Building Healthy Communities

Healthy Communities – As part of GSK’s longstanding commitment to building healthy communities, in 2012 the company launched a national initiative designed to better understand the barriers and identify opportunities for building healthier communities in the United States. This initiative included a series of events, “Conversations on Community Health,”  held in three cities: Philadelphia (September 2012), St. Louis (December 2012), and Denver (February 2013); a National Advisory Council convening in New York City (February 2013), and the release of a national survey (March 2013). Phase one uncovered new insights about what it means, and what it takes to build a healthy community.  Phase two, which includes the GSK IMPACT Grants, leverages that knowledge and demonstrates innovative ways local organizations and businesses can work together to make a meaningful difference in communities.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

20,000+ Young People Are Leading the Way to Make Their Communities Healthier With Get HYPE Philly!
Philly students go back to school – and back to Get HYPE Philly! This is the third year of our GSK IMPACT Grant with a collective of 10 nonprofits that are engaging youth as leaders in underserved Philadelphia neighborhoods to promote health through urban agriculture, healthy eating, physical activity and entrepreneurship.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GSK is Proud to Support the Movement to Build a Healthier Community in East St. Louis, IL
“The State of the Movement is strong,” declared Montez Holton, a junior at East St. Louis Senior High School, referring to the East Side Aligned collective impact “movement” in East St. Louis, IL. Working across sectors and organizations, the East St. Louis community has come together to help young people feel safe and secure in their community, be ready to succeed in school and work and empower them to create change.

Health & Healthcare

Local Nonprofits Making the Triangle Healthier Can Win $40,000
GlaxoSmithKline (@GSKUS) and Triangle Community Foundation (@TriComFdn) today issued the call for applications for the 2017 GSK IMPACT Awards. This annual awards program recognizes local nonprofit organizations that are addressing everyday health barriers in communities across the Triangle region.

Health & Healthcare

Local Nonprofits Making Philly Healthier Can Win $40,000
GlaxoSmithKline (@GSKUS) and The Philadelphia Foundation (philafound.org) today issued the call for applications for the 2017 GSK IMPACT Awards. This annual awards program recognizes local nonprofit organizations that are addressing everyday health barriers in communities across the five-county region.

Health & Healthcare

‘Get HYPE Philly!’ Thrilled to win a Healthy10 Award
Get HYPE Philly!, a collective of ten nonprofits led by The Food Trust and funded by a $5 million GSK IMPACT Grant, was named a winner of the inaugural Health Means Business Healthy 10 Awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today in Washington, D.C.

Health & Healthcare

Congratulations to the 2016 GSK IMPACT Award Winners Who Are Building a Healthier Community Every Day!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GSK Supports a Healthy and Happy Triangle with $400,000
GSK IMPACT Award winners build healthy communities by addressing care of elders, homelessness, education and other pressing issues

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GSK Celebrates 20 Years of a Healthy and Happy Philadelphia
Ten nonprofits will receive $40,000 to support youth sports, safety, housing, and other pressing community health needs

Social Impact & Volunteering

Get HYPE Philly! Kids are Heading #BackToSchool
From white bread to wheat bread – Get HYPE Philly! kids are heading #Back2School and making healthy choices fun! Funded by a $5M GSK IMPACT Grant, young people all over Philly are making their schools, homes, and communities healthier.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Launching the $1 Million Fostering Wellness Initiative
Last week, GSK announced a new $1 million grant to Fostering Wellness, a group of seven nonprofit organizations in the Triangle, NC region helping young people aging out of foster care to transition to a healthy and productive adulthood.

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