GambleAware has a key role to play in supporting and mobilising other partners in the research eco-system to undertake research, and to grow research capability across the field. GambleAware publishes its research to ensure it can be accessed easily and for free by anyone with an interest in the developing evidence base.
Findings from our commissioned research projects can be filtered by theme using the drop down menu below
Alma Economics was commissioned by GambleAware to explore the existing literature about the use of self-help strategies among people who are experiencing gambling related harms. This research acts to increase understanding of what is known about how communities use self-help strategies (including marginalised communities), what the motivators are for using these strategies, and how effective they can be.
National Centre for Social Research and University of Plymouth
This study, funded by GambleAware, is a short scoping study to understand developments in the conceptualisation and measurement of Gambling Related Harms. The goal was to appraise existing frameworks and measurement approaches, and thereby inform future research, prevention and intervention strategies.
The last decade has seen substantial developments in the conceptualisation and measurement of GRH, providing new perspectives that move beyond entrenched and clinically-derived definitions for gambling. A continued move towards public health paradigms will require continued support for the development of underlying tools and expertise.
Importantly, the study emphasises that new modes of gambling related harm measurement are needed. The field should move away from anachronistic measurement tools that conflate harms and behaviours, which are often used to produce often binary and stigmatising “problem gambler” labels onto individuals.
This report explores the relationship between mental health and gambling harms using data from the Annual Great Britain Treatment and Support Survey run by YouGov. This version of the report includes all key findings and recommendations.
This report is a secondary analysis of data from the Annual GB Treatment and Support Survey exploring the nature of the PGSI. This version of the report includes all key findings and recommendations.
This report is a secondary analysis of data from the Annual GB Treatment and Support Survey exploring the nature of the PGSI. This version of the report includes a full description of all statistical techniques and analyses used.
The Annual GB treatment and support survey is commissioned each year in order for GambleAware to have an up to date understanding of usage and relative demand for treatment and support for gambling harms across GB.
Just over 18,000 adults were surveyed in November 2022. In this most recent survey in addition to questions around treatment and support and some of the barriers and facilitators to accessing help, we also asked questions on the age participants were first exposed to gambling, the impact the cost of living crisis is having on propensity to gamble and relapse among those who have previously stopped gambling.
We wanted to better understand women’s lived experiences of gambling, so we commissioned a consortium of IFF Research, the University of Bristol and GamCare’s Women’s Programme to explore this in detail. The aim of the research is to build knowledge about why women in Britain take part in different types of gambling, how women are affected by another person’s gambling, the effect this has on them and their lives, and their experience of support and treatment services.
