# Health and wellbeing charities win GSK IMPACT Awards 2025

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2025/03/13/health-and-wellbeing-charities-win-gsk-impact-awards-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-13T15:37:24+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Ten small and medium-sized charities have been named as winners of the 2025 GSK
IMPACT Awards for their exceptional work improving health and wellbeing.**

This year’s awards were announced amid a challenging financial environment for charities,
so not surprisingly attracted a record number of entries.

Now in their 28th year, the [GSK IMPACT Awards](http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards)
are delivered in partnership with health and care charity, The King’s Fund. The 
awards are designed to recognise the exceptional work of small and medium-sized 
charities working to improve health and wellbeing in communities across the UK.

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The ten winners will receive **£40,000 in unrestricted funding**, as well as expert
support and leadership development provided by The King’s Fund.

## 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards winners

The ten winners of the 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards are:

 * **Action on Postpartum Psychosis**, a national charity supporting mothers and
   their families affected by this severe but treatable mental illness in the days
   and weeks after giving birth
 * **Common Youth**, a Belfast-based charity providing confidential sexual health
   and contraception services for young people under 25 in Northern Ireland
 * **George House Trust**, supporting people living with HIV to live well across
   the North West
 * **Helpforce**, accelerating the impact of volunteering in health and care services
   to improve outcomes for patients and staff
 * **Isle of Wight Youth Trust**, providing youth mental health, wellbeing and practical
   support services and activities to young people and their families
 * **Keighley Healthy Living**, addressing health inequalities and improving the
   physical and mental wellbeing of the local community in Bradford, Keighley and
   Craven through lifestyle changes
 * **Nilaari Agency**, a Bristol-based charity providing culturally tailored mental
   health support to adults from Black, Asian and minoritised communities
 * **Search: Services for Older People**, supporting older people in Newcastle, 
   particularly those experiencing poverty and ill health to live healthier, active
   and more independent lives
 * **Stepping Stones North Wales**, supporting the mental and physical wellbeing
   of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
 * **The Marie Trust**, supporting the complex mental and physical health needs 
   of people who are homeless in Glasgow, including addiction, trauma and malnutrition

The 10 winning charities will receive their awards at a ceremony at The King’s Fund
on Thursday 15 May 2025. The overall winner will be announced on the night and **
awarded an extra £10,000**.

## Cultivating leadership

One of the main goals of the GSK IMPACT Awards programme is to cultivate leaders
within the charity sector.

To achieve this, all winners are invited to take part in a tailored leadership programme
run by The King’s Fund. After this, they are also invited to join the GSK IMPACT
Awards Network, a UK-wide network of 130 previous award winners who work together
to develop leaders, find new ways of working and provide mutual support.

## “These charities servce as the backbone…”

Lisa Weaks, Senior Associate at The King’s Fund, said:

> “Every year we are impressed by the high standard of entries to the GSK IMPACT
> Awards, and this year is no exception. Charities are facing ever-increasing pressures,
> with tight finances and high demand for their services. Yet the perseverance and
> creativity of their leadership and staff is testament to the winners’ success.
> With health and care services under immense strain, these charities serve as the
> backbone of a wider support system for the most vulnerable people and communities
> across the UK.”

Katie Pinnock, Director of UK and Ireland Charitable Partnerships at GSK, added:

> “By placing service users at the heart of their mission, and through their commitment
> to measuring their impact, they are examples for the wider sector. Their exceptional
> work is testament to the transformative power of compassionate leadership and 
> dedicated staff. We are immensely proud of all of them.”

![2025 GSK IMPACT Awards. Image shows a woman and baby on a green sofa, and to the
left a woman and young child.](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2025/03/2025-
GSK-impact-awards.jpeg)

## The meaning of IMPACT

> The name ‘IMPACT’ is derived from the following criteria: 
>  * **Innovation**
>  * **Management**
>  * **Partnership**
>  * **Achievement**
>  * **Community** focus
>  * **Targeting** need
> Applicants need to demonstrate all of these qualities.
> **UK Fundraising will feature the entry details for the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards
> in July this year.**