{"id":25097,"date":"2019-07-23T14:23:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=25097"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:31:25","slug":"introducing-ygam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/introducing-ygam\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing YGAM: Informing, educating and safeguarding young people against problematic gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Who are YGAM?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lee-willows-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lee-willows-1-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lee-willows-1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lee-willows-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>YGAM, or the Young Gamers &amp; Gamblers Education Trust, are a UK-registered charity with \u2018a social purpose to inform, educate and safeguard young people against problematic gambling and social gaming\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>They were founded by Lee Willows, a former Director and Chief Executive in the Third and Education sectors, as a response to him developing a short but devestating gambling addiction in 2012.<\/p>\n<h3>What do they do?<\/h3>\n<p>YGAM deliver the UK\u2019s first accredited and quality-assured gambling awareness education programme.<\/p>\n<p>They run \u2018train the trainer\u2019 workshops which deliver accredited training to a wide range of persons in responsible positions such as teachers, youth workers, community mental health colleagues, prison and probation colleagues and community volunteers, thus enabling them to deliver the YGAM gambling-related harm-prevention programme.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_153.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally they work alongside universities to train students to become \u2018YGAM peer members\u2019, who themselves are employed part-time to deliver a range of gambling-related harm prevention programmes and awareness campaigns within their universities and local communities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, through the delivery of the training workshops and education projects, YGAM conduct research into the attitudes, thinking and behaviours of young people who take part in gambling or social gaming in order to establish a global research network targeting teenagers and young adults.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ygam.org\/about-us\/what-we-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Why have we chosen to support them?<\/h3>\n<p>T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/YGAM_266.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>here is currently much public focus on gambling addiction and what gambling providers should do to address the issue. 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