Deadline: 20-Aug-2025
The King’s Fund is inviting applications from registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, to apply for GSK IMPACT Award.
The awards have been running since 1997, and are managed in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and care.
Award Information
- Funding
- Up to ten winners receive £40,000, in unrestricted funding with the overall winner receiving an additional £10,000.
- Up to five runners-up receive £4,000 in unrestricted funding.
- Award winners are offered free training and development valued at an average of £13,500 for each organisation and pro bono offers from GSK including 12 months of legal support.
- You do not need to present a new project.
- Winners may be asked to complete a brief report (less than one page) outlining how they have used their donation.
- Free training and development
- Award winners are offered two free places on the GSK IMPACT Awards Development Programme. They are also invited to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Network, which connects past GSK IMPACT Award winners, both online and at meetings, allowing them to get and give support, share best practice and continue their professional development.
- Publicity, films and national recognition
- The awards provide organisations with an important quality mark. Winning organisations have a professional film made about their work and receive support with press and publicity.
Who can apply?
- Applicants must be:
- A registered charity by the deadline 20 August 2025. The organisation must also have existed for a minimum of three years by this date. They will ask for your charity registration number at the start of your application and may ask for a copy of the charity’s constitution to confirm this. Community Interest Companies, or any other organisations that are not registered charities are not eligible to apply.
- Located and registered in the UK.
- Targeting community health needs in the UK. Community can be defined as a geographical community or a community of interest.
- Able to point to a track record of achievement in community health issues.
- Within the award’s income band, with total annual income between £150,000 and £3 million as shown in your most recent accounts. If your income is below £150,000 you may be eligible for the GSK Community Health Programme (deadline 11 August 2025).
- Independently constituted from any national umbrella organisation.
- Organisations registered in the UK but working in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland can apply.
- GSK and The King’s Fund 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.
Ineligibility Criteria
- In addition, the following organisations are NOT eligible:
- Organisations principally concerned with broad social welfare work. The organisation must be able to demonstrate its impact on the health of communities.
- Research bodies or organisations with a primary focus on research
- Advice agencies
- Organisations with paid staff who are also members of the Board of Trustees.
Assessment Criteria
- The judges will be looking for evidence of:
- 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.
For more information, visit The King’s Fund.
