2017 GSK IMPACT Award winners

Overall winner

PAC-UK, a charity offering support to those affected by adoption, was named as the overall winner of the 2017 GSK IMPACT Awards at an award ceremony held at the Science Museum in London on 18 May. As the overall winner, PAC-UK have received an additional £10,000 in funding.

The winners

• Basis Yorkshire – supporting female sex workers in Leeds and young people being sexually exploited or at risk
• Carers Leeds – providing services for unpaid carers who look after family, friends, or neighbours in Leeds
• Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre – offering support to people in Coventry who have experienced sexual or domestic abuse
• First Steps – a charity for people with eating disorders in Derbyshire
• Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust – an organisation running health development and promotion activities in South Lanarkshire
• Sahir House – an HIV support, information and advice centre in Merseyside
• Sight Cymru – supporting people in Wales who have lost or are losing their sight to live independently
• Student Minds – helping university students to look after their own mental health and support friends experiencing mental health difficulties
• Tyneside Women’s Health – a charity providing services to help women in Tyneside improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing

Runners-up

The following organisations received a £3,000 donation.

• Age UK Blackburn with Darwen
• Contact the Elderly
• Fife Employment Access Trust
• Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre
• NewLink Wales
• Pathway
• Pentreath Ltd
• Providence Row
• Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre (North Wales)
• Sea Sanctuary