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GambleAware has announced its continued support of the Great Britain-wide Gambling Lived Experience Network (GLEN) through the community-based development partner ExpertLink.

GambleAware hosted its 10th Annual Conference on the topic of 'Taking action to tackle gambling harms as a public health issue'

The Council builds on GambleAware’s commitment to ensuring those who have lived experienced of gambling harms to inform its day-to-day work

New analysis reveals the importance of empowering GPs to help tackle growing public health issue

The Annual Statistics saw most people (92%) who completed their scheduled treatment improve their harmful gambling behaviour

As concerns rise that stigma could prevent those struggling from reaching out for support, the charity GambleAware launched a campaign supported by Dr Linda Papadopoulos to challenge stigma and highlight available support

GambleAware's new campaign underlines the message that 'gambling harms can affect anyone' and is backed by the Football Supporters Association (FSA), as well as former players including Peter Shilton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Lee Hendrie.

A new report shows that on average, people experiencing gambling harms can significantly and quickly improve their well-being and gambling behaviour after just six appointments with the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS), with continued improvements recorded following subsequent sessions.

- Lucky Generals and OmniGOV announced as GambleAware’s new respective creative advertising and media planning and buying agencies
- The appointment follows a rigorous process undertaken as part of a creative review launched in July by the charity to support its focus on addressing gambling harms as an urgent public health priority

New research from Bournemouth University looks at how online gambling operators promote information about safer gambling on their websites to their customers.