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2026 GSK IMPACT Award winners

Our congratulations go to the 10 charities that have won a 2026 GSK IMPACT Award for their outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing. We are delighted to announce The Green House is the 2026 overall winner.  

The following organisations received a £40,000 donation, plus two places on a free training and development programme and an invitation to join the  GSK IMPACT Awards Development Network , with its programme of free meetings and events. 

Overall winner The Green House works to break the silence, stigma and shame of child sexual abuse, and through the power of innovation help families to rebuild their lives after abuse. The charity was named overall winner of the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards at an award ceremony at The King’s Fund on 13 May. As the overall winner, The Green House will receive an additional £10,000 in funding. 

The winners

The 10 winners of the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards are: 

  • Age UK Norwich – supporting older people to stay healthier for longer through health coaching, befriending, clubs, trips and advocacy work 

  • Can-Survive – a Manchester-based charity supporting culturally diverse communities living with and beyond cancer 

  • Colostomy UK – a national charity supporting people living with a stoma through offering practical help, raising awareness and fighting the stigma so no one faces life with a stoma alone   

  • Create Strength Group – supporting people to recover from substance misuse in Bradford, improving health and wellbeing, preventing relapse, and developing resilience, life skills and productive pathways that enable individuals to thrive 

  • Empowerment Charity Lancashire – serving disadvantaged communities in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, empowering local people to bring about change to their health and wellbeing 

  • Encompass Southwest – tackling rural homelessness, poverty and health inequalities in South West England through providing trauma informed and person-centred support 

  • The Green House – working to break the silence, stigma and shame of child sexual abuse, and through the power of innovation help families to rebuild their lives after abuse 

  • Happy Baby Community – transforms lives for pregnant women and new mothers who have fled war, trafficking and violence to seek safety for themselves and their babies, by creating a sanctuary across Greater London and the South East where they and their babies can truly thrive 

  • Rainbow Project – a LGBTQIA+ charity changing lives for LGBTQIA+ people and their families in Northern Ireland through tailored health and wellbeing services that mitigate the impact of discrimination, as well as training, campaigning and policy work to eliminate its root causes 

  • Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland – providing specialist support and advocacy for anyone affected by sexual violence across the Scottish Highlands 

Runners up

The following organisations received a £4,000 donation:

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