The Peer Aid training has been designed and setup to enable individuals who have experienced gambling harm and would like to use their experience to help and support others through a peer support model. The training course is assured by City & Guilds and ensures individuals are able to use their lived experience in an impactful but most importantly safe way so that everyone within the service is not at risk of experiencing further harm.
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The training consists of 9 weekly online sessions covering a variety of topics including:
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• Safeguarding
• Boundaries
• Motivation
• Values
• What is peer supporting
• Active listening
• Motivational interviewing
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The training is aimed at any individuals who has experienced gambling harm whether that’s those directly in recovery themselves (minimum 12 months abstinence) or those indirectly effected as affected others.
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If this is something that sounds of interest to you, please fill in the following expression of interest form and we’ll get in contact with you for an informal conversation around next steps.

Are you passionate about supporting others and making a positive impact? Our City & Guilds Assured, in-person, Volunteer Training Programme is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in joining Betknowmore UK.
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Delivered over two consecutive days, this interactive and insightful course provides essential knowledge on:
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• Understanding gambling harms
• Safeguarding best practices
• Effective communication skills
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By the end of the training, you'll be fully prepared to step into your volunteer role within Betknowmore UK’s support services, equipped with the confidence and tools to help those affected by gambling harms.
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Ready to take the first step?

Alternatively, contact our Activities and Volunteer Coordinator via email for further details:
‍pete@betknowmoreuk.org

In-person training for veterans and reservists interested in volunteering with Peer Aid Betknowmore UK as a partner in the Armed Forces Gambling Support Network. This training is accredited by CPD.
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Delivered over 2 consecutive days, it equips participants with key knowledge around gambling harms, safeguarding, communication and helps understand why there is a prevalence of gambling harms within the armed forces community.

Once the training is completed our volunteers will be given opportunity to attend forces events and veterans drop ins to assist us in raising awareness of gambling harms in the forces community.

There will also be further opportunity to become a full Peer Aid volunteer and provide 1-2-1 support to those in need.

Please contact Lynne Thompson for more details on lynne@peeraid.org or click learn more to fill in our expression of interest form.  

Battling the Odds is a programme that provides free gambling harms training including specific content examining why the armed forces are at risk of gambling harms, alongside examining how gambling can impact the brain, the risk factors associated with this issue, how to identify harms in serving personal and veterans, and the help and specialist support available.

There are two levels:
Level 1:  an online session for 90 minutes.
Level 2:  a full day face to face session accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.

This programme is aimed at anyone in the armed forces community ranging from cadets, serving personnel, veterans and professionals supporting that community.
 
Please contact Feona Veys on feona@betknowmoreuk.org for more information.

As a member of the National Gambling Support Network (NGSN), Betknowmore UK is proud to deliver the Bet You Can Help Now! programme to charities and public sector organisations across the London area.

This completely free, 90-minute workshop is designed to increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of gambling harms, their confidence in having conversations around this topic and their awareness of specialist treatment and support.

Also available through the Bet You Can Help programme is a full day, face-to-face training course, accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

Contact bych@betknowmoreuk.org for more information.

Worksafe is our award-winning, lived experience designed training and consultancy programme, addressing and preventing gambling harms in the workplace. This training is accredited by CPD.

Worksafe offers the advice, training and tools employers need to protect their business and support the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of their employees as well as their customers/service users.

Bespoke sessions and structured workshops are available for in-person and online delivery from as little as £50 per person, and are ideally suited to line managers, MHFAs and wellbeing champions as well as customer experience / vulnerable customer teams.

Contact worksafe@betknowmoreuk.org or click learn more for more information.  

You may not know gambling disproportionately harms Black communities.

Our goal is to help as many members of Black communities who are affected by gambling harms. We can't do this alone.

We partner with community leaders to help equip councils, charities, religious groups and more to be aware of the problems and help them to be part of the solution.

Contact ryan@betknowmoreuk.org or click learn more for more information.