Award Winning Charity

Our win at the 2010 GSK IMPACT Awards was a very proud moment for HALE, and valuable recognition of the work that we do and the impact we have on local people's health. 

The awards are run by GlaxoSmithKline in partnership with the Kings Fund. After being shortlisted from over 350 charities throughout the UK as one of 10 prize winners, the HALE team travelled down to a prestigious award ceremony held at the Science Musuem in London where we were announced as the overall winner for 2010! 

The judges made the following comments about the HALE project:

“HALE supports people of all ages in its local community in innovative ways, reaching out to those who often don’t use traditional health services. By empowering the groups it works with to become self-sufficient, HALE is leaving a lasting legacy. It is a worthy winner.”

- Sir Cyril Chantler, Chairman, The King’s Fund

 

“The HALE Project is a vibrant group with strong community involvement. The organisation has a clear objective to reduce health inequalities and has found creative ways to engage local people while staying aligned to NHS priorities. HALE really reflects all the characteristics of a GSK IMPACT Award winner. "

- Dr Justine Frain, Chair, IMPACT Judging Panel, GlaxoSmithKline

We are displaying our award proudly in the HALE office and will be putting the cash to good use on projects within the local community.

In March 2009 HALE received the NHS Inspiration Award 2009 in the Improvement in Adult Services category for our ‘work with luncheon clubs to provide home made meals for older people’.

Having identified a health need amongst older service users who attended luncheon clubs, we piloted a programme which was cost effective, engaged older people in cooking and ensured that the food’s goodness was maintained during cooking and before eating.

The success of this pilot, and winning the award meant that HALE was able to employ a Nutrition Worker to roll out a programme of nutrition advice and support for older people at four more luncheon clubs in the Shipley and Bingley area.

 

PQASSO Accredited Charity

PQASSO stands for Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations, and is the most widely used quality assurance system within the voluntary and community sector. 

We have been working towards PQASSO and are delighted to have achieved Level 1. This means we have been externally assessed against the PQASSO standards. 

Next stop Level 2!