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UK – YGAM named as ICE London charity partner
YGAM, the award winning charity whose social purpose is to inform, educate and safeguard young people against gaming and gambling harms has been named as the official charity partner of ICE London 2023. The partnership will also see YGAM become the charity partner at the black tie iGB Affiliate London Awards taking place on Thursday February…
UK – Mandatory levy would jeopardise sector-led ecosystem for social responsibility
The Founder of the responsible gambling charity Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) believes the introduction of a mandatory levy to fund treatment and prevention could see the UK lose its leading position in the world of gambling social responsibility. Lee Willows said: “I firmly believe the UK is a global leader in social…
UK – YGAM appoints Dr Jane Rigbye as new Chief Executive
The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) have announced the appointment of Dr Jane Rigbye as their new Chief Executive. Dr Rigbye, a chartered psychologist and fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, brings a wealth of experience to the role including nine years working in several senior leadership roles at GambleAware, including…
UK – Clarion Gaming confirms YGAM as first international charity partner
Clarion Gaming has confirmed that the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), the award-winning education charity has become its first international charity partner. The partnership, which will run from November 2021 through to October 2022 will see the two organisations co-operate across a range of initiatives with Clarion providing it’s industry-leading in-person events and…
Safer Gambling Training: support your team and your customers
Over the last decade, there has been a significant shift in focus towards consumer protection and safer gambling. The explosion of the online sector has uncovered plenty of opportunities but also increased the need for support for vulnerable customers who may be at risk of experiencing harm. It has been encouraging to see more operators…
UK – YGAM leads new programme to train GPs on gambling addiction
The Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) is leading an alliance of experts to introduce a purposeful new initiative to deliver specialist training on gambling, gaming, and digital behavioural addictions to healthcare professionals such as GPs. The ‘Mindful Resilience’ programme is the result of a collaboration between YGAM, Bournemouth University, the Responsible Gambling Council,…
UK – YGAM act on independent evaluation findings in order to improve engagement with BAME communities
ClearView Research (CVR) the audience insight consultancy which produced the widely respected ‘Gambling: a young BAME perspective’ on behalf of GambleAware and includes the NHS, unicef and the Vodafone Foundation among its’ clients, has completed a six-month independent evaluation of the YGAM portfolio of products and educational resources. The evaluation was commissioned by YGAM to…
UK – YGAM’s Experts By Experience strategy could achieve more with a diverse spread of perspectives
YGAM founders have highlighted how its Experts By Experience strategy could achieve more with a diverse spread of perspectives Lee Willows, Chief Executive and co-founder of YGAM, the charity which works to inform, educate and safeguard young people against gaming and gambling-related harm, has proposed that Experts by Experience initiatives might warrant a range of…
UK – Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons praises YGAM founders on tenth anniversary of tragic loss
Dame Rosie Winterton, MP for Doncaster Central and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, has praised the work of YGAM co-founders Anne and Keith Evans, congratulating them for their unstinting commitment to help improve awareness of gambling and gaming related harms. After suffering for over two decades with a gambling addiction, Anne Evans’ son…
