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Public Health Wales VCSE Prevention Funding
Public Health Wales held a webinar on Wednesday Morning (12th August 2026) detailing the Welsh Government’s own approach to using £1.4m of Levy funds to support VCSE prevention activities in Wales over the next two years. The webinar was to inform organisations who may wish to apply for funding to deliver Gambling Harm Prevention activity...Continue reading→
New Gambling Minister???
We have been aware of very strong rumour that Vicki Foxcroft has now replaced Baroness Twycross as the Minister for Gambling (not the official title). We say “rumour” as despite it being widely reported by gambling industry insiders, including the Betting and Gaming Council (and who wouldn’t believe them??), it has not so far been...Continue reading→
Burnham to repeal “Aim to Permit”
PM Andy Burnham has announced that as part of his move to address social decay in town centers he is aiming to give local authorities greater powers to refuse licenses to new gambling premises. What is actually being talked about here is removing the “aim to permit” which sits within the Licensing conditions attached to...Continue reading→
BETTER: Sleep and Gambling Harms – LEAP Members
The University of York is leading an innovative research programme called BETTER: Behaviour, Environment and Technology in Tiredness and Excessive Risk This research looks to examine the role which disturbed sleep plays in enhancing harm caused through gambling, and also the beneficial role healthy sleep can play in promoting sustained recovery after experiencing harm. The...Continue reading→
Webinar: Exploring Gambling Harms in UK Military Veterans
Military Veterans are over 7 times more likely than the general population to experience severe gambling related harms, such as addiction and Gambling Disorder. If you would like to know why, and how we can help those who have given their service for us but now need others to come to their aid then please...Continue reading→
Framing the Role of Lived Experience in a new age of Commissioning
As the gambling harms sector transitions from RET into the Statutory Levy GLEN are hosting a webinar to look at the role which Lived Experience involvement will have. With October marking the half-way point in a Financial Year in which one commissioner leaves the stage and several others have taken over the mantle of funding...Continue reading→
GambleAware enters Managed Closedown
GLEN are releasing the following statement following the public announcement last week that GambleAware are now in managed closedown, expected to be completed by end of March 2026. Our Statement It is with considerable sadness that we find ourselves acknowledging that the largest single charity operating in the Gambling Harms sector is closing down, and...Continue reading→
Man Hug Podcast
Have you ever fancied a Man Hug? Well this is a good chance to get one. The Man Hug is a monthly podcast covering various issues impacted Men’s Mental Health The latest episode (#28) is talking about Harmful Gambling and features GLEN (Gambling Lived Experience Network)’s own David Quinti speaking alongside Lauren Campbell from Beacon...Continue reading→
Public Policy Exchange Webinar
GLEN’s Operations co-leads are presenting at this Thursday’s Public Policy Exchange webinar – The Future of Gambling in Great Britain They will be talking about the rules and regulations around advertising and marketing of gambling products to children and young people. Specifically about the over reliance on self-regulation, how the gambling industry openly flaunts its...Continue reading→
Gambling and Crime in the Spotlight
Gambling, Crime and Greed – Looking beyond the Public Glare Today the UK Gambling Commission released the names of 15 individuals who they have charged with offences relating to breaches of the Gambling Act 2005 due to bets they made on the date of the 2024 General Election. The allegation being that these people placed...Continue reading→