Built in Sheffield. Backed by experience. Driven by conscience.
Our Story
Thirdway Strategies was founded on the conviction that enterprise can serve both people and profit. We're a Sheffield-based consultancy working across the UK to support socially conscious organisations with strategy, structure, and growth.
Why "Thirdway"?
The name signifies our commitment to finding balanced solutions that integrate business success with social responsibility. It's a nod to creative problem-solving, ethical leadership, and forging paths where people and purpose walk together.
Our Approach:
With over two decades of experience in partnerships, funding, and impact-building, we offer a grounded, relational approach that helps mission-led organizations go further, faster—with integrity.
Thanks for taking the time to explore Thirdway Strategies. This consultancy was founded on a simple but powerful idea: that strategy should serve people, not just profit.
After more than two decades working across sectors- from corporate boardrooms to grassroots community hubs - I saw the need for something different. A better way. A third way that brings together ethical leadership, lived experience, and practical know-how to create businesses that truly make a difference.
That’s why I built a team of experts who understand both impact and execution. We’re strategists, facilitators, and changemakers - people who’ve worked in government, social enterprise, business development, and community transformation. What unites us is a shared belief that business can and should be a force for good.
Whether you’re leading a startup, delivering a public sector project, or simply trying to align your purpose with your practice, we’d love to walk alongside you.
Let’s build something that matters.
Mark Gibbons, Founder, Thirdway Strategies
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