11th Annual Conference

A new chapter: working together to deliver gambling reform

Wednesday 6 December 2023

The King's Fund, London

• The National Gambling Support Network is available for anyone who is experiencing harm from gambling and wants support for it, as well as those who are affected by someone else’s gambling. The Network is a group of organisations across Great Britain offering free confidential one-to-one support to help people get back on track.

 

• We’re here for whatever level of support is needed. We work closely with people struggling with gambling to find the right level of support. Whether they need one-to-one support with a treatment practitioner, advice from a qualified peer support worker with lived experience of gambling harms, residential treatment in a safe and structured environment or more.

 

• The Network covers all regions across Great Britain. The right level of support for anyone experiencing gambling harms is available across all regions in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Through the National Gambling Support Network, people can access:

 

• Lower-level interventions are available where people can get advice from a trained specialist advisor, online support, get helpful tools, as well as signposting to other organisations who may be able to help.

• One-to-one support with others who have lived experience of gambling harms, helping ensure that individuals have the right level of support for their specifics needs.

• Peer-to-peer support which provides people with one-to-one support and group support from those who have previously been through the network. Women-only peer support is also available and structured around group sessions provided by a team of trained, lived experience facilitators.

• GP support through the Primary Care Gambling Service which offers more specialist and medical support.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which is a talking therapy where people can discuss their gambling and help them open up with confidence and is offered through weekly support sessions with a gambling support professional. 

• Residential programmes where those struggling to overcome a gambling problem can get structured support and help them recovery in a safe, supported environment.

• Long-term support groups to provide people with the resources and help they may need for a sustained recovery.

• Support for other worries that could be linked to gambling, such as debt advice and financial support.