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GamCare highlights the potential harm lootboxes and skins betting can have on young people
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GamCare’s Financial Harm Manager, Raminta Diliso, examines the growing relationship between the financial harms of online gambling and gaming with young people and how we can address it. The internet has …
Read more‘Before I joined the Gamcare family I had an image of what gambling was – but now I know there is no such thing as a typical gambler.’
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Frontline Services Adviser, Keely, shares her experiences on taking calls from people that need help and support on the National Gambling Helpline. I have been on the helpline now for over two years and I …
Read moreHelp with Gambling Debt and Money Worries
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Raminta catches up with debt advice organisation PayPlan for Debt Awareness Week 2021. Since 2014 debt charity StepChange have been running an annual campaign to help people talk more openly about …
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Shaping Our Services Around You
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Please share your thoughts if you use our services or if you have done in the past; if you know someone who might need our help or if you’re worried about how gambling is affecting your life. And if you’re …
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New Code for Gambling Industry to Simplify Information about Safer Gambling and Support
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Hilary examines what the new Code of Conduct for online gambling businesses hopes to achieve. GamCare has launched a new Code of Conduct for the gambling industry, which sets out how gambling businesses …
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Survey for Young People – How Do you Want to Access Support?
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So that we can provide support in the most accessible way possible for young people, we are consulting on the design for a digital support tool. We need to hear from young people directly to make sure we …
Read moreA User-Friendly Guide to the Gambling Act Review
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a wide-ranging review of the 2005 Gambling Act. The initial consultation is now open for all interested parties to reply to, and …
Read moreWe’re Here for You This Christmas
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Jake highlights why Christmas can be such a difficult time for people struggling with gambling, as well as how GamCare and our partners can help. We know that the Christmas period poses a heightened risk …
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Opening Up About Domestic Abuse
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Jake examines the link between gambling harms and domestic abuse, as the UN challenges gender-based violence through their 16 Days of Activism campaign. An annual international campaign, the UN’s 16 Days …
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Hidden Harms for Young Adults
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Guest blogger Jack explores why it’s more important than ever to focus on how young adults interact with gambling, and how the organisations which support them can tackle gambling harms.
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