Tag Archives: Alexia Clifford

GambleAware stresses seriousness of gambling harms in light of PL deals

SBC News GambleAware stresses seriousness of gambling harms in light of PL deals

GambleAware has expressed its disappointment with several Premier League clubs having recently announced gambling shirt sponsors for the upcoming season. Alexia Clifford, the group’s Chief Communications Officer, suggested that the top-flight – despite its decision to remove all betting companies from the front of shirts from the 2026/27 season – is perhaps not viewing gambling harms as a serious public …

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GambleAware enlists Lucky Generals and OmniGOV at MG OMD for coordinated media strategy

GambleAware media strategy

GambleAware has enhanced its media strategy and operations, appointing Lucky Generals and OmniGOV at MG OMD as partners for this task. Both firms have signed three-year contracts with the gambling harm prevention charity, with an objective of supporting its national behaviour change campaign work.  A new programme raising awareness of gambling related harm forms part of this plan, alongside encouraging …

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ASA: Children’s exposure to TV gambling ads falls by a quarter over past decade

SBC News ASA: Children’s exposure to TV gambling ads falls by a quarter over past decade

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published a report into children’s exposure to TV gambling and alcohol advertising over the past decade.  According to the authority, the number of gambling ads seen by young people has fallen from an average of three per week in 2010 to 2.2 per week in 2021, with exposure to such commercials relative to adults …

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GambleAware Comms Chief welcomes CAP betting marketing clampdown

SBC News GambleAware Comms Chief welcomes CAP betting marketing clampdown

The decision by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) to prohibit featuring of high profile sports figures in betting marketing campaigns has been welcomed by GambleAware’s Chief Communications Officer. Writing for marketing news site Campaign, Alexia Clifford – who also serves as Director of Marketing for Public Health England – argued that advertising and marketing regulations have failed to keep …

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GambleAware bolsters leadership team to match new national service commitments

Zoe Osmund, GambleAware

GambleAware has recruited two new senior public health executives as part of an extensive leadership reorganisation to deliver on the RET commitments of its new strategy. Updating stakeholders, GambleAware confirmed the appointment of Anna Hargrave as the charity’s new Chief Commissioning Officer, charged with overseeing the expansion of the National Gambling Treatment Service. A 13-year NHS executive, Hargrave is the …

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