Charity Mergers & Partnerships

The relevant experience and calibre of EP Consultants offered a calming influence and steady hand - alongside invaluable help and support when most needed.

Eastside People provided invaluable independent support for Richmond Fellowship and Humankind throughout the merger discussions, development of the case for merging and the ongoing integration. As a large and complex merger we could not have done this without their support. In all conversations, they helped us to stay focused on improving impact for the people who we work with.

ShareAction engaged Eastside People to help us understand the strategic options available for an operational unit, including partnership, social investment and spinout. We were grateful for the breadth and depth of experience which EP consultants John Leach and Warren Taylor brought. Their advice greatly strengthened what we would have been able to do ourselves, giving the management team and board assurance that the market had been fully explored. They delivered a great outcome to maximise the success of the important programmatic work and ensure its long-term sustainability.

The relevant experience and calibre of EP Consultants offered a calming influence and steady hand - alongside invaluable help and support when most needed.

We need to be prepared for the growing population of people needing end-of-life care. A bigger, more efficient organisation will be able to deliver equality of care across the area, as well as reaching out to different groups of people who haven’t engaged with the hospices before. We received really good, sage advice from Eastside People. They drew upon their experience of many mergers and gave lots of options about how to approach different situations. The benefit of working with a consultancy like Eastside People is that there is a portfolio of expertise behind your main contact, I know there will always be someone at Eastside People who can offer advice if I pick up the phone.

We worked with the Eastside People team to try and find a new home for 3SC. Their team worked hard to understand our hopes and ambitions and to identify potential best fit organisations. They were extremely pro-active in driving the process and keeping us updated as a Board. While we finished up finding a different solution without Eastside Primetimers involvement we would almost certainly have spent much time down rabbit holes, chasing unsuitable partners. Thank you.

We were impressed with the way in which Eastside People worked closely with us, taking the time to understand our organisation and ensuring that the research they carried out into potential mergers aligned with our charity's core vision and values. They facilitated initial discussions with the highest levels of professionalism and efficiency, enabling us to build a strong relationship with Life Opportunities Trust, and ultimately achieve a successful merger.

Eastside People are known as the merger experts in the world of not-for - profits with very good reason! From the very beginning, Eastside People have shown themselves to be hugely knowledgeable and supportive; engaging Deborah Jenkins as Project Lead was an absolute master stroke. Without Deborah's input I am 100% confident that we would not have achieved the merger; her knowledge, experience and skills ensured that the end goal of merger remained at the forefront. Thank you so much to Deborah and Eastside People for helping us to achieve our ambition of the creation of Nurtrio, who now have the support of an outstanding parent company, Navigo CIC.

We set out to find a partner that provided both the infrastructure we needed to grow and synergy in terms of values and ambition. Without the support of Eastside People we would never have approached Community Integrated Care, who ended up being the perfect partner. Eastside People's initial research into potential partners was invaluable, and they have been professional, supportive and helped us to stay focused on our goals. This partnership will allow us to replicate the work we already do in our Blackheath centre all across the UK, dramatically increasing the number of beneficiaries we reach.

Eastside People consultant Dave Garratt was really helpful, knowledgeable and supportive. He managed to pull off a very comprehensive report in a short timescale for us.