GAMBLING – RESOURCES
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BeGambleAware.org
GamCare www.gamcare.org.uk
Gordon Moody Association
www.gordonmoody.org.uk
Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation
Trust (LYPFT) www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk
CNWL London Problem Gambling Clinic
www.cnwl.nhs.uk/cnwl-national-problem-
gambling-clinic
National Gambling Helpline
0808 8020 133
www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/talk-to-us-
now (online chat)
Other useful contacts:
Betknowmore www.betknowmoreuk.org
Citizens Advice www.citizensadvice.org.uk
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criminal justice system. www.gamcare.org.
uk/news-and-blog/blog/?tag=criminal-
justice-system Every Mind Matters
www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters
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health: prevention in the 2020s.
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National Gambling Treatment Service
whose services include:
Fast Forward www.fastforward.org.uk/
gamblingtoolkit
NHS Northern Gambling Service
www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/our-services/
services-list/northern-gambling-service/
Public Health England
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-
health-england
The Gambling Commission
www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk
The NHS Website www.nhs.uk
G
ambleAware is a registered charity
regulated by the Charity Commission
for England and Wales and the Scottish
Charity Regulator (OSCR) that commissions
prevention and treatment services on a
national scale underpinned by research and
evaluation to keep people safe from gambling
harms. The charity is wholly independent
with a board of trustees with expertise
in commissioning, public health and NHS
healthcare provision. GambleAware is funded
by voluntary donations from the British
gambling industry according to a framework
agreement with the Gambling Commission.
With around £45million of funding under active
management, the charity works closely with
the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and
Sport (DCMS) and the Department of Health
and Social Care (DHSC), and has established
advisory boards in Wales and Scotland to guide
future commissioning arrangements.education
and treatment services’.
www.about.gambleaware.org
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