2019 GSK IMPACT Award winners

Overall winner

Suffolk Family Carers, a charity that supports unpaid carers of all ages across Suffolk, was named as the overall winner of the 2019 GSK IMPACT Awards at an award ceremony held at the Science Museum in London on 16 May. As the overall winner, Suffolk Family Carers has received an additional £10,000 in funding.

The winners

• The Children’s Sleep Charity – dedicated to supporting children and young people with sleep issues in England and Wales.
• East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services – support people in East Surrey who are at risk or experiencing domestic abuse and coercion.
• Grassroots Suicide Prevention – aims to prevent suicide and reduce the stigma associated with it.
• Healthy Minds – a user-led service promoting positive mental health and recovery in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
• Off the Record Youth Counselling Croydon – offers free, independent and professional counselling for young people in the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton and Merton.
• Positive Life – Northern Ireland’s only dedicated HIV charity and provides a wide range of services to those living with and affected by HIV.
• Rape Crisis South London – helps women and girls in South London who have suffered from any form of sexual violence, however recently or long ago.
• Refugee and Migrant Centre Black Country and Birmingham – supports migrants and refugees through crisis and disadvantage, offering advice and assistance.
• Support in Mind Scotland – aims to improve the quality of life for people whose mental health has a serious impact on their life, particularly those living in rural areas.

Runners-up 

The following organisations received a £3,000 donation:

• Bath and North East Somerset Carers’ Centre 
• Brandon Centre  
• Dementia Forward  
• East Belfast Community Counselling Centre 
• LD North East  
• Moira Anderson Foundation  
• Orchid Cancer Appeal 
• Recovery Cymru Community
• Womankind Bristol Women’s Therapy Centre