GAMBLING FREE FEED
- Code: 2022-1-FI01-KA220-YOU-000088658
- Category: Inclusion & Diversity
Creating Preventive Attitudes Against Gambling Harms For Young People
The Gambling Free Feed project aims to prevent gambling harms among youth by focusing on the growing issue of digital gambling marketing. Despite legal restrictions, underage gambling is prevalent, with significant risks for developing gambling problems and addiction. We emphasize the importance of early intervention and providing young people with tools to recognize and resist gambling advertisements on social media. We aim to have a strong impact on the youth sector by developing tools for preventing gambling harms and fostering synergies between education, training, and youth work.
Our project includes creating volunteer opportunities, raising awareness, and providing support to both young people and those affected by youth gambling. We collaborate with experts by experience, professionals, and national authorities to create a comprehensive prevention model. Through this project, we provide young people, especially at-risk gamblers, with knowledge and practical skills for gambling harm prevention. We also support parents, peers, and youth work professionals with the necessary information and tools.
Our goal is to build a sustainable and effective framework for gambling harm prevention across Europe, ensuring that the voices of young people and those affected by gambling are heard and included in policymaking and prevention strategies.
General Objectives
The general objectives of the Gambling Free Feed project are the following:
- Develop a gambling harm prevention model based on experiential expertise to improve the quality of work, activities, and practices of participating organizations (WP2).
- Transition from focusing on gambling problems and addiction treatment to emphasizing gambling harm prevention by enabling organizational-level changes (WP2).
- Create a volunteer work framework aimed at reducing youth gambling harms and enhancing the quality of youth-focused initiatives (WP3).
- Share best practices and equip youth work professionals with information and practical tools to support young volunteers in preventing gambling harms both in-person and on social media (WP3).
- Provide an inclusive approach for young people to participate in prevention efforts without requiring specialized knowledge of gambling, and train them (especially those at risk) to act as gambling harm prevention volunteers (WP4).
- Develop responsible gambling content for social media, disseminate evidence-based information, and promote constructive dialogue about gambling and its harms through influence and advocacy campaigns (WP4).
- Offer target groups reliable information on the gambling harms experienced by young people, the gambling-related content they encounter on social media, and practical prevention strategies (WP5).
- Ensure that the perspectives of young people are represented in the European Gambling Harm Prevention Network (EGHPN) (WP5).
- Create an e-learning course to be featured on the websites of participating organizations, aimed at preventing and reducing youth gambling harms (WP6).
- Support young people, their friends and families, youth work professionals, and authorities in preventing gambling harms through broad cooperation among various stakeholders at individual, community, and societal levels (WP6).
| Organization Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Sosiaalipedagogiikan säätiö (SOSPED) | Finland |
| STANDO LTD | Cyprus |
| PISTA MAGICA | Portugal |
| FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE JUGADORES DE AZAR REHABILITADOS (FEJAR) | Spain |
| Kentro Enimerosis gia ta Narkotika kai Therapeias Exartimenon Atomon (Kenthea Limited) | Cyprus |
Disclaimer: This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained here.
