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Kindred Group has announced that it has expanded its #AuCoeurDuFootball French football grassroots campaign to embrace and support all amateur sports across France.  The announcement sees the firm’s headline French civic campaign rebadged as #AuCoeurDuSport – #SportsatHeart – and will allow all French grassroots/amateur clubs to apply for direct reimbursements on sports kits and equipment, saving each club on average …

Northern Ireland’s government has been advised to implement a public health approach to minimise gambling harms and protect citizens from gambling addiction.  The recommendation was made by Dr Joanna Purdy and Dr Helen McAvoy of the Institute of Public Health (IPH) who shared opinions on the first sitting of the Northern Ireland All Party Group (APG) on Reducing Harm Related …

GambleAware will provide 22 community organisations/projects with an additional £1.24m in funding across the UK to improve provisions against gambling harms.  The donation forms of GambleAware’s ‘Community Resilience Fund’ launched in 2022 to help local/community partners overcome the cost-of-living crisis and to limit its impact on problem gambling. The fund was launched by the research, education and treatment (RET) charity …

YGAM remains on track with its training, education and outreach objectives following a successful year in 2022, according to the group’s latest social impact report. The charity’s breakdown outlined that training was provided to 4,819 delegates alongside 2,994 teachers and youth workers, expanding the group’s reach to a wider range of people. Of the teachers trained, 98.1% are now confident that …

As the Gambling Act review White Paper is once again delayed following a change in DCMS leadership, EPIC Risk Management has published its own assessment of hot button topics.  The research was overseen by EPIC’s Pro Sport Advisory Board (PSAB), established back in October 2021, and centres around recommendations for professional sports clubs, leagues and governing bodies to address problem …

Kindred Group generated 3.3% of its total revenue from harmful gambling during Q4 2022, the firm asserts, marking a return to form after the number rose to 3.8% in Q3. As it stands, the group’s percentage of revenue from harmful sources remains steady, having stood at 3.3% during the first and second quarters of 2022.  The firm set itself a …

Ladbrokes has partnered with Powerleague to launch ‘Primetime Pitches’, a new brand initiative to expand the availability of local pitches to footballers across the UK and Ireland  The first-of-its-kind collaboration will see Ladbrokes provide free access to venues operated by Powerleague, who operate as the UK’s premier provider of small sized football pitches. Primetime Pitches will give footballers access free …

IGT Plc has been rewarded for augmenting its environmental contributions with a new ‘B’ score in climate change from Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The global environmental NPO has upgraded IGT’s score from last year to better reflect its improved environmental disclosure and performance. The new classification recognises the ‘coordinated actions’ taken by the global lottery and gaming firm on a …

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling inspectorate, has published new guidance on  ‘Duty of Care’ requirements which licensees must provide to customers.  All Swedish licensed operators must ensure Spelinspektionen that they have prepared an “action plan on how duty of care is to be fulfilled”.   Duty of Care requirements are outlined in Chapter 14 of the Gambling Act 2018, in which all licence …

Sustainability and safer gambling consultancy group SG:certified has confirmed Maris Catania as the latest member of its team. Catania will take on the responsibility of a Safer Gambling Senior Consultant with the firm, contributing to developing up-to-date and effective safer gambling content. Her areas of focus will include training, assessments, recommendations of best practices, benchmarking and research digests, whilst supporting …