• 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 are experts in the charity and not-for-profit sector, having delivered over 3,000 projects over the past 20 years
• 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.

We are Eastside People, and we are different.

• We operate as a community of professionals seeking out highly skilled individuals from diverse industries and backgrounds, who want to work in the sector in leadership roles, on boards, or as consultants, interims or mentors
• We deliver on our mission through consultancy, interim, and recruitment services which are especially valuable during times of change, growth, or crisis
• We offer a free Environmental, Social, and Governance self-assessment for charities and other not-for-profits in partnership with ACEVO
• We host the Festival of Trusteeship: The largest learning event for Trustees, in partnership with the The Institute of Leadership, Stone King LLP, and other sector partners
• We run the Action not Words programme with Board Racial Diversity UK – a free mentoring programme for aspiring or early stage trustees
• We work with the Association of Chairs and will pay a membership package for all the Chairs, Vice Chairs and Committee Chairs we place
• We map charity and not-for-profit mergers providing free open data on this through our #GoodMergerIndex Charity Merger Guide.