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GSK IMPACT Awards
The GSK IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund, are designed to recognise the outstanding work of community-based health care charities.
The awards are open to charities working in health and wellbeing with an annual income of between £80,000 and £2.5 million that are at least three years old. The name ‘IMPACT’ derives from the criteria that winners must have demonstrated in their application submissions: Innovation, Management, Partnership, Achievement, Community Focus and Targeting Need.
This year £337,000 in prize money will be awarded to UK charities through the GSK IMPACT Awards. There are ten winners that each receive £30,000, and nine runner-up organisations that each receive £3,000. An overall winner will be awarded an additional £10,000 at the award ceremony at The Science Museum in London on Thursday 16 May 2019.
The 2019 winners have been selected by a judging panel of health and charity experts including Sir Philip Hampton, Chair of GSK; Sir Christopher Kelly, Chair of The King’s Fund; Gemma Bull, Funding Strategy Director at The National Lottery Community Fund; Ruth Davison, Executive Director, Impact and Investment at Comic Relief; and Will Warburton, Director of Improvement at The Health Foundation.
Since the awards began in 1997, nearly 460 community health care charities have received a GSK IMPACT Award and funding totalling more than £6.5 million.
The 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards will be open for applications in July 2019.
Supporting information
GSK is a science-led global health care company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. It has three world-leading businesses that research, develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer health care products. Its goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best-performing and trusted health care companies.
The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. We help to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; develop individuals, teams and organisations; promote understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge and debate. Our vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.
Contacts
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For further information please call Rachel Case, Press and Public Affairs Manager, The King’s Fund, on 020 7307 2603 or email r.case@kingsfund.org.uk
For further information about GSK please contact Rachel Gonzaga, Communications Director, UK Pharma on 020 8990 2857 or email rachel.g.gonzaga@gsk.com