GambleAware to fund research on self-directed tools & strategies for reducing gambling harms

GambleAware is seeking to fund a research project that will further develop an understanding of informal and self-directed tools and strategies for reducing, preventing or managing gambling harms in Great Britain.

The project will build upon the findings in the ‘Self-help strategies for reducing gambling harms: Scoping study’ published in August 2023, which highlighted that people experiencing gambling harm were likely to use self-guided options to reduce the harms they were experiencing, but there is a “lack of knowledge on the most effective types of strategies or modes of delivery for gambling harm reduction”.

In addition, the August 2023 research found a “significant gap in the evidence regarding the experience and preferences of people who engage in self-directed change, particularly those from marginalised groups”.

Granting £297,900 in funds over 18 months, GambleAware is using the term ‘self-directed tools and strategies’ in this research project to include “any self-directe..