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Teenager Gambling Awareness Training: The Warning Signs, Online Gaming and Gambling and Referral to Support

Course Details:

This 1 hour online workshop is delivered by Adele, one of the Education and Prevention Leads at Ara Recovery 4 All. As part of the UK’s Young People’s Gambling Harm Prevention Programme, we’ve recently re-branded our youth programme ‘Ahead of the Game’.

Target group:

Staff in any organisation who work with young people aged 11-19. 

Since 2020, our programme has reached over 7,000 young people and 3,000 professionals. Our workshops run for 60–90 minutes and can be interactive. Key outcomes include:

1. Equipping young people and adults with the awareness, knowledge, and skills to make safer choices around gambling and gaming.
2. Helping young people and adults to understand the impact of harmful gambling and how to spot the signs—in themselves or others.
3. Empowering young people and adults to know where and how to seek help.

Our content covers:

• Loot boxes and in-game purchases
• Cryptocurrency and skins betting
• Freemium gaming models
• The role of advertising and social media influencers

Here are a few powerful statistics:

• 1.6 million under-18s are affected by someone else’s gambling
• 27% of 11-17 year olds have gambled using their own money in the last year
• 85,000 of 11–17 year olds are currently experiencing gambling harm and 55,000 to be at risk
• 96% of 11–24-year-olds recall seeing gambling ads
• 22% of students (aged 18+) have invested in cryptocurrency in the last 12 months
• 17% of students (aged 18+) to be at high risk of gambling harm and 29% at moderate risk

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