Here are the resources sorted into relevant groups:
Help and Support
- Gambling with Lives
- Website: Gambling with Lives
- Overview: Provides support for families bereaved by gambling-related suicides, including practical and emotional support, advocacy, and access to specialist therapeutic support.
- BeGambleAware
- Website: BeGambleAware
- Overview: Offers information and support to help people make informed decisions about their gambling, including self-help tools, advice on managing gambling habits, and access to treatment services.
- Gamblers Anonymous UK
- Website: Gamblers Anonymous UK
- Overview: A fellowship offering regular meetings, a 12-step recovery program, and support for those affected by someone else's gambling.
- National Gambling Helpline
- Website: National Gambling Helpline
- Overview: Provides confidential advice, information, and emotional support to anyone affected by gambling problems, available 24/7 via phone, live chat, and WhatsApp.
Treatment and Recovery
- UKAT (UK Addiction Treatment Centres)
- Website: UKAT
- Overview: Offers various gambling addiction therapy options, including private residential rehab centres with psychological and holistic therapies.
- NHS (National Health Service)
- Website: NHS
- Overview: Provides specialist gambling treatment clinics across England, offering therapy for complex health needs related to gambling and support for family and friends.
- Gordon Moody
- Website: Gordon Moody
- Overview: Offers supported environments with effective therapies and counselling for gambling addiction, including treatment programmes and support for individuals and their families.
- Gambling Therapy
- Website: Gambling Therapy
- Overview: A global service offering free practical advice and emotional support to anyone affected by problem gambling, including support forums and resources for affected others.
- GamCare
- Website: GamCare
- Overview: Provides support for anyone affected by gambling harms in Great Britain, including a 24/7 National Gambling Helpline, online chat, and WhatsApp support.
- Betknowmore UK
- Website: Betknowmore UK
- Overview: Provides a range of support services for gambling addiction, including psychological therapy, medication, and aftercare.
- Parkland Place
- Website: Parkland Place
- Overview: Offers various resources for those suffering from gambling addiction, including practical self-help advice, face-to-face support, telephone support, peer support, family support, and financial help.
- SMART Recovery
- Website: SMART Recovery
- Overview: Offers a 4-Point Program® to help individuals overcome gambling addiction, including enhancing motivation to quit, coping with urges, managing problems, and achieving lifestyle balance.
Advocacy and Regulation
- Clean Up Gambling
- Website: Clean Up Gambling
- Overview: A campaign focused on reforming gambling laws in the UK to better protect consumers, advocating for stricter regulations and measures to prevent gambling-related harm.
- Justice for Punters
- Website: Justice for Punters
- Overview: Justice for Punters is a group of lifelong punters who aim to highlight and challenge abuses by the gambling industry. They provide information and support to individuals who have experienced unfair treatment by betting operators and advocate for fairer gambling practices and regulations.
- The Gambling Commission
- Website: Gambling Commission
- Overview: The primary regulator of the UK gambling industry, ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and safely, protecting children and vulnerable people, and keeping crime out of gambling.