Testimonials from charity and social enterprise clients

Sonia provided HR advice as well as helping with policies and procedures in a very professional and timely manner. They responded helpfully and quickly when follow up queries were submitted. I can't recommend them highly enough. They will be our go to HR Advisor from now on.

Sonia gives no nonsense advice which is clear and understandable, at the same time as being carefully tailored towards your organisation's needs. HR advice can sometimes feel a bit complicated but everything Sonia says is practical and easy to apply. I feel that the guidance is helping build a strong foundation for the growth of We Speak, and is also great value which is important for charities and social enterprises. I would 100% recommend Populo HR.

Sonia has been a real godsent to us! We started working with her in the middle of a crisis and she provided all the advice and support we needed with evident competence, great experience, thoughtfulness and decisiveness, while being extremely approachable and supportive throughout. Her advice is always prompt and to the point. She has a gift for staying perfectly calm and distilling problems down to the essentials, without ever losing sight of the complexities and particularities of HR issues. We can´t thank her enough, and wholeheartedly recommend her to any small organisation!

Sonia supported us through dealing with an incident between Team Members by giving Trustees clear, practical advice which gave us confidence that we were treating all parties fairly. She was able to respond at short notice to give in depth guidance and identify next steps. I felt that she was very sensitive to our time and resource constraints as a small charity run mainly by volunteers.

With a huge gap in our organisation for HR support and expertise, and the lack of resources to employ someone, I was unsure if a consultant would be able to provide what we needed, affordably. What I appreciate about working with Sonia is the transparency of time spent, many consultants overcharge their time and make it unaffordable to continue working on a longer-term basis. This is not the case with Sonia. We have restructured our team, looked at pay scaling, employment contracts, policies and other gaps that have been crucial to address in our charity, and we will continue to use Sonia for all our HR needs! Thank you

As a small charity Chief Executive it is really reassuring to be able to call Sonia and get up to date advice and support quickly and at an affordable cost. She’s now one of our team.

Sonia has been incredibly helpful providing practical advice and resources to support us through a re-structure. She has been able to quickly understand the complexities and needs of our small organisation and has given me the confidence that we are supporting our employees through the process in the best possible way both professionally and personally.

We are a small charity with a Board of Trustees, a mostly part-time staff team and over 80 volunteers. As a small organisation we have limited HR expertise and so we started to engage with Sonia (from recommendation of another charity) on an ad hoc basis with HR queries. Since then we have engaged in her retainer scheme and have updated our staffing policies and procedures. As CEO and speaking for the Board, our professional link with Sonia has given us more confidence to deal effectively and with appropriate speed to any HR issues. Sonia's advice is straightforward, accessible/available, and we find her very approachable and takes into consideration our level of HR knowledge. The scheme is also very cost effective for us. We would have no hesitation in recommending this service to others; and indeed have already done so!