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2010

Celebrating 20 yearsCelebrating 20 years of People Unlimited and 10 years of forum3, Europe’s largest careers and volunteering event which regularly attracts 10-15,000 job seekers.

Launched a ground breaking corporate / non profit sector project with Legal and General to place their most senior staff into Trustee roles in the sector

V TempsWe also launched a new pilot scheme, V Temps, which is a social enterprise between People Unlimited and vinspired that matches young people with part-paid and part-volunteering opportunities in the NFP sector.

Paul Sais was appointed as MD by David Lale, Chairman.

We celebrated our anniversary at St. Ethelburga's, view photos from the evening by visiting our flickr page.

2008

People UnlimitedWe changed our name to People Unlimited and now provide a whole range of recruitment services to charities, health and social care, housing and renewable energy organisations.

2001

forum3Charity People launched forum3 - the sector's first ever recruitment and volunteering event, dedicated to opening up the sector to an entirely new audience.

2000

The business floated its Recruitment Advertising business off to a joint venture, called People Media which quickly grew into a highly successful advertising and response handling business.

1996

Charity People opened up a regional office in Leeds to supplement its London base.

1995

Charity People launched its first website.

1990

Charity PeoplePeople Unlimited started life as Charity People, operating from a small south London base, with a grant from The Prince's Youth Business Trust and the London Enterprise Agency. It's aims were (and still are) to promote the sector as a great place to work, to attract the most talented and committed candidates, and to help not for profits recruit more effectively.

Within it's first year Charity People was providing recruitment advertising and support to ChildLine and Amnesty International and within three years had launched the first dedicated recruitment advertising agency for the not for profit sector, as well as providing a range of traditional recruitment services.

What we do

At heart, we're a recruitment business. We help our clients plan and fulfil their staffing needs in the most cost effective and efficient way. With a live database of over 30,000 people looking to work with value-led organisations, we're equally well placed to identify hard-to-find specialists or recruit large numbers of staff through national or international recruitment campaigns.

Our wider purpose is to try and raise the profile of the sector as a great place to work, through events like forum3 and our Positive Change events programme.

We focus on these sectors:

  • Charities, fundraising and social enterprises
  • Health and social care
  • Housing
  • Renewable Energy

We like to think our blend of experience, stability and innovation is unusual in a recruitment business and that our commitment to the sector is the reason behind this.

For more information on how we can help you, contact our Business Development Manager, Alisdair Low by email or on 0207 939 7426.