Starfish has recently joined This is Me which is a business led mental health campaign.
At Starfish we are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our colleagues and have a range of benefits and initiatives in place to ensure that everyone can be their best in the workplace. In support of our philosophy, Starfish is proud to announce that we have joined This is Me, part of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. This is Me is a business led mental health campaign that aims to change attitudes towards mental health through open conversations and education.
Joining This is Me will give all Starfish colleagues access to 3 tools; The Green Ribbon Campaign (a visible commitment to help end the stigma around mental health), This is Me Storytelling which supports the sharing of colleague lived experiences, and Wellbeing in the Workplace learning resources which ensure that colleagues have the skills to support one another at work. Starfish colleagues will have the opportunity to take part in a number of wellbeing events this year as we seek to connect regularly and grow our business in a fun and sustainable way.
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ESPO is a public sector owned professional buying organisation (PBO), specialising in providing a wide range of goods and services to the public sector for over 40 years. Starfish Search has been awarded a place on ESPO’s Strategic HR Services framework (3S). Services we offer under the framework include: Lot 1, Executive and Managerial Interim Recruitment Lot 2, Executive and Managerial Permanent Recruitment.


Starfish are proud to be certified Disability Confident Committed. This scheme provides employers with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace.


Crown Commercial Service supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. In 2020/21, CCS helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits equal to £2.04bn - supporting world-class public services that offer best value for taxpayers. Starfish Search has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Executive and Non-Executive recruitment. Services we offer under the framework include: Lot 3 - Non-Executive and Public Appointments.


Bloom, launched in 2012 is the UK’s leading marketplace for professional services. They provide an end-to-end solution for the procurement, contract management and payment of all professional services, via the compliant NEPRO³ framework. Their public sector clients have access to 20 professional services categories and over 4500 accredited suppliers. Bloom provides swift routes to market via either direct award or mini competition. Starfish is an accredited supplier to BLOOM; our services can be accessed via this framework - Executive and Non-Executive Search and Interim Management.
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