Legal & General is to place ten of its senior managers into charity trusteeships, in a new partnership with recruitment firm People Unlimited.

The senior managers, participating out of personal choice, will be given time off their current jobs at Legal & General to attend charity board and sub-committee meetings.  Each charity, in turn, will be supported by People Unlimited’s Trustee Recruitment Team, providing recruitment services as well as governance and recruitment workshops, funded by Legal & General.

David Lale, chairman of People Unlimited, said: “This will be a long-term and far-reaching project that will impact charities, their beneficiaries and the individual trustees.

“Legal & General is investing in the recruitment process and supporting the individual managers with the time they need to contribute positively to a charity for long-term benefit.”