Nominations Open for 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards – United Kingdom

Deadline: 14-Sep-20

Nominations are currently open for the 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards.

The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.

The GSK IMPACT Awards are an annual programme, funded by GSK as part of the company’s commitment to promote community health and wellbeing.

Award Information

Up to ten winners will receive £30,000, with one overall winner receiving £40,000
Up to ten runners-up will receive £3,000
The awards are designed to recognise success and achievements for existing work so you do not have to present a new project
Award winners will also be offered training and development valued at an average of £9,500 and have a film made about their work.

The GSK IMPACT Award winners will be presented with their awards at a high profile ceremony in London in July 2021, which provides an excellent opportunity to showcase their work and raise their profile.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be:

A registered charity by the deadline for applications. The organisation must also have existed for a minimum of three years by this date. We may ask for a copy of the charity’s constitution to confirm this.
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.
Organisations with a total annual income between £80,000 and £2.5 million as shown in the most recent accounts (produced within ten months of your year end).
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. Previous GSK IMPACT Award winners can re-apply five years after winning. If the organisation applied in 2015 (receiving the award in 2016), or before, it is eligible. Other shortlisted organisations can re-apply for any year. If the organisation was shortlisted for a GSK IMPACT Award and was visited by an assessor, there will be a particular focus on achievements since the last application.

In addition, the following organisations are NOT eligible:

Organisations principally concerned with broad social welfare work. The organisation must be able to demonstrate clearly the impact on its target community’s health.
Research bodies
Advice agencies

Criteria

The judges will be looking for evidence of:

Innovation
- Leadership, creativity and initiative in addressing current challenges in health care access and delivery.
Management
- Efficient use of resources; quality of management processes; diversity and inclusion; clear objectives and plans; strength and financial effectiveness of the organisation.
Partnership
- Working effectively with others (members, users, voluntary, private and public sector partners etc); willingness to share ‘best practice’ and to learn from others.
Achievement
- Measurable results achieved; numbers of people benefitting; impact on access to healthcare; a reflective approach to evaluation of the work; measurement and monitoring of performance, being able to report on outcomes and impact.
Community Focus
- Involving and responding to users and the community; openness and provision of information; adaptability to changing circumstances and needs.
Targeting Need
- Awareness of community issues and priorities; having a detailed understanding of the target community; ensuring services are accessible to and focus on people in need.