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Kindred cites increased intervention measures behind Q1 3.3% problem gambling rate

Kindred Group - Nils Andén, Tom Banks

Kindred Group has detailed that its share of revenues derived from problem gambling fell further during Q1 2021 to 3.3%, as it continues to work towards its 0% target by 2030. Issuing an update, the international betting and gaming group revealed that its problem gambling revenue share had declined from 4% in Q4 2021, coupled with a 79.2% improvement rate …

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GambleAware invests £2.5m into gambling harms prevention through Education Hubs across England & Wales

Zoe Osmund, GambleAware

GambleAware has invested £2.5 million to expand The Gambling Education Hub Service (GEHS) to span across England and Wales.  The grant has been issued to safer gambling charity GamCare working alongside education partners YGAM and the Adferiad Recovery to expand GEHS programmes. Following a successful pilot in Scotland, GEHS – which helps prevent gambling harms among young people through early …

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Willows launches ESG Gaming to tackle future safer gambling challenges  

SBC News Willows launches ESG Gaming to tackle future safer gambling challenges  

Lee Willows, Founder and former Chief Executive of the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), has announced the launch of his new non-profit-venture ESG Gaming.  Partnering with Gibraltar-based safer gambling consultancy Better Change, Willows has launched ESG Gaming to better prepare stakeholders to counter the industry’s future and emerging safer gambling challenges. Providing a prospectus, Willows and Better Change …

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YGAM and Betknowmore training made available on bactaPortal

SBC News YGAM and Betknowmore training made available on bactaPortal

YGAM and Betknowmore UK’s safer gambling training programmes will now be incorporated into Bacta’s bactaPortal responsible gaming platform.  Bacta, the UK’s trade association for the amusements and arcade sector, confirmed yesterday that its bactaPortal – first launched in September 2021 – was being updated as ‘Version Two’, to include access to training materials.  The training will combine ‘specialist knowledge, insight …

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YGAM teams up with GAMSTOP and RecoverMe to embark on university tour

SBC News YGAM teams up with GAMSTOP and RecoverMe to embark on university tour

YGAM, The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust has embarked on its Gambling Support University Tour in partnership with safer gambling counterparts GAMSTOP and RecoverMe.  The Tour will see teams from the three organisations visit university campuses across the UK, to engage students and university staff on wide-ranging issues related to gambling harms. Of significance, the tour will train university …

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GAMSTOP & YGAM highlight concerns on gambling habits formed during University

SBC News GAMSTOP & YGAM highlight concerns on gambling habits formed during University

A new survey commissioned by safer gambling charities GAMSTOP and YGAM has revealed insights into university students gambling habits and spending. Taking feedback from 2,000 Students across UK campuses, the survey undertaken by research agency CensusWide revealed that 80% of participants had gambled. Of those students, 41% admitted that gambling had a “negative impact on their university experience, including missing …

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YGAM receives RSPH accreditation for ‘Mindful Resilience’ programme

SBC News YGAM receives RSPH accreditation for ‘Mindful Resilience’ programme

  The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) has secured formal accreditation for its ‘Mindful Resilience’ initiative from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). Operated in collaboration with Betknowmore UK and Bournemouth University, Mindful Resilience functions as a specialist programme aimed at supporting health professionals with gambling treatment.  The programme equips these health specialists with the ‘knowledge and …

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BGC lauds industry’s ‘huge contribution’ in community and social initiatives

SBC News BGC lauds industry's ‘huge contribution’ in community and social initiatives

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has provided an overview of the gambling industry’s 2021 CSR initiatives, focusing on community outreach, economic and social contribution, promotion of equality and diversity, employee support and environmental initiatives.  A number of prominent companies were highlighted in the report, including bet365 Group, Flutter Entertainment, William Hill, Gamesys and Entain, whilst BGC members in general …

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Gambling harm and education charities back Chesterfield FC’s matchday awareness campaign

SBC News Gambling harm and education charities back Chesterfield FC’s matchday awareness campaign

Engagement between lower division football clubs and safer gambling organisations continues to increase, as a National League fixture on Tuesday was host to a number of charity delegates.  A range of groups were invited to attend the match at Chesterfield FC’s Technique Stadium, including GamCare and the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM)- represented by Head of Delivery Sam …

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Entain launches EnTrain to place tech and inclusion at top of Global CSR Agenda

Jette Nygaard-Anderson, Entain CEO

Entain Plc has launched ‘EnTrain’, a new multi-million-pound CSR directive aimed at improving access to technology for underserved and underrepresented communities.  The FTSE100 gambling group’s new CSR directive aims to “positively impact the lives of over 1 million people around the world, either directly or through their families and dependents by 2030″. EnTrain is marked as the “first global strategic …

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