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Young acting students showcase extremely powerful gambling harms film

SBC News Young acting students showcase extremely powerful gambling harms film

A group of acting students from Walsall saw themselves on the silver screen as part of a project to raise awareness of gambling harms among young people. GamCare and Ygam ran a competition for the younger generation to submit ideas for an awareness-raising film – which it has said will be freely available to schools and professionals. The winning film, …

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A first for British basketball as Leicester Riders partner Ygam

SBC News A first for British basketball as Leicester Riders partner Ygam

Leicester Riders basketball team has announced a partnership with gambling harm charity Ygam. The collaboration is a first for any British basketball team, and aims to signify a major stride in the Riders’ commitment to the digital safeguarding of all children and young people associated with the club.  Sacha Kent, Programme Lead for Education, Sports and Youth at Ygam, commented: …

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BGC: Gambling leads all UK industries on age-verification checks

SBC News BGC: Gambling leads all UK industries on age-verification checks

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has announced that its members have achieved record compliance rates in age verification checks, according to an independent audit. The trade body for UK gambling was provided with independent data by Serve Legal, which reported that members had secured a 91.4% age verification pass rate across thousands of annual checks. Serve Legal is recognised …

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Bacta praises ‘powerful agency’ Ygam for safer gambling efforts

SBC News Bacta praises 'powerful agency’ Ygam for safer gambling efforts

Bacta President John Bollom has expressed the trade association’s admiration and congratulations to Ygam. The safer gambling charity was founded by Lee Willows and uses education as a tool to raise awareness and help safeguard against gaming and gambling harms. The news comes as the charity celebrates its 10th year. Bolllom noted Ygam was established by Lee Willows, with Anne …

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YGAM & GAMSTOP report that 28% of student gamblers are at risk of harm

SBC News YGAM & GAMSTOP report that 28% of student gamblers are at risk of harm

“Nearly half of British university students who gamble, report doing so beyond their financial means” is the headline finding of the third Annual Student Gambling Survey, commissioned by YGAM and GAMSTOP. Research conducted by a Censuswide survey, polling 2,000 students on UK campuses, revealed a decrease in gambling participation among participants over the last year, from 71% to 60%. Providing …

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Ygam and GamCare to lead educational initiative across England

Ygam and GamCare to lead educational initiative across England

Ygam and GamCare have launched an English nationwide intervention and harm prevention portal alongside several regional organisations as part of a GambleAware-commissioned project. The English Gambling Education Hub (EGEH) portal is a collaborative effort between the duo and five other organisations – Aquarius, ARA, Beacon Counselling Trust and Breakeven. Its remit goes beyond England’s borders, however, as EGEH will also …

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RGC praises efficiency of YGAM ‘Mindful Resilience’ programme

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Ygam’s ‘Mindful Resilience’ workshops have been validated by a Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) evaluation, one of its partners in the programme, showing a positive response from participants. The RGC reported that 91% of participants in the workshops rated the programme as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. Around two-thirds of participants – which included GPs and nurses, among other healthcare professionals – …

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EGEH: British youth needs a voice to minimise gambling harms 

SBC News EGEH: British youth needs a voice to minimise gambling harms 

GamCare has notified stakeholders that the English Gambling Education Hub (EGEH) has published its first Insights Report after its initial networking event. The topic was the effectiveness of collaboration in addressing gambling harms among young people. EGEH is a cross-collaboration research hub formed of seven organisations funded by GambleAware – including GamCare, Aquarius, ARA, Recovery for All, Beacon Counselling Trust, …

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‘Seriousness and proximity’ of gambling addictions highlighted amongst students

SBC News ‘Seriousness and proximity’ of gambling addictions highlighted amongst students

One in four students who gamble may be experiencing harm and one in two say that gambling has affected their university experience, research carried out by Censuswide has found. The study is a follow up on a survey in 2022 which was commissioned by education charity Ygam and GAMSTOP, a national online self-exclusion service. In a total of 2,000 students …

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