People4Charity, the mission of that is to create a sophisticated online business-to-business marketplace for the Buyers and Sellers of contracting and consultancy services across all industries and job types, reveals the results of the research: The Most Generous Professionals.

The research shows that the Management consultants and HR specialists are the most ‘giving’ when it comes to supporting charities through their professional skills.

The research studied 9,000 freelance professionals. According to the results 4 in 10 freelance management and HR specialists are prepared to cut the rates by around 15 % for the charity sector. As for the Lawyers they are by around 14.9 ,and the IT specialists are around 14.7 %.

Through the information provided by the SourceWire, Duncan Taylor of people4charity.comsays that “In this season of goodwill, it is interesting to see that management consultants are confounding their stereotype, while HR professionals are perhaps living up to theirs.”

According to Duncan Taylor’s evaluations and analyses the research shows that initiative for charity encreases and 35% of independent professionals “will now work for the third sector at a discount that averages out at 14 percent.”