Built in Sheffield. Backed by experience. Driven by conscience.
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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.
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Why "Thirdway"?
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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.
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Our Approach:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Let’s build something that matters.
Mark Gibbons, Founder, Thirdway Strategies
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