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Testimonials
Explore firsthand experiences of individuals who have journeyed with us towards purposeful and sustainable employment, volunteering, or learning opportunities.
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For privacy, we have anonymised our clients' names, removed any identifying details and used stock photos. We have obtained consent from all clients discussed below to share their story.
Real Purpose has helped me to find direction in my aspirations. Natalie has been understanding, compassionate and patient and supported me with regards to career and training possibilities.
I would highly recommend this service to others.
19th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I made a self referral to the Real Purpose in August of last year after struggling to manage and maintain my full time job role. From the 1st contact by phone with Peter to the 1st meeting with Natalie the service has been excellent and of great help to me. Natalie helped me look at lots of options and was great at listening, understanding and offering feedback on my current and potential future opportunities. I am still utilising the service to this day, whilst managing my full time job role. Without their on going support I don't think I could have stayed employed as I have, so thank you for helping to give me the confidence and direction to stay in work and optimistic about the future.
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17th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I am incredibly pleased with the compassionate and patient support Natalie offers me. Natalie has been proactively helped me building up my confidence to apply for jobs and to take significative strides forward in my work relationships. Through her empathetic yet constructively challenging approach, I feel like I am truly not alone!
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17th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I am incredibly grateful for the support I have received from my employment advisor. Their guidance has been invaluable in helping me focus on my wellbeing and mental health. They have created a safe and encouraging environment that has significantly boosted my confidence. With their help, I have been able to identify and build opportunities for my professional growth. Their dedication and understanding have made a meaningful impact on my journey, and I feel more prepared to pursue my career goals. Thank you for all your support.
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16th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
My son and I have the pleasure of working with Natalie, and I can’t recommend her enough! She is incredibly helpful throughout the entire process and makes sure to understand exactly what my son is looking for in a job. Natalie's support was above and beyond - she is always available to answer questions and makes the effort to match my son with the perfect role. Her professionalism and kindness made the whole experience enjoyable. Natalie is so helpful by ringing regularly with updates and doing her very best to help him secure a future role. She gives constructive advice and interview prep.
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16th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
Working with Peter and RealPurpose was honestly the first piece of actual support I felt I was given in regard to my unemployment after several years of job searching. The approach both Peter and RealPurpose have towards mental struggles and disadvantages is a refreshing comfort in today's modern climate.
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16th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I wanted to say that the staff at Real Purpose are fantastic especially Natalie she has really helped me with my job search. Natalie and Peter did a mock interview with me which really helped. The feedback they gave on my mock interview was really beneficial. Natalie is lovely and I do enjoy our chat, it's also nice to have someone to talk to and knowing that the support is there during one of the most difficult times of job hunting. I'm really glad that I use Real Purpose and it is an amazing service.
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15th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
The service for me has been very helpful.
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15th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
Peter and the team at Real Purpose have helped to build my confidence through one-to-one meetings and courses, enabling me to find a volunteering position at Oxfam. Real Purpose have changed the way I think about my neurodiversity, and have shown me what I can achieve, by setting goals and evaluating my route to future employment.
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11th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I would just like to say a huge thank you to Natalie for her outstanding service and support through the most difficult time in my adulthood so far.
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10th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I have been interacting with Real Purpose for a few months now, and I cannot praise them highly enough. As someone with high anxiety, Peter set me at ease straight away. He has a manner and aura that calms me down and helps me to concentrate on the tasks at hand. After not working for nearly 15 years he helped me to write a C.V. which looks amazing. The support that has been offered for practice interviews and extra support for actually attending interviews is invaluable. In short, I would recommend real purpose to anyone with mental health problems. This is a service that is needed for a lot of people.
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9th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
Natalie has helped him with my CV, it has worked wonders, had 4 replies and it is looking promising and has helped me massively.
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9th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
I found out about real purpose by attending a job fair met peter and self-referred to the service. From then me and peter met on teams weekly discussing job opportunities and where my job search was going. Speaking to someone outside of friends and family really helped, he was very encouraging and even motivated me when I was feeling down whenever I got rejected from the jobs i applied to. When i finally got a job I told peter and it was a very long journey to get to this point, I'm grateful that the service continues even when securing employment.
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9th January 2025 - Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme
Pauline
September 2024
Pauline has just started work in September 2024 with a local secondary school where she works as an office manager. Pauline met Real Purpose employment advisers at a jobs fair close to where she lived in April 2024.
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Since Pauline started working with Peter and later with Natalie as well, our employment advisers, she quickly started looking for work that she would be appreciated for and adequately paid for
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Talking to Peter made me see my potential and not be afraid to go it alone
Client who has secured self-employment, supported by her Employment Adviser, Peter through the Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme in July 2024.
Jane
April 2024
Jane was self-referred to Real Purpose after being told about Real Purpose’s services at the local mental health NHS Trust’s Recovery College where Jane had completed some courses.
Jane had been attending the Recovery College to improve her confidence and mental health after leaving her former career which she could no longer work in due to a physical injury.
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David
March 2024
David is in his mid-50s and lives in North Leicestershire. He has just received his first month’s pay in four years, and he is very happy about this saying that he “could not have done this without Real Purpose”.
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When David joined our Leicestershire Employment and Skills Programme he said he had been impacted significantly by the pandemic and this caused social anxiety.
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