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
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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
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...
Petition to prevent UK Politicians receiving Donations and Hospitality from Gambling Operators
The Gambling Industry makes and turns over a lot of money in the UK. Each year over £14 BILLION pounds permanently leaves the pockets of UK residents and ends up in the bank accounts of the gambling industry. Let’s just write that number out in long hand. A net wealth transfer of over £14,000,000,000.00 each...Continue reading
The Grand National – Talking to your children about the emotions of Gambling
This Saturday sees the latest running of the Grand National, an iconic horse race and also an event which holds a special place the the hearts and memories of many families. Many of us, perhaps even most of us, will have fond memories of gathering around the TV as a family to watch the race,...Continue reading
Is Watching Live Sports enjoyable after Addiction?
Someone asked me the other day whether I still enjoy watching sports. The background context to this being that I am now eight years into recovery from an intense gambling addiction which was almost entirely based around betting on sports. It was a good question, as it gave me a reason to objectively explore my...Continue reading
Coming Soon – Gambling Recovery BLOG-ic
Have your say on anything Gambling Recovery related. From next week – 17th March – we will be posting contributor’s blogs on a wide range of topics around recovery from gambling harms. We truly believe the power of Lived Experience is in the lessons it teaches us about ourselves, our resilience, and about how 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
A Grand Day for Teaching our Children
Today was Grand National day in the UK. Just about every major Western country has some version of Grand National Day – witness Kentucky Derby day or Melbourne Cup day. A day where people not normally interested in horseracing or betting are encouraged to be so by coming together to collectively watch the revival of...Continue reading