2008 GSK IMPACT Award winners
The winners, highly commended and runners up for the 2008 GSK IMPACT Awards. You can watch short video of the winners' work below.
Women's Work
Women's Work is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The charity was established to look at the support needs of female street sex workers in Derby.
Autism NI
Autism NI is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The charity works to support families living with autism in Northern Ireland.
C-Level
C-Level is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. C-Level is based in Glasgow and provides support for people living with hepatitis C.
Crew 2000
Crew 2000 is a small, voluntary organisation based in Edinburgh, that provides advice on substance misuse and sexual health to young people.
The Fragile X Society
The Fragile X Society is one of winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The society provides personal support and information for the families of children with the inherited learning disability, Fragile X, and it spreads awareness and funds research on the condition.
Genetic Interest Group
Genetic Interest Group is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The Genetic Interest Group is an alliance of more than 140 organisations who work together to improve understanding of genetic disorders.
Lymphoedema Support Network
Lymphoedema Support Network is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The Lymphoedema Support Network is based in London and run by patients for patients living with lymphoedema.
Merseyside Diabetes Support Group
Merseyside Diabetes Support Group is one of the winners of The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The charity provides information on diabetes for patients and their family and carers.
N-compass
N-compass is one of the winners of the 2008 The King's Fund and GSK IMPACT Awards. The charity, based in Blackpool, help bridge the gap between service users and service providers, assisting young people and adults with advocacy and support.
PARC Essex
PARC Essex is one of the winners of The King's Fund GSK IMPACT Awards 2008. The charity was set up to provide leisure activities for children with learning disabilities and respite breaks for their parents.
Highly commended
SEAL Community Health Project
Runners up
GSK IMPACT Award winners and their videos
GSK IMPACT Awards
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