Setting out achievements and learning from the first year of its Community Resilience Fund (CRF), the report was produced by Ipsos and New Philanthropy Capital and has been described as a new way of commissioning gambling harms awareness and support services.
It was designed to provide funding to organisations GambleAware had not previously funded, and to support learning about which methods may work for different groups.
Anna Hargrave, GambleAware Chief Commissioning and Strategy Officer, commented: “Gambling harm can affect anyone, but we know certain communities are at higher risk of experiencing harm. These are the people we wanted to reach with our Community Resilience Fund.”
The CRF provided grants to 21 community-based organisations in England, Wales, and Scotland to deliver gambling harm support and raise awareness.
The group det..