GambleAware has revealed the results of a recent grant award process to improve understanding of minority populations' lived experiences with gambling and gambling harms, including minority ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups.
Two Consortia Got Granted the Money Following a Competitive Process
Two consortia were given the grant in a competitive process: one led by Ipsos MORI and backed by University of Manchester academics, and the other led by ClearView Research. Ipsos MORI will be in charge of the entire study.
Dr Jay St.John Levy, Research Lead at GambleAware said that the organisation is thrilled to give this funding to those two consortia, which bring together a wealth of experience focusing on people's diverse lived situations. This will help determine why specific populations are subjected to a higher level of damage and explore ways to overcome the hurdles preventing them from receiving care.
The consortia's excellent grasp of the research goals, the communities themselves, and the underlying variables that might promote or worsen gambling harms in marginalized and socially excluded populations will be leveraged over the 18-month program.
The study's particular goals are as follows:
- Investigate the lived experiences of minority populations with gambling, gambling harms, and gambling guidance, information, support, and treatment programs.
- Based on worldwide studies, investigate the causes of gambling hazards among minority populations in the United Kingdom.
- Determine the services, treatments, and policies required to mitigate and prevent gambling-related damage in these areas.
GambleAware upped the funding allocation to £300,000, up from the £250,000 stipulated in the initial request for bids, in consideration of the relevance of this study and the joint consortium's goal.
Intermediate Studies to Get Released Before the Final 2023 Research Report
Although the full study report will be released in 2023, intermediate studies will be accessible sooner. These will be used to influence GambleAware's five-year plan, which seeks to create a society free of gambling harms for all people.
“The experiences of minority communities around gambling are at present under-researched in Great Britain, yet evidence suggests that these groups are more likely to experience harm from gambling, and less likely to access gambling treatment services, compared with white communities,” said Levy.
“This research will better ensure that GambleAware and others can commission a broad range of treatment and support services that work for minority ethnic, language, and religious communities. It is, therefore, an important step towards reducing the current inequalities in gambling harms,” concluded Research Lead at GambleAware.
