Are you working with clients who are experiencing negative impacts from gambling?
The Gaming Machines Amendment (Gambling Harm Minimisation) Bill 2020 will update the Gaming Machines Act 2001 to help registered clubs and hotels minimise gambling harm and provide support to gaming machine players. The Bill would change responsibility for managing gambling related harms.
The Office of Responsible Gambling and ACWA are piloting a 3 hour online workshop on Gambling Harm Minimisation, which will provide you with strategies for working with these clients. The workshop is targeted at social workers, counsellors and other community sector workers
Learning Outcomes
The participant will learn about:
• The signs of problem gambling in an individual
• Related co-morbid conditions
• Existing services to assist with problem gambling
Gaming Machines Amendment (Gambling Harm Minimisation) Bill 2020 No, 2020 A Bill for An Act to amend the Gaming Machines Act 2001to make further provision with respect to gambling harm minimisation; and for other purposes. NEW SOUTH WALES DRAFT GOVERNMENT BILL. Responsible gambling and harm minimisation measures have been introduced across all forms of gambling to help address the individual and social impacts of problem gambling. However, these have been incremental, inconsistent and variably enforced (Banks, 2007). Gambling Harm-Minimisation Measures Post 1999. All online and telephone betting providers, in Victoria or elsewhere, providing interactive wagering and betting services to Victorian residents must comply with strict requirements under the direction of the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation, which comes into effect on 26 May 2020 (New Direction) and replaces the previous direction issued on 20 May 2019 (Previous.
The participant will learn how to:
• Raise the issue of problem gambling with an individual
• Recognise any co-morbid conditions and their impact
• Provide initial psychoeducation to the individual
• Make a referral to assist with problem gambling
GambleAware
GambleAware is wholly independent and has a framework agreement with the Gambling Commission to deliver the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms within the context of arrangements based on voluntary donations from the gambling industry. Guided by a wholly independent expert board of trustees, the majority of whom work in the health sector, GambleAware has an established range of governance processes and procedures that ensures the industry has no influence over any commissioning decisions.
Download our Briefing Note (last updated November 2020) to learn more about GambleAware.
Public health
GambleAware regards gambling as a public health issue and thus reducing gambling harms requires a public health approach taking account all three aspects of prevention:
- Primary or Universal – aimed at the whole population to promote a safer environment
- Secondary or Selective – aimed at groups with a prevalence of suffering gambling harms
- Tertiary or Indicated – aimed at individuals suffering gambling disorder
Guided by this public health model, we commission integrated prevention services on a national scale and in partnership with expert organisations and agencies, including the NHS, across three areas of activity:
Charitable objects
a) The advancement of education aimed at preventing gambling harms for the benefit of the public in Great Britain, in particular young people and those who are most vulnerable, by carrying out research, by providing advice and information, by raising awareness, and by making grants; and,
b) Working to keep people in Great Britain safe from gambling harms through the application of a public health model based on three levels of prevention: primary – universal promotion of a safer environment; secondary – selective intervention for those who may be ‘at risk’; and, tertiary – direct support for those directly or indirectly affected by gambling disorder, by carrying out research, by providing advice and information, by raising awareness, and by making grants for the provision of effective treatment, interventions and support.
Strategic Delivery Plan 2018-20
GambleAware has published a Strategic Delivery Plan for 2018-20, which makes clear its strategic delivery priorities for the next two years.
GambleAware is working to double its annual expenditure to £16 million, taking into account recent settlement payments made by operators following Gambling Commission enforcement actions.
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A core strategic aim is to collaborate with national partners such as Citizens’ Advice, Royal Society for Public Health and others to help maximise the effectiveness and efficiency in the services and activities we commission and fund. Evaluating the impact of its funding will inform future funding decisions.
GambleAware Strategy 2016-21
GambleAware published its 5-year strategy in November 2016, reinforcing its commitment to help those suffering from gambling-related harms by funding research, education and treatment services.
The strategy reviews the charity’s objective to reduce gambling-related harms and treat those who suffer. GambleAware is seeking to increase its funding to £10m a year as it calls for all those who profit from gambling, not just the gambling industry, but also advertisers, lotteries and professional sports clubs, to contribute to research, education and treatment services. Following the appointment of Kate Lampard CBE as chair of trustees, the strategy demonstrates how the charity will act as an independent voice in a controversial field and provide sufficient help and support to those who need it.
Working with government
GambleAware works co-operatively across Government:
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- Member of joint-working group co-chaired by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC)
- Member of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group
- Collaborating with the Ministry of Defence in relation to gambling as a health issue for serving military, veterans and their families.
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We have also established advisory boards in Wales and Scotland to help guide our future commissioning plans in those nations.