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Webinar: Gaming Online Gambling and Young People

The Scottish Gambling Education Hub

This event is in the past

This webinar will engage practitioners in learning about how gaming and online gambling affect the health and well-being of young people.

Participants will have an opportunity to discuss concerns about the impact of the current Covid-19 outbreak on those vulnerable to experience gambling harms, and to receive information about gaming and gambling behaviours among young people.

Learning outcomes:

Increased awareness of gaming and online gambling, including and their impact on the health and well-being of young people;

Understanding harm reduction in relation to gaming and online gambling, and the links with other risk-taking behaviours;

Exploring a variety of ways to address gaming and gambling through education and youth work;

Increased knowledge of the resources available to deliver gaming and gambling education and prevention activities;

Awareness of specialised support services.

Please note: this webinar will be hosted on Zoom.

Date
11:00-13:00, 29 March 2021
Contact
Alexa Armstrong
Theme
Families & young people
Cost
FREE
Attendance type
Online only
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