GSK Grow Programme
Archived
Addiction and substance misuse
Advice services
Communities
Community development
COVID-19/Coronavirus
Cross community
Education and learning
Gender equality and sexual orientation
Health promotion
Health, wellbeing and sport
Healthcare services
Medical conditions
Medical research
People with disabilities
Racial equality
research
Social inclusion
Social welfare and poverty
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
England
Fermanagh and Omagh
Great Britain
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
Available Funding
- Up to 10 organisations will receive £10,000 in unrestricted funding from GSK plus up to two free places on the GSK Grow Leadership Programme starting in November 2021 and running over six months. (Training valued at £3,200)
- Up to five runners up will receive £1,000 in unrestricted funding.
Eligibility
The GSK Grow Programme is designed to support aspirational leaders who want to develop their charities. To be eligible applicants must be:
- a registered charity by the deadline for applications 5.00pm on Monday 20 September 2021 - the organisation must also have existed for a minimum of one year by this date
- located and registered in the UK
- within the income band for the programme - the charity must have a total annual income between £20,000 and £120,000 (as shown in its most recent accounts)
- independently constituted from any national umbrella organisation
- targeting community health needs in the UK - community can be defined as a geographical community or community of interest
- able to demonstrate its impact on its community’s health and wellbeing in the UK.
Assessment
They are interested in your whole charity, so want to know about the work across your organisation. They will not shortlist an application that only focuses on a particular project.
They will look for evidence of:
- how you improve the health and wellbeing of your community
- robust management and governance processes
- financial stability and sustainability
- how your organisation has responded to Covid-19
- how you work effectively with your community, including reaching the people who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged, and ensuring people with lived experience lead or help shape your work
- good partnership working – sharing what you know, learning from others and complementing other’s work
- aspirational leaders who want to develop their leadership and their organisation.
GSK and The King’s Fund actively encourage organisations to apply who are led by and support people from underrepresented backgrounds, people from ethnic minority communities, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community. They want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge as they recognise that diversity makes us stronger.