The 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £150,000 and £3 million.
If your charity’s total annual income is between £20,000 and £150,000 then please view the GSK Community Health programme.
Up to ten winners will receive £40,000, with one overall winner receiving an additional £10,000. Up to five runners-up will receive £4,000
Award winners will also be offered:
- training and development valued at an average of £13,500 per organisation
- support with press and publicity
- a range of resources to help promote their work, such as short films and photography
- pro bono offers from GSK including 12 months of legal support.
A feature of the GSK IMPACT Awards is that they recognise excellence in existing work. They do not seek to fund new projects, and applications which only focus on a particular project will not be shortlisted. The assessment is based on the work of the whole organisation and will focus on excellence in the six areas of IMPACT.
- Innovation: leadership, creativity and vision in addressing current challenges in health care access and delivery.
- Management: clear objectives and plans; approach to diversity and inclusion; efficient use of resources; quality of management processes; financial effectiveness of the organisation.
- Partnership: working effectively with others (the community, voluntary, private and public sector partners); willingness to share practice and to learn from others.
- Achievement: scale and impact of work relative to the size of the organisation; a reflective approach to evaluation; able to articulate activity, outcomes and impact.
- Community Focus: involving and responding to people and communities; adaptability to changing circumstances and needs; working with others to improve services for the community.
- Targeting Need: ensuring services are accessible to all, including people who experience the most disadvantage or marginalisation; awareness of community issues and priorities; having a detailed understanding of the community the organisation serves and who it is reaching.
SK and The King’s Fund actively encourage organisations to apply that are led by and support people from under-represented backgrounds, people from ethnic minority communities, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ+ community. They want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger.
The deadline for this year's awards is 5pm on 30 August 2024.