Young Gamers and Gambling Education Trust (YGAM) Training
YGAM are a national charity with the social purpose to inform, educate and safeguard children and young people against the potential harms of gaming and gambling.
Through a portfolio of education programmes, YGAM provide free training and resources for teachers, youth workers, practitioners, universities, faith leaders and health professionals. All of their resources, training and education programmes have been independently scrutinised, challenged, evaluated and quality marked by a wide range of organisations.
Training opportunities may include:
- Safer Gambling Training
- Young People’s Gambling Harm Prevention Programme
- Preventing Gambling Harms in Diverse Communities
- YGAM for parents and students
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.
