GSK Community Health programme: supporting small charities tackling health inequalities
The GSK Community Health programme is now closed for applications.
The GSK Community Health programme is open to registered charities that are at least a year old, located and working in the UK with a total annual income between £20,000 and £150,000. Up to 15 charities will receive up to £10,000, plus access to training and development valued at £3,500.
Health inequalities are avoidable and systematic differences that include access to health care, quality and experience of care, life expectancy, and wider factors such as environment and housing. There are stark gaps in health between the least and most deprived areas in the UK, with the cost-of-living squeeze and rising poverty also impacting many people’s health.
A considerable amount of work tackling health inequalities is carried out by very small charities working with their communities. These organisations can find it hard to access unrestricted funding and support for their leaders, particularly in the current economic climate which has resulted in huge pressures on funding.
The GSK Community Health programme was launched to support aspirational leaders who want to develop their organisations to tackle health inequalities. It is designed to run alongside the GSK IMPACT Awards and support the next generation of award winners. We know from our long history with the GSK IMPACT Awards that the combination of funding and leadership support can make a real difference and help a charity realise its ambitions.
Successful charities
Our congratulations to the 15 successful organisations selected from more than 230 applications for the GSK Community Health programme. They each receive a grant and a place on a tailored leadership programme delivered by The King’s Fund.
The 15 successful charities are:
Active Independence – supporting disabled people, their families and carers, providing advocacy, information and advice to enable them to live an independent life.
Aishah Help – supporting people from ethnic minority communities with a particular focus on reducing loneliness and deprivation, and improving mental health.
Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support – supporting anyone living with cancer in the local community.
Become United – supporting ethnic minority communities in Greater Manchester, focusing on reducing health inequalities and fostering community development.
The Birth Partner Project – providing volunteer birth partners to support women seeking sanctuary in Cardiff, who would otherwise face pregnancy, birth and early motherhood alone.
Bridge2 Liverpool – supporting asylum seekers and refugees to transition and integrate providing a range of support services and activities.
Diversity Rights – promoting diversity and inclusion in policy and providing access to rights, services and opportunities to ethnic minority communities in the London Borough of Enfield.
Elayos – coming alongside Birmingham’s most vulnerable and isolated women during pregnancy with free practical and emotional support which continues throughout the birth and during the postnatal period.
Globe Community Project – transforming loneliness into connection among isolated people and underserved groups in Tower Hamlets, currently working with refugees suffering from trauma and older adults.
Growing Works – supporting children and adults with mental ill health in Kirklees providing outdoor therapeutic activities such as gardening, cooking and nature crafts.
Somali Adult Social Care Agency (SASCA) – supporting Somali adults in Manchester with advocacy, advice and signposting on issues around housing, immigration status, benefits, debt and health.
Transforming Autism – providing early intervention support to young autistic children and their families in the home in Essex, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and London and online nationally.
Trust Leeds – helping people facing challenges of poverty and ill-health to build their confidence, financial resilience, skills and sense of purpose.
Warwickshire Pride – working to combat discrimination and raise awareness of issues impacting the LGBTQ+ community.
Wellbeing in Action – removing and preventing the causes of harm to people's physical, emotional, social and financial health and wellbeing through community action in Devon.
GSK IMPACT Awards
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GSK IMPACT Awards
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.