Gamblers’ charities YGAM and GamCare have taken advantage of the pandemic to accelerate the digital transformation of their education resources and using virtual classrooms to raise awareness of gambling-related harm.
YGAM (The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust) and GamCare were chosen by the Betting and Gaming Council in the UK to deliver its £10m funded programme and have run 20 classes involving 350 individuals since April.
Kev Clelland, operations director at YGAM, said: “The pandemic has dramatically changed both personal and work life. The charity sector in particular has faced profound challenges impacting both funding and how organisations are able to reach the people that they have the responsibility to support.”
He said that the education team had trained over 300 practitioners online, far more than the number envisaged face-to-face. His organisation is now planning to deliver a minimum of five blended digital practitioner workshops each week.
