Ygam Training - Gaming and Gambling Harms
Outline
Ygam’s mission is to ensure that every young person is resilient to, and safeguarded against, gaming and gambling harms. They do this through awareness raising, education and research.
This training equips you with the knowledge and confidence to deliver the programme directly to young people. The workshops are 100% fully funded and on completion all trained staff will gain access to resources to use with the young people you support and CPD certification.
Did you know?
- 350,000 young people aged 11-16 had spent their own money on gambling in the last week.
- 93% of children in the UK play video games with lockdown seeing a rise in game sales by 60%. (Gambling Commission: Young People Survey, 2019).
- According to GambleAware data, Wakefield falls within the second highest quantile for gambling harms based on the problem gambling severity index.
Audience
The training is aimed at a range of youth-facing professionals, including teachers, youth workers, practitioners, universities, faith leaders and health professionals.
Booking Information
To book your place on one of their FREE virtual workshops, please click here!
For further information
For further information please email coletteoxtoby@ygam.org
The workshops offer:
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Gaming and Gambling harms
- Advertising and sponsorship
- The blurred lines between gaming and gambling
- How to spot signs of harm
- Where to get help and support
- How to approach conversations around gaming and gambling with young people
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership are committed with its obligations under the new EU GDPR Data Protection Act 2018 that came into force on the 25th May 2018 by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect your personal data.
We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary for a period of 3 years in order to offer upcoming courses, briefings and updates around safeguarding. We use your data to provide certificates once you have attended one of the sessions we provide, and to ensure that we have an appropriate sign in register with your name for fire safety purposes. After the 3 year period we will ensure that your data/information is destroyed in accordance under the new GDPR act.
The personal data that we collect about you are: your name, email, phone number and work address. If you require a copy of the data we hold for you, you can contact us by emailing wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk.
Courses are free for the statutory, voluntary and community sector in Wakefield, however failure to attend without giving prior notice may result in a charge to cover costs. You may now be charged for undertaking our training if you are outside of Wakefield. Please see the Charging Policy for full details.
