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The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards winners 2009

The overall winner in 2009 is Streetwise. Based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, they support young people in the city and the wider Tyneside area. Its work covers sexual health, drug and alcohol issues and mental health.

Streetwise was set up in 1991 by a group of youth workers to help young homeless people in Newcastle access health services. Since then it has expanded both in terms of geographical coverage and target audience.

Its drop-in system was unique locally when established, and remains the only service of its kind open on Saturdays in the area. It offers STI screening, contraceptive services and counselling, as well as youth work services. The centre acts as a reporting site for hate crimes and bullying as part of the Newcastle-wide ARCH scheme. To ensure it is open to all young people, the charity runs schemes targeted at specific groups and works in both affluent and deprived areas. It has been particularly successful at attracting young men to its services.

Streetwise has developed close links with the local authority, schools and other voluntary organisations. Data and feedback are given to the NHS public health services. It has been working with the primary care trust to enable access to emergency contraception, and Streetwise can be credited with the dramatic increase in screening for chlamydia in Newcastle.

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Other 2009 winners were:

beat is a national charity based in Norwich, dedicated to individuals and their families affected by eating disorders. It aims to improve the way services and treatments are provided, and encourages suffers to make a full recovery.

The Clive Project supports younger people with dementia, their family and friends, throughout Oxfordshire. It aims to help people live life to the full by offering specialist services and community care, from initial diagnosis to death and bereavement.

Derry Well Woman provides women in the northwest of Northern Ireland with a women-centred health service to improve the health and wellbeing of women, families and consequently communities. It also leads a cross-border network.

Infertility Network UK, based in Sussex aims to enable couples affected by infertility to make informed decisions and raise the profile of infertility issues nationally. It also runs “More to Life”, dedicated to those who will remain involuntarily childless.

The Junction provides health programmes for disadvantaged and hard-to-reach young people in northeast Edinburgh. Its main interest areas are sexual health, substance misuse and counselling for 12-21 year-olds.

Multiple Sclerosis Centre Mid Argyll work to provide a positive environment where those affected by MS can access specialist support. It serves a large rural area of Scotland.  

Paul Sartori Foundation, based in Haverfordwest, believes in offering people a choice as to where they should die. It provides a range of homecare services and support for people at the end of their life, whatever the diagnosis, and their families.

Straight Talking is a national charity which recruits and employs teenage parents to deliver an interactive peer education programme to 13-16 year-old students. They present the realities of pregnancy and parenting to enable teenagers to make wise choices about their futures.  

Unique is a UK charity specialising in supporting and informing families with chromosome disorders, both in the UK and internationally. It has built up a comprehensive database of the lifetime effects of very rare conditions.

Further information about the work of this year's winning organisations can be found in the 2009 IMPACT Awards Brochure (PDF 2.8Mb).

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