Gambling Education & Prevention Training

Free CPD session on the topic of youth gambling and problem gambling.

The training is open to practitioners who engage with young people under the age of 25 in the informal education sector – e.g. youth workers, CLD workers, youth leaders, practitioners in recovery and support services and others similar roles supporting young people’s health and wellbeing

The training will support participants to:

• increase their awareness regarding gambling and its impact on young people's health and wellbeing;

• better understand what problem gambling is and its relationship with other risk-taking behaviours;

• recognise the signs and consequences of problem gambling;

• increase their knowledge of resources available (such as Fast Forward’s Gambling Education Toolkit);

• find information on additional support and specialized services;

• explores ways to include gambling in the range of issues that services already address;

• strengthen their skills and confidence to deliver gambling education and prevention activities.