Managing your money
Gambling can lead to financial problems. If you are facing financial difficulties because of your own or someone else’s gambling, getting your finances under control is an important step towards recovery.
Gambling should never be viewed as a way to make money or overcome financial difficulties. The longer you gamble, the more you will lose. Instead, there are practical steps you can take to get you through tougher times, and ways to protect your loved ones from financial harm too.
Below are a series of factsheets created by our Money Guidance Service team to help you manage your money. There is a wealth of information here, plus links to other organisations that can help. Click on any of the underlined links to access further support from GamCare or other agencies.
Please note: GamCare is not responsible for content on external websites. The information supplied may change. GamCare may occasionally update and grow these factsheets.
Money Guidance Service
What does the Money Guidance Service do?
Our Money Guidance Service offers one-to-one budgeting and financial support for people who experience gambling harms. Our Money Guidance Specialists offer tailored one to one money guidance support via the telephone or Zoom and they can assist with a range of financial matters including:
- Putting together a budget
- Understanding spending priorities
- Understanding spending behaviours
- Setting financial goals
- Putting things in place to protect finances
Who can access support from the Money Guidance Service?
The service is available to anyone living in England, Wales or Scotland. It can help anyone affected by either own or someone else’s gambling.
How to access support from the Money Guidance Service
Referrals are made via the National Gambling Helpline and our Gambling Support Practitioners. To find out more about getting support from a Money Guidance Specialist, contact the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 or speak to our Gambling Support Practitioners and ask if you can be assessed for a referral into the service.
Please note – The Money Guidance Service cannot provide debt advice. However, we do have referral pathways with some free debt advice providers and can refer anyone needing specialist debt advice to one of these if they require it.
