National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms
Launch of National Education Programme for children and young people, running to December 2023: awareness, workforce development, parents families and wider networks (YGAM, GamCare)
Updates
April 2021
GamCare and YGAM launched the Young People’s Gambling Harm Prevention Programme in April 2020. The Programme has operated online and face to face delivering training to 6314 youth professionals and workshops to 7331 young people. The Young People Service is now offering treatment for under 18s and was launched in Sept 2020.
November 2020
In 2020 YGAM launched a National Education Programme for children and young people, in partnership with GamCare to provide age-appropriate treatment. Between January and October, YGAM have worked with 2,240 practitioners and schools and have reached more that 170,000 young people and are on track to exceed their annual targets.
YGAM have also secured City & Guilds Assured Standard for second year (opens in new tab), and have increased their reach across England, Wales and Northern Ireland with the recruitment of eight new full-time Education Managers.
As part of the programme, they have collaborated with the Metropolitan Police (opens in new tab) to deliver programme to at risk groups, supported Safeguarding Week (opens in new tab), and collaborated with Street Games to deliver the programme, as well as Unison (opens in new tab).
- Charities collaborate to educate youth on gaming and gambling-related harm (opens in new tab)
- North Dorset MP supports YGAM’s progress in the region (opens in new tab)
- Shadow Minister Rachael Maskell MP: ‘YGAM is a leading example of how charities have innovated’ (opens in new tab)
- Deputy Speaker praises the courage and vision of YGAM founders on 10th anniversary of tragic loss (opens in new tab)