Charities that work to improve health and well-being can apply now for funding, training and development
You can now apply for the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards and the GSK Community Health programme, both of which provide funding to charities to help them better support health and well-being across the UK. The award are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with the King’s Fund.
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In May this year, Isle of Wight Youth Trust was named the overall winner of the 2025 awards, in recognition of its work to provide youth mental health, well-being and practical support services and activities to young people and their families. It was one of 10 organisations to receive £40,000 through the award scheme – plus an extra £10,000 for being named overall winner.
For 2026, there are two schemes are aimed at different sizes of charity:
GSK IMPACT Awards – for charities with incomes between £150,000 and £3m.
Running for almost 30 years, these awards provide funding, training and development for health-related charities in the UK that are at least three years-old. Up to 15 successful applicants will each be awarded between £4,000 and £50,000, as well as receiving national recognition for the work in health and well-being. The award also comes with training opportunities valued at a further £13,500, pro bono offers from GSK and a wealth of press and publicity.
The deadline for stage 1 applications is 5pm on August 20. For further details, see How to apply for a GSK IMPACT Award.
GSK Community Health programme – for charities with income between £20,000 and £150,000.
This scheme is for smaller charities that have been running for at least a year, located and working in the UK on tackling health inequalities. Up to 10 charities will each receive £10,000 and gain access to training and development worth a further £5,000.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on August 11. For further details see How to apply to the GSK Community Health programme.
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