Ten winners will receive £30,000 in the 2016 GSK Impact Awards
Health and wellbeing charities are being invited to apply for up to £40,000 in the GSK Impact Awards.
The awards, which are in their 19th year, are open to charities with an annual income of between £25,000 and £2 million that are at least three-years old.
Ten winners will receive £30,000, and and additional 10 runner up organisations who receive £3,000.
The overall winner is awarded an additional £10,000 in unrestricted funding.
The name Impact derives from the criteria that winners must have demonstrated in their application submissions: Innovation, Management, Partnership, Achievement, Community focus and Targeting need.
These awards recognise charities that make an incredible difference to many people’s lives right across the United Kingdom
Previous winners from Scotland include The Junction, Open Secret and Greater Easterhouse Alcohol Awareness Project.
Each successful entry also gets the opportunity to join the GSK Impact Awards Network – a UK wide learning network where charities work together on common issues, receive free leadership development and are able to draw on each others experience and knowledge.
There are 62 currently organisations in the network, of which 11 are Scottish. The Scottish groups also have their own Scottish network.
Katie Pinnock, director of UK Charitable Partnerships at GSK, which funds the awards and manages them along with The King’s Fund, said: “These awards recognise charities that make an incredible difference to many people’s lives right across the United Kingdom.
“The programme has grown immensely since we started in 1997, and we are extremely proud of the way it has brought people together, enabling them to share knowledge and learn from each other.
“Each year we are impressed, inspired and moved, not only by the innovation and talent in the work our winning charities undertake, but by the commitment and dedication of everyone involved.”
Since the awards began in 1997, nearly 400 community health care charities have received an award and funding totalling over £5million, of which £648,000 has been given to Scottish charities.
To apply visit the award’s website.
