Finances
Should I lend money to someone with a gambling problem?
It’s Talk Money Week from 7-11 November and we want to encourage gamblers and people around them to have more open conversations about money. GamCare’s Money Guidance Service supports our clients to …
Read moreTalk Money Week: Group Chatroom on Budgeting and Finances
With the increasing cost-of-living-related news, money worries are on most people’s minds currently. We understand how hard it can be to talk about money and that gambling, unmanageable debts or …
Read moreShifting the balance on unaffordable lending
Raminta Diliso, Financial Harm Manager With the Bank of England forecasting inflation to average around 9% this year, the highest we have seen for 40 years, and a figure set to increase yet further, at …
Read moreUnderstand cryptocurrency trading: what is it, what are the risks and how is it similar to gambling?
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are not produced by banks or governments, but can be exchanged online for goods and services, as well as traded like a commodity. They use encryption techniques …
Read moreWhy GamCare is pledging to support #HearHer
Jake examines the links between gambling harms and domestic abuse and what GamCare is doing to help address this issue. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to end …
Read moreGamCare highlights the potential harm lootboxes and skins betting can have on young people
GamCare’s Financial Harm Manager, Raminta Diliso, examines the growing relationship between the financial harms of online gambling and gaming with young people and how we can address it. The internet has …
Read moreHelp with Gambling Debt and Money Worries
Raminta catches up with debt advice organisation PayPlan for Debt Awareness Week 2021. Since 2014 debt charity StepChange have been running an annual campaign to help people talk more openly about …
Read moreTalking to your bank about gambling
Guest blogger Raminta is highlighting Talk Money Week and encouraging more open conversations about gambling with banks and building societies.
Read moreTimely Interactions with Customers to Prevent Gambling Harms
Our Gambling Related Financial Harm Toolkit, launched this week, is aimed at giving organisations the tools to offer consistent, high quality customer communications about gambling risks, and improving …
Read moreTackling Problem Debt with StepChange
Many of those who contact GamCare face some financial difficulty because of their gambling, or a loved one’s gambling. We work closely with organisations like StepChange Debt Charity to make sure callers …
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