Issue 4
GamShare Issue 4, Autumn 2010 |
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| GamCare quarterly e-newsletter | |||
| GamCare: The Next Generation | IN THIS ISSUE | ||
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Good news: the number of 12-15 year olds who are problem gamblers is falling. Bad news: there are still 60, 000 of them, and hardly any come forward for help. This issue of our newsletter focusses on GamCare's plans for the future, particularly how we can reach out to these young people using new interactive technologies. |
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| GamCare: Successes, plans and aspirations | |||
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At the recent GamCare Conference we not only reflected on GamCare’s successes in the last year, but also looked at how GamCare planned to develop its services to meet new challenges. Here CEO Andy McLellan sets out GamCare’s vision and plans for the future. |
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| Beating the Odds: preventing teenage problem gambling |
Features Successes, Plans and Aspirations Beating the Odds: preventing teenage problem gambling |
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Six months ago Head of Education Jane Rigbye set out our plans to develop a programme of education, prevention and treatment initiatives around problem gambling aimed at young people. We have come a long way in six months, and in September we published the first output of that work, our report "Beating the Odds: preventing teenage problem gambling". |
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| A Problem Shared: Online Peer Support in the Forum and Chatroom | |||
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As well as helpline services and counselling, GamCare runs an online Chat Room and Forum, providing the opportunity for peer support for clients, where they can discuss, ask questions and offer advice. Here Director of Clinical Services Dr Sharon Kalsy explains why these services can be so useful for problem gamblers | ||
| GamCare Conference 2010 | |||
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Our 13th annual conference was held at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre on Tuesday 12 October 2010. The focus this year was on GamCare’s achievements and plans for the future. | ||
| GamCare Annual Review 2009/10 | |||
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Our Annual Review 2009/10 gives an overview of our activities, service users and service developments in 2009/10, and our plans for 2010/11. The review is available on our website at http://www.gamcare.org.uk/publications.php, along with further more detailed statistical information. | ||
| In Memoriam: GamCare President Andrew McIntosh | |||
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We are sad to report the passing of Lord Andrew McIntosh, President of GamCare for more than 5 years, who died in August at the age of 77 | ||
| GamCare at Poker in the Park | |||
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This month GamCare attended Europe’s biggest free poker festival, Poker in the Park, in Leicester Square. |
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