GambleAware has published its five-year organisational strategy, underpinned by four key objectives linked to awareness, inequalities, service capacity and access, which will guide a long-term vision of a society safe from gambling harms.
Key Objectives
The strategy includes:
- Developing awareness and understanding of gambling harms
- Increasing access to services and reducing inequalities
- Building capacity among health and community services to respond better to gambling harms
- Improving the coherence, accessibility, diversity, and effectiveness of the National Gambling Treatment Service
Zoë Osmond, CEO of GambleAware:
"Following a detailed consultation, it is clear that GambleAware and other organisations need to work together to achieve a society that is safe from gambling harms. Thanks to greater certainty in funding, we are now able to develop and implement longer-term commissioning plans."
Five-Year Goals
By 2026, GambleAware hopes to have made significant progress towards its vision of ensuring that fewer people experience gambling harms and that those who do receive timely and effective support.
Kate Lampard CBE, chair of trustees:
"Our vision is a society where everyone is protected from gambling harms, and that a greater proportion of those with gambling disorder will receive the right treatment with sustained recovery at rates comparable to other addictions."
The charity says that financial commitments from the industry have enabled it to take a longer-term integrated and strategic approach to addressing gambling harms, including collaboration with the government, NHS, public health agencies, local authorities, and voluntary sector organisations.
GambleAware's strategy lists more than 40 programmes across research, evaluation, education, and treatment to achieve its ambitions.
