, it is always Charity People.”

Mr Jan Barton-Costa, Examinations Co-ordinator, The Royal College of Pathologists

“We have worked with Charity People for nine years, as the company have successfully recruited the right people for our membership department over this period. People Unlimited have made sure that they understand us and how our membership department works and have therefore found us high quality candidates to fulfil the various roles.”

Dawn Margrett, Assistant Director (House & Personnel), Chatham House

“Thank you Charity People for the excellent service you have provided in connection with the recruitment of our recent vacancy. The people you selected for the post were of worthy selection and therefore, provided us with a wider choice of people to interview. We felt that Charity People gave us an excellent service and therefore will contact you again should we be in a similar situation.”

Age Concern London

Thank you once again for your enthusiasm and professionalism during negotiations and challenging moments-very much appreciated. I do hope to work with you and the company again and am so grateful for this opportunity to work for such an inspiring charity.

Annette Piper, candidate placed as Senior Fundraiser (Trusts, Lottery and Statutory), Tree House

“The Royal College of Surgeons has had a long and very successful association with Charity People working on both temporary and permanent vacancies at all levels across the organisation.

We in Human Resources believe that the key to this success is the relationship their consultants have developed with each and every member of the department. People Unlimited understands the unique culture and structure of the College and operationally how each of our departments works. The candidates we receive are always carefully matched to the person specification and are invariably of a very high standard.

The level of customer service we receive is what sets Charity People apart from other agencies we use and makes it our first port of call.”

Mervin Milton, Head of Human Resources, Royal College of Surgeons of England

"forum3 has been a very successful tool for us in finding the right people to volunteer and work with us. It is a cost-effective way to source a large pool of talent which ultimately helps us to reduce our overheads. The visitors are generally of a high standard, being skilled, experienced and enthusiastic, which results in the screening process being a brief one.

forum3 has also been useful in raising our brand awareness. Visitors have been really interested in the work we do and what it means to the 2.5 million people living with heart disease in the UK.

We have also received an exceptional level of customer service from the forum3 organisers, making the entire process of exhibiting a straightforward one.

forum3 is the best volunteering and recruitment event for the not-for-profit sector."

Rebecca Birs, Recruitment Manager, British Heart Foundation

“I have been really pleased with the service received from Charity People. Our consultant acted quickly and efficiently with my last 2 posts needing recruitment. As a result of the quality of candidates and service provided, we have placed our last 2 members of staff via Charity People and they are doing really well.

We will definitely use Charity People for future recruitment needs. So thank you!”

Jasmine Beidas, Communications Manager, UK Skills

“This was a complex and urgent assignment where none of us really knew what to expect in terms of response levels or quality of candidates for the roles. We felt that Charity People’s dedicated response team was very flexible, adapting to the changing needs of our recruitment drive.

They also provided useful advice and guidance throughout our recruitment programme, kept us up-to-date with the latest figures and were always friendly and professional.

When things went wrong, as they inevitably do with a project of this size and complexity, they worked hard to put it right as quickly as possible and showed total commitment to working with us to get a great outcome for all parties.

Charity People’s response handling service saved us a considerable amount of time and enabled us to focus on our core work of promoting volunteering to young people.”

Jayne Colquhoun, Corporate Affairs Director, v The National Young Volunteers' Service

Charity People have an excellent understanding of the culture of our organisation. I have always been very pleased with the friendly and reliable service tailored to meet our individual requirements. Your consultants are always professional and efficient, I have no hesitation in using Charity People in the future.

S. Johal, Assistant HR Officer, Refuge

“SHS has used Charity People to process our CRBs since 2008. In all this time we have received an excellent service and find the updates provided particularly helpful with allowing us to know at what stage a CRB is at. In addition, they always respond quickly to any queries we have. I would be happy to recommend Charity People for processing CRB applications.”

Paul James, Head of Human Resources, Schools Home Support

“The Disabled Living Foundation, a national charity providing impartial advice about equipment for daily living, used Charity People to recruit a Business Development Manager. They were able to put forward a strong field of candidates very quickly and we are confident that the candidate we have selected will be an asset to our organisation. Our consultant was very responsive to our needs and understood the brief well.”

Steve Hawe, Head of Marketing and Fundraising, Disabled Living Foundation

“Charity People have provided Plan UK with a good service and quality candidature. I feel that the team are very helpful and honest at all times and I would recommend this agency to other colleagues.”

Cassandra McLean, HR Administrator, Plan UK

“Thank you once again for your enthusiasm and professionalism during negotiations and challenging moments-very much appreciated. I do hope to work with you and the company again and am so grateful for this opportunity to work for such an inspiring charity.”

Annette Piper, Candidate placed at Treehouse

“We love working with Charity People, you are our preferred recruitment agency, as you genuinely list to our needs and provide us with candidates that actually match our requirements. We appreciate that you rather say you do not have any matching candidates rather than sending us random CVs and people. Your staff are also very patient and pleasant to deal with and do not hassle us unnecessarily.”

