GamLEARN: a lived experience network for people that have been impacted directly/indirectly from gambling related harm.
Who We Are
GamLEARN (Lived Experience And Recovery Network) supports and empowers those who have experienced gambling-related harm.
We are a charity who is member focused and with lived experience represented throughout. Our members help shapes and mould our values as a service, and is at the very heart of who we are.
What We Do
GamLEARN provides our members with opportunities to obtain learning and accredited training.
We are also a support service for individuals facing the criminal justice system, and work closely with research academics who want to have meaningful engagement with lived experience.
We offer courses that are developed and delivered by Lived Experience and host weekly online meet ups for our members to connect and share.
Who Supports Us
GamLEARN would like to acknowledge those who support and donate to our cause and our partners: who have given their voices and time collectively and individually to raising awareness of gambling harm. There is an ever-growing community of people with lived experience doing amazing and inspiring work everyday.
If you would like to donate, partner with us, or have research to share, please get in touch.
About Our Charity
GamLEARN is a community of non-judgemental people who support each other and work together to reduce Gambling Harm. We support and empower people to lead a happy and meaningful life without gambling.
Our collective lived experience drives our work, which we believe is a powerful tool for change on an individual, community and societal level.
From this community we offer compassion. From this compassion we create opportunities. From these opportunities we reach more people.
Our community offers compassion
Our community offers opportunity
Our community pushes for wider understanding
Our community is the beating heart of GamLEARN
Our Objectives
To be a Lived Experience and Recovery network where our members can connect with one another.
To provide learning through structured training and workshops to help our members develop personally and professionally.
To collaborate with others ensuring that the voice of Lived Experience is heard and respected in meaningful interaction.
To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of our members is at the core of everything we do.
What We Do
We are a lived experience focused charity that value how important it is to have our members being involved in the work we do. Our members shapes and moulds our values as a service.
Courses
We provide opportunities to obtain learning and accredited training through courses developed and delivered by lived experience. Read more
Criminal Justice Support
We offer a support service for individuals facing the Criminal Justice System: a wrap around service that is tailored to what you need. Read more
Research
We work within the research sectors and closely with academics who want to have meaningful engagement with Lived Experience. Read more
Meet Ups
A weekly online meet-up with our members: a safe place, to share, to connect and to talk. Information is sent out via our Newsletter. Read more
Steve Watts
Chair Of Trustees
Chrissy Boyce
Research Project Lead
Tracy O'Shaughnessy
CJS Development Lead
A Message From GamLEARN
At GamLEARN, we recognise that lived experience is absolutely key to reducing gambling related harm – it is at the very heart of everything we do and shapes and moulds our values as a service. Many of our members have experienced the detrimental effects that a Gambling Disorder can have and we understand, only too well, just how destructive and devastating it can be.
But trust us: it can and does get better:
Connecting with others and engaging in meaningful projects can be a great part of moving away from gambling harm and sustaining recovery. We provide our members with opportunities to obtain learning and accredited training; be part of the development of future projects; contribute to working groups/advisory panels, and so much more.
Our overall aim is to utilise our own experiences that we have gained from our individual journeys to help others develop their own skills and understanding.
We are here to help people regain their confidence and a sense of self-worth – empowering them to find their chosen paths in both work and society, whilst enabling them to lead a happy and meaningful life without gambling. It is as simple as that.
You have got this, and we are here with you every step of the way.
Thanks for stopping by,
GamLEARN
Blogs
Gambling and Crime: GamLEARN’s Criminal Justice Support
Are you concerned about the connection of gambling and crime? You're not alone, and understanding this connection is the first step towards...
Legal Help for Gambling Crime: Your Rights Explained
Are you worried about how a gambling crime might impact your future? Understanding your rights when facing gambling-related charges is crucial....
Gambling Help: Our Support Within the Criminal Justice System
Have you ever found yourself or someone close facing legal troubles due to gambling? It's a heavy burden, but you're not alone, and help is at hand....
Courts to Recovery: Our Role in the Criminal Justice System
Are you on a journey from courtrooms to reclaiming your life from a gambling addiction? Navigating the UK's Criminal Justice System might seem like...
Concerns About All-Night Slot Machine Halls in the UK
In recent years, Britain's high streets have witnessed a burgeoning phenomenon that's raising alarms among communities and organisations...
Jenny’s Story
In recent years, the quiet storm of problem gambling has swept through many lives, leaving devastation in its wake. Jenny's story, as featured in...
Together We Make a Difference – Garfield Weston Foundation
GamLEARN extends heartfelt thanks to the Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous funding of our Gambling Harm and Crime Prevention Service. Your support is vital in enabling us to continue offering critical resources to those in our community who need them most. Organisations like yours truly make a significant difference, and we’re incredibly grateful. Thank you!
Shut the Door on Online Gambling Ads: Safeguarding Yourself
In this blog post, you’ll learn effective strategies to shut out online gambling ads. Thus, helping you create a safer digital environment for yourself. Discover practical steps to block these ads and regain control over your online experience. Join us at GamLEARN in exploring how you can protect yourself and maintain a healthier, more positive digital space.
Our Partners
GamLEARN would like to acknowledge our members who have been selfless in their time and efforts to our cause and our partners who have shown how much they value the voices of Lived Experience. GamLEARN is about our members, collectively and individually, helping raise awareness of gambling harm, developing new ideas for what we should do as a charity. Without our members, there is no GamLEARN. We are an ever-growing network of people with lived experience doing amazing and inspiring work every single day. We want to give our members opportunities to learn, develop, engage, and be part of something where everyone feels connected.
If you would like to be a member or partner, please get in touch info@gamlearn.org.uk
