{"id":297352,"date":"2025-07-28T02:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297352\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T02:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:01:10","slug":"gambleaware-to-shut-down-as-uk-government-takes-over-gambling-harm-services-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297352\/","title":{"rendered":"GambleAware to shut down as UK government takes over gambling harm services \u2014 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Photo:\u00a0<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\tBy Roger Harris &#8211; https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/4966\/portrait, CC BY 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=142040967\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Generic-Author.jpg\"\/>Sonja Lindenberg, Next.io<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<p>GambleAware will begin a managed closure, with the UK charity set to wind down operations by 31 March 2026 following the rollout of a new statutory system to address gambling-related harm in Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s introduction of a statutory levy and the appointment of three new national commissioners for gambling harms research, prevention and treatment will shift responsibility for GambleAware\u2019s work to public bodies across England, Scotland, and Wales. The charity has long supported the move to a statutory, public health-led model.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Boucher, chair of trustees at GambleAware, said the transition marks a pivotal moment for gambling harm services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have advocated for the introduction of a statutory system for many years and are proud of our contribution to its implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo:\u00a0 By Roger Harris &#8211; https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/4966\/portrait, CC BY 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=142040967 Sonja Lindenberg, Next.io Email, LinkedIn, and more GambleAware&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-297352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114928398165879486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}