News & Blog

OHID appointed Levy Prevention Commissioner

GLEN’s response to announcement of OHID being appointed Prevention Commissioners for Statutory Levy Funding. We welcome the long awaited announcement by Fiona Twycross (Baroness Twycross) and Stephanie Peacock MP regarding the appointment of a Commissioner for Prevention within the new Statutory Levy framework. Of all the areas covered by the new RPT commissioning structure we... Continue reading

Video skilled the recovery star

Following on from our (we like to think) successful webinar looking at Gambling and Neurodiversity which happened on 19th July we have now revived our YouTube channel and put excerpts from the webinar online for anyone to watch. We have already had members commenting on how useful (and enlightening) they found some of the material,... Continue reading

Talking Gambling and Neurodiversity

GLEN hosted a meeting on Monday 27th May entitled “Talking Gambling and ADHD/ND” as part of our plans this year to explore the links and connections which exist between gambling and neurodivergent conditions. This was an exploratory first meeting which offered a platform for individuals with joint experience of gambling harms and also neurodiversity to... Continue reading

Neurodiversity in focus

There was a very interesting discussion on BBC Newsnight last night around #Neurodiversity following the Nuffield Trust‘s publishing of figures showing marked increases in waits for #autism assessment and prescriptions of #ADHD medication. One of the guests discussing these findings was Pippa Simou, a Psychologist and specialist ADHD Coach, who drew upon her own experience of being someone seeking support and recognition... Continue reading