Events
From workshops and inspiring webinars to thought-provoking symposiums, our events connect community groups, researchers, people with lived experience, and organisations working for change.
Network Symposium
Glasgow | 26-27 January 2027
Join us in Glasgow for the Network to Reduce Gambling Harms Symposium. Bringing together community organisations, people with lived experience, researchers, public health professionals and policymakers, the Symposium will explore priority topics and identify opportunities for collective action in a changing funding landscape.
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Network Learning Series
The Network Learning Series is a way for people to come together to learn, share, and take action to prevent and reduce gambling harms across Great Britain.
The series supports a growing community committed to making change together, offering opportunities to learn from real-world insights, and exchange ideas to build practical capacity across the sector.
Upcoming Learning Events
November 2026
Date: Friday 20 November 2026
Time: 12–1 PM (GMT)
Format: Virtual webinar
Cost: Free
The hidden impact of gambling harm: Recognising and supporting women affected by someone else’s gambling
Gambling harm rarely affects just one person. Our next Network Learning Series event will explore how gambling harm affects partners, family members and loved ones, and how women affected by someone else’s gambling can be better recognised and supported.
Claire Jones and Lorraine Perrons, practitioners with lived experience of being affected by someone else’s gambling, will explore the emotional, financial, and relational impacts on affected others, alongside pathways to recovery and support.
Drawing on learning from Rebuild & Rise: Reclaim Your Life, a Network-funded project offering women a 12-week trauma-informed programme and peer support, the session will cover:
Who affected others are and why their experiences are often overlooked
What women say they need to feel supported, understood, and empowered in their recovery
Practical lessons from trauma-informed approaches for services, practitioners, and organisations
What the programme is learning so far, how referrals work, who is eligible, and how to take part when the programme runs again in January
Previous Events
Understanding gambling harms, homelessness, and pathways to support
In our October event Dakota Jones from Simon Community Scotland and lived experience speaker Cat Cochrane shared insights drawn from lived experience, frontline practice, and innovative work taking place across Scotland. The session explored the links between gambling harms and homelessness, practical approaches to reducing barriers to support, and lessons from Simon Community Scotland's work to improve awareness, identification, and support related to gambling and homelessness.
Held on Thursday 22 October 2026 | Virtual webinar
Exploring gambling harms in LGBTQ+ communities
In our September Learning Series event, Benjamin Howard (Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard), Claire Bennett (Reframe Coaching), and Alexandra Sawyer and Nigel Sherriff (University of Brighton) explored gambling-related harms among LGBTQ+ communities.
Drawing on the work of Recover with Pride, the UK's first dedicated LGBTQ+ gambling harm service, our presenters shared insights from research, lived experience, and service delivery.
Held on Tuesday 22 September 2026 | Virtual webinar
Understanding gambling harm among older adults
In our first event, Lee Willows and Adrian Sladdin from Community Care Gaming explored gambling-related harm among older adults.
Drawing on their Network-funded work, Lee and Adrian shared insights into the experiences and needs of this priority group, and highlighted opportunities for learning, collaboration, and action, including online and in-person training launching in September 2026.
Held on Tuesday 17 June 2026 | Virtual webinar
Community Investment Programme Launch Event - Virtual
The Community Investment Programme is the Network’s flagship funding programme, designed to deliver funds to organisations to support at-risk and underserved populations. Click the button below to watch the full recording of the event.