Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP) has launched new guidance on gambling harms and bereavement by suicide.

Gambling Harm is listed in the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for attention.

• https://hub.supportaftersuicide.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Gambling-harms-and-bereavement-by-suicide-guide.pdf

• Gambling harms and bereavement by suicide – SASP

More information and training:

• https://www.chapter-one.org/

• https://www.gamblingwithlives.org/

Further reading/ listening on how to talk about gambling: 

• The All Bets Are Off podcast was established in April 2020 as a gambling addiction recovery podcast. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/all-bets-are-off 

• BBC Sounds R1 podcast on Gambling Addiction with Danny Cheetham https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07gycrq 

• https://tacklinggamblingstigma.com/recovery/messages-for-people-experiencing-gambling-difficulties/

• Some of the societal level approaches to addressing gambling and reducing suicide risk we described in this Open Access article in a recent series in The Lancet Public Health - it also summarises research findings on suicide and gambling Pirkis, J; Bantjes, J; Dandona, R; Knipe, D; Pitman, A; Robinson, J; Silverman, M; Hawton, K (2024) Addressing key risk factors for suicide at a societal level. The Lancet Public Health (part of The Lancet Public Health series on A Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention); published online 9 September 2024 Open Access https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00158-0/fulltext