Lykke Leszczynski, Director of HR Services & Organisational Development, WPF Therapy

“I have been very satisfied with the quality of person sent for interview by People Unlimited. Almost without exception they have had that very necessary but indefinable spirit of wanting to work for a ‘charity’, and those whom we have employed have been very successful and effective members of the team.

Thank you for your service. I look forward to our continuing working relationship.”

John Dale, National Director, Pontifical Mission Societies

“The support and information sharing which the people from Charity People gave me before the forum3 event was invaluable. They checked things out with me and kept me informed of developments as they happened. This helped me prepare for the event. Thank you!”

Pauline Withers-Born, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Paul D’Auria Cancer Support Centre

“I would like to thank you for your assistance in the recruitment of our new staff. Even though we had tight deadlines to fill these posts you kept your professionalism, patience and tried to meet all of our needs. I enjoyed working with you during this time and we have built a good working relationship. Recruitment for the first time (even with all the stress) was fun! A job well done and we will definitely use ‘People Unlimited’ again.”

Zaheera Ashruf, Head of Corporate Services, Future Leaders

“We had worked with recruitment consultants in the past and been put off by negative experiences until we found Charity People. Charity People really understood the needs of our business and had a thorough knowledge of their candidates. They only sourced people who were really interested in the role and matched our expectations. Working with Charity People has enabled us to find the right people for our business.”

Sarah Morgan, PA to Chief Executive, FISITA

"I had been looking for another fundraising job for several months. As a candidate, I found you to be friendly and approachable. I really appreciated your encouragement and insight. From the outset, you assessed my skills and experience as a good match for the person Mencap were seeking to join their grants fundraising team. The information you provided about interview techniques was particularly useful on the day and helped me prepare thoroughly. I will recommend your professionalism and support to other fundraisers seeking employment. Once again, many thanks."

Mary Moller, candidate placed as Grants Manager, Mencap

“I'm writing to thank you once again for placing me at Future Leaders.

I just started my second week with them and I really enjoy my work and the team! People are so lovely, so friendly and supportive, they made me feel like a member of the group since day one. And job itself is very interesting and I'm more and more settled.

I really feel I landed in the right place where I can develop myself, share my skills and learn new things. So - thanks once again!”

Magdalena Biernat, Candidate placed at Future Leaders

“I’ve always found Popi to be extremely helpful and she has provided us with some good candidates over the past 18 months. Two of these have now started permanent positions with us – one as a Community Living Volunteer and the other as a Community Support Worker.”

KeyRing Living Support Networks

"I only have positive things to say about Lisa. She has been brilliant from the very start - I always find her very quick to respond to requests and queries. She is proactive and efficient and has always presented me with first-rate candidates."

Helene Irving, Operations and Facilities Manager, Open Society Foundation

"We found the service received by Charity People was very good. The consultant is a great representative for your organisation and I found them to be polite, courteous, efficient, organised and quick to respond. I wouldn’t hesitate to use Charity People again should the need arise and I would wholly recommend their services."

Judith Stephenson, Head of Fundraising & Communications, Women’s Aid

"We have a very positive relationship with Charity People. I have found our consultant to be an excellent, both efficient and professional. They understand our brief and provide us with strong candidates to select from."

Leah Slattery, Media Relations Manager, NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service

"In a very short time, our consultant was able to grasp an understanding of requirements and provided us with a shortlist of high quality candidates. They gave us exceptional customer service and as a result we were able to appoint a Project Manager role who has done an excellent job for us"

Tony Shepherd, Chief Executive, Safer London Foundation

"Your consultant has been nothing but completely supportive. She only contacted me with one job, and lo' and behold it was the perfect one! Even better, I got it! Couldn't be happier! From the word go shehas been in regular contact with me without feeling demanding or over the top. Very genuine."

Tom Downie, candidate placed as Account & Sales Manager, Skyline

"I have found our consultant very helpful, courteous and polite. They went out of their way to ensure they found the right staff to cover the temporary vacancy needed. I will most definitely use Charity People when looking for staff again in the future, and will recommend them to any other department within this authority."

Debbie Tynedale, Project Administrator, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Community Services Department (Adults) Substance Misuse Services

"Charity People have an excellent understanding of our organisation. I have always been very pleased with the friendly and reliable service tailored to meet our individual requirements. I have no hesitation in using Charity People in the future"

S. Johal, HR Officer, Refuge

"I found our consultant a pleasure to work with, very professional but friendly, quickly grasped the brief and came back to me with a number of excellent candidates in record time. Nothing but good things to say."

Clare Hiendl, PA to Mary Luckiram, Director of Human Resources, HR Department, St Georges University of London