Award winning services

GSK IMPACT Awards: Overall Winner

Step Forward were crowned the overall winner at the GSK IMPACT awards in 2011 for our work to improve the health and wellbeing of young people in Tower Hamlets.

“[Step Forward’s] success is a testament to what can be achieved when charities and the NHS work together effectively.”

Sir Christopher Gent, GSK Chairman

You can watch the video that accompanied our win below:

One of the judges was Sir Christopher Gent, Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline, who said “Step Forward defines what the IMPACT awards are about. It has demonstrated a strong focus in targeting and fulfilling the health needs of over 2000 young people, by understanding the local community; and actively engaging with the often hard-to-reach diverse cultures within it.”

Award winning CEO

Our CEO Jennifer Fear has received the following accolades in recent years:

2017 Civic Award for “improved quality of life for local people by providing services, beyond what they are paid to do”

Tower Hamlets LGBT+ Hero Award 2015

Included in the Independent’s Pink List as a person who makes life better for LGBT+ people in the UK