GSK IMPACT Awards

The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years’ old, working in a health-related field in the UK. Up to 15 awards will be made, ranging from £5,000 to £50,000. In addition, the training and development is valued at a further £13,500. Organisations will have a film made and be given a set of promotional materials. They will also receive help with press and publicity and pro bono offers from GSK.

Funding

• Up to ten winners receive £50,000, in unrestricted funding
• Up to five runners-up receive £5,000 in unrestricted funding
• Award winners are offered free training and development valued at an average of £13,500 for each organisation and pro bono offers from GSK including 12 months of legal support
• You do not need to present a new project
• Winners may be asked to complete a brief questionnaire outlining how they have used their donation

Free training and development
Award winners are offered two free places on the GSK IMPACT Awards Development Programme. They are also invited to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Network, which connects past GSK IMPACT Award winners, both online and at meetings, allowing them to get and give support, share best practice and continue their professional development.

As part of the award, the winning charities are given the opportunity to take part in a training and development programme. Funded by GSK and delivered by The King’s Fund, the intensive three-day programme focuses on developing leadership skills and gaining knowledge across a wide range of specialist areas, such as financial management and governance, evaluation, and the health policy context.

Award winners are then invited to take part in the GSK IMPACT Awards Network. It connects past winners both online and at meetings to get and give support, share best practice and continue their professional development. The Network currently has over 140 member organisations representing some of the best of the charitable health sector in the UK.