Chances Gambling Harms Upskilling

Brief Summary: A session on gambling and gambling harms in Scotland, designed for service providers and support services.

There are various dates available.

This is a free event

Location: Online via Zoom

Chances is a service within Cyrenians that provides support to those impacted by their own or someone else’s gambling. Join our team in this interactive session to develop your skills. The upskilling is aimed at professionals working in NHS Scotland, the third and public sectors across Scotland. We are also able to offer online or in-person bespoke sessions aimed at different groups, communities and for support providers. If this is of interest to you and you wish to discuss this opportunity then please contact us at chances@cyrenians.scot for more information.

The Chances Gambling Support team at Cyrenians have recently decided to make changes to the delivery and frequency of the online Gambling Harms upskilling sessions. We have removed the separate Level One and Two sessions and we will now only be delivering the combined session from August until November. This is a comprehensive full day Gambling Harms awareness session that includes two short breaks and a lunch break at 12noon. The session will include lived experienced case studies and videos. The upskilling is free to attend and will be delivered online via Zoom.

What Will Be Covered:

• What is gambling and its various types
• The gambling landscape in Scotland
• Why people gamble
• Indicators of gambling harm and at-risk groups
• Psychology of gambling and gambling advertisement in sport
• Youth Gambling and Gaming/Gambling
• Diagnostic tools for gambling treatment
• Value of lived experience
• Affected others and impact on children
• Older people and gambling
• Cryptocurrency and Stocks & Shares
• Stigma
• Why language matters
• Asking and talking about gambling
• How gambling relates to services and support delivery
• Services offered by Chances and other support providers

Registration Details:

Please see below the Eventbrite registration links for our Gambling Harms upskilling sessions:

Chances Gambling Harms Upskilling Tickets, Monday, August 3  •  10 AM – 3:30 PM GMT+1 | Eventbrite

Chances Gambling Harms Upskilling Tickets, Wednesday, October 7  •  10 AM – 3:30 PM GMT+1 | Eventbrite

Chances Gambling Harms Upskilling Tickets, Tuesday, November 10  •  10 AM – 3:30 PM GMT | Eventbrite

Other Information:

Please ensure you have Zoom downloaded prior to whichever session you have booked to join. The Zoom link will be sent out via email from our team a few days before the upskilling session begins. If you have any problems connecting to the session on the day or if you have accessibility requirements, please get in touch with us at chances@cyrenians.scot and we will do our best to accommodate you.