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Getting ‘Breathing Space’ with StepChange
As part of #TalkMoney Week our friends at StepChange, the UK’s leading debt charity, discuss the relationship between gambling and problem debt. Run by the Money and Pensions Service, Talk Money …
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Should I lend money to someone with a gambling problem?
It’s Talk Money Week from 7-11 November and we want to encourage gamblers and people around them to have more open conversations about money. GamCare’s Money Guidance Service supports our clients to …
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Our Women’s Chatroom: find the support you need
Every year our National Gambling Helpline hears from over 40,000 people, 30% of whom are women. Our Women’s Chatroom is a safe space where women, no matter who they are or where they live, can find the …
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How will the Gambling Act Review impact advertising?
Fiona Macleod, Director of Clinical & Communities, explores how the Gambling Act Review will impact advertising regulation for those who use our services and how GamCare is positioning itself in the …
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Talk Money Week: Group Chatroom on Budgeting and Finances
With the increasing cost-of-living-related news, money worries are on most people’s minds currently. We understand how hard it can be to talk about money and that gambling, unmanageable debts or …
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Podcast: Colin Walsh speaks with Betknowmore
For Safer Gambling week, Betknowmore UK is working across all fronts to amplify the voices of lived experience and collaboration with partners in this important time across the sector. Host Mark Saggers is …
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Way Forward: a support group for women
Way Forward is a semi-structured online support group for women impacted by someone else’s gambling. It will provide a safe and confidential space for women to share their experiences. Each week will focus …
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Gambling Act Review: What can we expect?
Whilst the Gambling Act Review has been delayed so far this year, we hope to see progress soon. So, what is it and what can we expect? Jake McKey explains… In late 2020, the Department for Digital, …
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Gambling Education Framework – Delivering Effective Gambling Education
Alexa Roseblade, Youth Programme Senior Manager Young people are prone to experimenting with risk-taking behaviours, it’s part of learning what risk is and how to regulate it. Like smoking and alcohol, …
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5 signs for students to be mindful of when gambling
Students have been descending on university campuses once again for this year’s Freshers Week. Our Lived Experience & Participation Manager, Ciaran, highlights the key signs students should be mindful …
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