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Way Forward: a support group for women
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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?
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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
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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
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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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Shifting the balance on unaffordable lending
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Raminta Diliso, Financial Harm Manager With the Bank of England forecasting inflation to average around 9% this year, the highest we have seen for 40 years, and a figure set to increase yet further, at …
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My internship at GamCare
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“When I initially thought about gambling problems, I imagined an 18 to 30-year-old male frequently going into a casino or betting shop and losing money.” University student Abigail Mulligan, …
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World Youth Skills Day: highlighting opportunities available to young people
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Author: Ciaran, GamCare’s Youth Programme Today is World Youth Skills Day, a day emphasising youth participation in the workforce and the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment …
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25 years of GamCare
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To mark GamCare’s 25th anniversary, we have highlighted some of our greatest achievements. Check out the slideshow and timeline below to see how we have evolved since 1997. 1997 Founded by Paul …
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Understand cryptocurrency trading: what is it, what are the risks and how is it similar to gambling?
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Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are not produced by banks or governments, but can be exchanged online for goods and services, as well as traded like a commodity. They use encryption techniques …
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Introducing our new Trained Associate model
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We outline GamCare’s new Trained Associate model and how we’re working with the first recipient of the model, Motiv8, an Isle of Man based charity. At GamCare, we’ve seen first-hand how the demand for …
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