The effects of Gambling on people around the gambler

Do you and your teams/service know enough about Gambling and Affected Others?  

Whether this is a new subject for you or whether you’ve attended Gamcare’s free CPD accredited sessions before, this Regional Event will focus the mind on Gambling Related Harms and affected others, providing you with two hours of new information and resources to tackle this silent addiction. 

Did you know in the UK currently 0.5% of our population are considered problem gamblers and 7% of the population of the UK are negatively affected by gambling? This is over 4 million people in England and over 5 million people across the UK as a whole, which is one in 12 people either directly or indirectly affected by gambling-related harms: with numbers unfortunately ever on the increase. 

Although gambling harms is often not a spoken about subject, people will present with debt, mental health issues, housing problems, isolation, and suicidality. 

This regional event will (re) introduce you to the signs and risk factors, you will receive first-hand experience from a guest who has been an affected other, gain knowledge of the 6-10 programme, listen to a treatment practitioner outline the process into treatment and her insights and experience of working with affected others and also a young person who has been affected by someone else’s gambling.

This awareness event will leave you feeling more secure in your knowledge of gambling harm on an affected other and most importantly, how to help someone either in your personal or work life who is struggling with Gambling Related Harms.   

If you are interested in attending our event, then please join us via the Zoom link below on 16th November 2022 10.30am-12.30pm.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88182667940

Meeting ID: 881 8266 7940

Please contact Linda Jones at Gamcare if you have any queries Linda.Jones@gamcare.org.uk