Helping Social Enterprises Grow With Purpose
At 38 Degrees, we partner with purpose-led organisations to strengthen your business and maximise your impact.
38 Degrees offers training and business support solutions which lead to transformational change for individuals, organisations, and communities.
At the core of what we do are relationships, and all of our training and support solutions are based on creating strong relationships with those who we are working with.
With a belief in the power of the individual all our training and support solutions are co- produced with those who we work with leading to sustainable change and improvement.
Our Values
Relationship based approach
Everything we do is based on establishing an understanding relationship with our clients. We want to understand what matters to you, to your organisation and your community, building trust and rapport.
Courage
We are clear in how we communicate with our clients and where necessary will constructively challenge and hold more difficult conversations to support clients through change and development.
Equitable and Inclusive
We believe that everyone has a voice that should be heard and that those who may have experienced exclusion and are minoritized in communities should be given equitable opportunity to contribute, create and communicate.
Collaborative
Our approach is with not ‘done to’ and we value the voice and the lived experience of the client, the customer, and the citizen in all that we do. We believe in the power of individuals and communities to create sustainable change.
Accountable
We explain and take responsibility for our actions ensuring that all that we do is alongside our clients and is clearly communicated.
Jo Gibson is the founder of 38 Degrees Training and Enterprise support and has over 20 years of experience in supporting public, private, third sector/social enterprises to grow and develop. With experience in the application of systems thinking (Vanguard Method) to help large complex organisations/services transform their service to become more human centred.
Jo is also an expert in providing skills and support for new and existing social enterprises and re-generative enterprises. With several years of experience in helping entrepreneurs to take their venture from idea to a sustainable and impactful business. Using the Theory of Change as a vehicle to help entrepreneurs gain clarity about what it is they do, how they do it and their outputs.
About Us / Why 38 Degrees
Your Partner in Purpose-Led Growth
We believe in growth that goes beyond profit
growth that changes lives. Our approach is built around the 3 Hs:
Human-Centred
We listen first and tailor support to your needs.
Heart-Felt
We care deeply about driving systemic change.
Honest Insight
We build trusted partnerships that enable real progress.
Our Services
At 38 Degrees Training Solutions, we help organisations grow, adapt, and thrive.
Whether you’re a business, charity, or social enterprise, our work focuses on creating clarity, improving systems, and building confident, capable leaders.
Explore our core services below.
Organisational Improvement
Systems Change
We help organisations map and redesign their processes through the eyes of their customers or service users.
By understanding how your systems really work, we identify opportunities to reduce waste, remove barriers, and deliver greater value and impact.
Demand Analysis
Understanding the real nature of demand is key to effective service design.
We work with you to analyse where demand comes from, what it reveals about your systems, and how to align capacity to meet genuine need.
Operational Business Health Checks
A practical, objective look at how your business operates day to day.
We assess efficiency, effectiveness, and leadership capacity — providing clear recommendations to improve performance and outcomes.
Strategy and Growth
Business Plan Reviews
Plans are only as strong as the thinking behind them.
We help you critically review your business plan, challenge assumptions, and refine your strategy to ensure growth is sustainable and aligned with real opportunities.
Governance for SMEs and Social Enterprises
Good governance underpins every successful organisation.
We support Boards and leadership teams to create governance structures that promote accountability, agility, and long-term success.
Leadership and Relationships
Leadership Coaching
Tailored coaching for individuals, leadership teams, and Boards.
We create space to think, reflect, and strengthen the skills needed to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Understanding Conversations
Strong partnerships start with great conversations.
We help you build the skills and frameworks to create meaningful dialogue — deepening relationships, generating repeat business, and building trust that lasts.
Social Enterprises
We understand the unique opportunities and challenges of running a social enterprise — balancing purpose with performance, and impact with sustainability.
Our tailored support helps you strengthen your foundation, measure your difference, and plan for long-term success.
For Newly Established Enterprises
- Test and refine your idea for impact
- Choose the right structure and governance
- Build financial viability through budgets and forecasting
- Understand the basics of social impact and how to demonstrate it
For Developing Enterprises
- Apply system change methodologies to grow your impact
- Measure what matters: impact, data, storytelling, and social value
- Develop growth strategies for sustainability
- Build partnerships and navigate public procurement
- Diversify income and strengthen funding bids
- Undertake end-to-end business diagnostics for performance improvement
Let’s Talk
Every organisation is different — and so is our approach.
If you’d like to explore how we can support your goals, get in touch for a conversation about what’s possible.
👉 [Contact us] to start the conversation.
How We Work
We start with a Finding Out Session — a space to understand your enterprise and ambitions. From there, we design tailored support that meets your needs and helps you and your enterprise grow with confidence
Pricing
Finding Out Session
(Half to Full Day):
£30 – £50
Hourly Rate
£250 – £500
Day Rate
For medium large size organisations
Finding Out Session
(Half to Full Day):
£150
Hourly Rate
£950
Day Rate
Long-Term Mentoring Partnerships: Negotiated
Testimonial
Impact Stories
given me the resilience
Jo has the ability to develop leaders to believe in themselves and strive for what is right for citizens. During a period of substantial system redesign within adults’ health and social care, I have seen the benefits of Jo’s skilled mentorship at both a personal and organisational level. It’s given me the resilience to encounter the emotional roller coaster of change and the determination to carry on.
Meilys Heulfryn Smith
Supporting Health and Well-being Support Manager
understand and unpick business processes
Jo offers insightful and reflective inputs focused on delivering improvements for customers and service users. Her ability to understand and unpick business processes to improve customer or service user experience and outcomes is spot on and I would highly recommend her.
Diane Harrison
Intensive Early Help Manager
inspirational leader and mentor
Jo is an inspirational leader and mentor. Her work is rooted in values. She is excellent at building relationships and guiding groups through transformational change with skill, courage and good humour. In a service context, she always brings the focus back to the individual and what matters to them. Her work with individuals and organisations has changed many, many lives for the better. I hope to work with Jo again in the future.
Charlotte Pell
Senior Researcher
Northumbria University
High standards of professionalism
I first worked with Jo in 2008 when I was a Director of social care and health in a large county council. We undertook a short diagnostic phase with Jo to understand the customer experience in accessing social care to meet their needs.
Jo firmly focuses on the customer experience, building up from individual case studies to help organisations and leaders to understand how they are delivering against their operational standards. She has skills in being able to gather data to analyse whole teams, services and departments’ operating models. When the individual and whole systems data is gathered and presented in a succinct form, it enables leaders and their teams to redesign and test improved methods of service delivery.
Jo believes that improvement in services lies in engaging the customer and staff teams to find straight forward solutions, which are often about removing inefficient and cumbersome processes. This reduces delays and costs, and better meets customer needs.
I have worked with Jo again in another organisation and can say that she encourages an ethos of transparency and collaboration. This approach has a strong cultural focus built on finding service delivery improvements across teams and services, especially ones where there are conflicting priorities and tensions. This way of working can highlight how a customers needs can be lost ; in particular by building a consensus across whole end to end delivery.
I would highly recommend working with Jo if you want your organisation to have a strong emphasis on good customer experience and high satisfaction levels.
Paula Furnival
Former Director of Adult Social Care
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