This brief summarizes an evaluation of community-based interventions for addressing gambling-related harm in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The project involved a collaboration between public health professionals, people with lived experience of gambling-related harm, and various community organizations. Facilitators implemented a community of practice to collaborate and learn among diverse community organizations, while a lived experience advisory panel was set up to consult on intervention ideas and resources. The brief summarizes key findings, the project's logic model, and recommendations.
Findings included:
- Community-based services can be adapted to include gambling-related harm using existing community assets, staff networks and client bases.
- Lived experience adds value to diverse interventions in support and treatment, community engagement, education, training and social campaigning.
- Community engagement initiatives can reach diverse underserved communities and ethnic groups through lived-experience-led awareness raising platforms.
More information about Greater Manchester Communities Addressing Gambling Harm, including academic articles, presentations, and a video, can be found on the National Institutes of Health Research website.
