The undeniable heart and soul of FreshSight’s operations. Recruited over a highly competitive application and case-study interview process, each FreshSight consultant brings a unique skill-set and personality to the table, and are among the brightest, most empathetic, and most collaborative students among us. Our alumni represent some 127 degrees and hail from countries as far apart as Finland and India, Austria and Japan, Scotland and the USA.

Our 9-week training programme delivers all the skills and experience you need to become a fully fledged FreshSight consultant. With expert guidance, practical team exercises and internal insights accrued from a decade of successful projects, our training program ensures that the solutions our consultants deliver to clients are well-informed, tailored, and scrutinised from every angle. All you need to bring is yourself, we’ll help with the rest.

As a consultant, you’ll gain hands-on experience working for a real client in the third sector space. We consider our work to be socially impactful in two directions: our clients receive help from some of Edinburgh’s brightest minds, and as a consultant you gain access to knowledge, skills development training, and a network of like-minded individuals. Once you’ve been through the FreshSight process once, you’ll be able to rejoin on one of our alumni projects, so you can keep creating impact without the same time commitment.

2025 Operations Manager

“My time at FreshSight formed part of my best moments at university. I joined as a consultant and got the full 101 on consulting; how to break down a brief, cooperating with a team of new people, and learning how to communicate professionally with a client.

It was so rewarding to work on real-life projects with third sector organisations in need and see the impact I was making in real time. The numerous opportunities for feedback throughout the project cycle are so helpful, and they really give first-time consultants the confidence they need to carry out a project that will actually help the organisations they're partnered with.”

2025 Training Manager; 2026 Events

“Through FreshSight, I have had the ability to develop my professional skills whilst getting extremely invested in the social enterprises I worked with and their goals. The satisfaction of knowing you are developing your own skills for a good cause is immeasurable, and the gratitude shown by social enterprises towards our work only adds to the sense of self-fulfilment that FreshSight give its consultants.

Through FreshSight’s mentorship programme, I was put in contact with an industry professional to mentor me in the transition to professional life after university which culminated in a summer internship.”

2025 Quality Manager; 2026 Director

“For me, FreshSight is all about the people. Clients, consultants, alumni, management: everyone I’ve met has inspired me in some way, and that’s what has kept me here for the last three years. I love being surrounded by like-minded people who believe we can genuinely make a difference to the community around us.

Becoming Director this year has been incredibly insightful, giving me the space to think about the direction FreshSight wants to grow in. My ultimate goal is to cultivate a culture of constant improvement, one that keeps making the environment around us better.”

Charity Partnerships Manager at Farewill

“FreshSight is a launchpad into social innovation. The experiences I had, and people I met, allowed me to start building a career with positive impact. I worked on FreshSight for 3 years, and it was the professional and social highlight of each one.”

Analyst at Boston Consulting Group

“FreshSight was my introduction to consulting. I really enjoyed how the team was so diverse and everyone brought different ideas to the table with the same enthusiasm. The community was intelligent and welcoming, offering support to me both in and outside of sessions. They are a big part of why I have decided to start my career in consulting.”

Research Officer at Wednesday’s Child

“FreshSight that gave me the confidence, skills and network to pursue a career with a positive social impact. The diverse life experience of the consultants provides a space to think creatively, challenge yourself, and realise your potential and that of your clients. I left FreshSight with friends for life, a rejuvenated passion for social action, and the knowledge I’d made a difference to my clients.”