King's College London

King’s College London is proud to announce the latest recipients of the One King’s Impact Fund, supporting pioneering initiatives across research, education and service that tackle pressing societal challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Following the success of the first round, which saw over £440,000 awarded across nine projects, the second round of funding continues to drive real-world impact across key areas, including:

• A thriving and sustainable planet
• Whole-life health for mind and body
• Advancing equality and social mobility
• Peace and justice in a turbulent world
• Technology for good

Round two sees new and ambitious projects launched, with the King’s community partnering with local, national and international organisations, policymakers, and grass-root networks to co-develop solutions that support positive social change and value for people, our planet and society.

Among the projects awarded funding are:

• Bridging gaps in dementia care: co-producing culturally appropriate solutions with South Asian communities
• Co-producing the first scalable digital intervention for depression in African countries
• Empowering limb difference: making sports accessible for all
• Neurodivergent friendly resources for eating disorder care: PEACE+ (toolkit)
• Layers of Vision: access guidance for museums 
• Southwark Health Equity Zone
• The future of AI in the justice system: building fair practices and public trust
• #TruthAboutRoots: debunking social media misinformation about root canal treatments
• Weaving lives together in Northern Nigeria: sustaining peace, wellbeing and livelihoods through improving mental health outcomes and creative production

These projects will be delivered in close collaboration with key partners, including Neem Foundation, the Coalition for Scaling Mental Health, Transform Justice, Trusts for London, Citizens UK, the King's Disabled Students Society, the Alex Float Foundation, The Alan Turing Institute, the British Endodontics Society, The Liminal Space, the Royal Collage of Occupational Therapists, the Royal Collage of Psychiatrists, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, the Scottish Government's Mental Health Directorate, and BEAT Eating Disorders, ensuring that expertise across sectors is harnessed to maximise impact and our work as a university translates into meaningful change. 

Reflecting on the significance of this funding round, Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President (International, Engagement & Service), said:

One King’s Impact

The One King’s Impact Fund continues to be a vital catalyst for interdisciplinary collaboration, enabling the King’s community to work with our partners throughout the world to co-create solutions that make a tangible difference.

The fund is part of  One King’s Impact a whole-university approach to creating knowledge with purpose and driving transformative change and positive impact. The programme intends to strengthen King’s ambition to be impact-driven in all that it does, uniting education, research and service to deliver positive change for people, our planet and society

One King’s Impact also convenes the Impact Changemakers; a network of students, staff, alumni and external partners that facilitates idea-sharing and access to training and support, as well as driving awareness and fostering connections among members.

One King’s Impact is advised by the King’s Impact Leaders Board, which brings together experts from diverse fields spanning law, business, finance, public sector, charities and UK Government to provide cross-sector advice, peer support and mentorship to the programme.

The One King’s Impact Fund will announce the Round Three funding call later this year. To find out more about the programme, including other ways to get involved visit kcl.ac.uk/impact or email impact@kcl.ac.uk.

 

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