Chances Gambling Harms Upskilling

Brief Summary: Join Cyrenians’ Chances Gambling Support team for a free Gambling Harms Upskilling session, designed for professionals across Scotland to build knowledge, confidence and practical skills in recognising and responding to gambling-related harm.

Location: Zoom

Event Date: 10 October 2026

This is a free event

The Chances Gambling Support team at Cyrenians have decided to make changes to the delivery and frequency of the online Gambling Harms upskilling sessions. We will now only be running the comprehensive combined session from August until November. This will include two short breaks and a longer lunch break at 12noon. However, we still offer bespoke online or in-person Gambling Awareness sessions to internal and external services if this is of interest. Please see below the registration links for our updated Gambling Harms upskilling:

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

What Will Be Covered:

The upskilling is available to internal and external service providers and support services across Scotland including NHS Scotland, other public and third sector organisations. The session will be interactive and will include using case studies and a role playing exercise.

The session covers the following themes:

• 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:

The upskilling is free to attend and will be delivered online via Zoom. 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.