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Welcome to the Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (known as YGAM). We are a UK-registered charity with a social purpose to ‘inform, educate and safeguard young people against problematic gambling & social gaming’.
Train the Trainer workshops
YGAM delivers accredited training to teachers, youth workers, community mental health colleagues, prison & probation colleagues and community volunteers, enabling them to deliver the YGAM gambling-related harm-prevention programme. This YGAM programme and its resources have been accredited by Ofqual provider, ASDAN; quality-assured by the PSHE Association and YGAM has secured the prestigious Pearson Assured quality mark.
Peer Education projects
YGAM works in partnership with universities to train year two & three students to become YGAM peer mentors. Trained peer mentors are then employed part-time to deliver a range of gambling-related harm prevention programmes and awareness campaigns within their universities and local communities.
Research
Through the delivery of the above two products, a programme of research into the attitudes, thinking and behaviours of young people and gambling / social gaming will be created to establish a global research network, specifically targeting teenagers and young adults. Additionally, YGAM will work with our research partners to undertake both qualitative and quantitative research into the effectiveness and impact of the YGAM products.
YGAM aims to enhance the UK’s understanding of gambling and gambling-related harm, specifically amongst young people.
YGAM helps young people make informed choices through better understanding of gambling and its potential risks.
YGAM increases awareness of youth gambling as a public health issue with policy-makers, educators and key influencers.
A couple of weeks ago the UK Gambling Commission launched their new National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. YGAM are fortunate to sit on the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (ABSG) Advisory Group alongside colleagues from other registered charities, gambling industry trade bodies, and members of the Safer Gambling team from the Commission themselves.
Read more ...YGAM is excited to announce that it has updated its legal name. We wanted to reflect the growing emphasis on gaming and digital resilience in our work with young people. So, we are changing our name to the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust.
Read more ...Following an extensive recruitment/head-hunt process with our governance partners, Peridot Partners, and then a subsequent three month induction period, at our March board meeting we are delighted to confirm a new wave of trustees and non-executive directors have joined YGAM.
Read more ...We have an opportunity for a qualified accountant to join the YGAM team. This is a new senior leadership role within YGAM, which reports directly to the Chief Executive and Treasurer and marks an investment in the next phase of our development.
Read more ...YGAM were delighted to join the APPG last week for a topical debate around ‘Are children gambling, and if so, what can be done about it’.
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