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Welcome to the Young 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 very Happy New Year everybody and after a quick scan of social media I see many people are in a reflective mood; planning and sharing their aspirations for the year ahead.
Read more ...YGAM is happy to announce our accreditation as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at YGAM receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.00 in the UK or £10.55 in London.
Read more ...YGAM are delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Wojcik as its new independent Chair. Mike has a distinguished career in Higher Education.
Read more ...YGAM is continuously evolving the model for its Board structure to be fit-for-purpose as a contemporary and agile charity responding to young adults’ education needs around safer gambling and gaming.
Read more ...Following GambleAware’s lead and to be transparent of the context of the current voluntary funding arrangements, YGAM has also chosen to seek permission from the Gambling Commission and licensed operators who support YGAM
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