The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards winners 2006

The 2006 Impact Awards overall winner was the Hartlepool Families First (HFF), a unique charity providing innovative and wide-ranging community health services in some of the most deprived areas of Hartlepool.

The charity’s team of professional nursing staff travel the area in a specially reconditioned double-decker bus, providing health checks and information on a wide range of health issues such as smoking, alcohol, drugs, sexual health and health eating.

They also run a mobile youth service that helps to educate young people about drugs, alcohol, anti-social behaviour and safe sex, as well as working with young homeless people to help them keep themselves healthy and safe.

Winning the 2006 IMPACT Award will enable HFF to continue its invaluable work amongst the deprived communities of Hartlepool.

We were thrilled to be chosen as a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Award winner. We have a lot of work to do in Hartlepool to help groups of people improve their lifestyles and to look after their health. Over the last 2 years our health bus has assisted more than 10,000 people and with this award, the financial help will mean that we can carry on to reach out to those communities which need us most. - Wendy McLoughlin, manager of HFF.

Other 2006 winners were:

Cancer Link Aberdeen & North (CLAN)- Scotland - improving the quality of life of people living with cancer in the Grampian area.

The Cancer Resource Centre - London - provides support and information to people affected by cancer in south-west London.

Lymphoma Association - national - providing a support mechanisms and access to quality information on lymphomas, representing the views of patients and increasing awareness.

Men’s Health Forum - England and Wales - promotes the health of men and boys in England and Wales, carrying out research, running projects to develop good practice and lobbying government for changes in health policy.

Mid-Anglia General Practitioner Accident Service (Magpas) – Cambridgeshire - staffed by medic and paramedic volunteers they respond to very serious medical emergencies, bringing A&E-quality treatment direct to the patient at the scene.

Naz Project London (NPL) - London - offers sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention and support services to Black and Minority Ethnic Communities across London.

New Pathways - South Wales- a support centre in Merthyr Tydfil that provides counselling and emotional support to people affected by rape and sexual abuse.

Sensory Impaired Support Group (SISG) - Ayrshire - improving the quality of life for elderly, hearing-impaired people using hearing aids.

Solihull Carers Centre - West Midlands - a centre that provides support, information, advice and assistance to unpaid carers in the local community.

Further information about the work of this year's winning organisations can be found in the 2006 IMPACT Awards Brochure (PDF 1.5Mb).

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