Health Listing Category: Addiction

Description

“Free, confidential Gambler’s Help services, including in other languages, are available 24/7.

Gambler’s Help services are provided by a range of community organisations across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria.

**Our services include** online, telephone and face-to-face counselling, advice and information. There are also services tailored for Aboriginal communities, and in-language support for at-risk culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

**Gambler’s Help services cover:**
– counselling, including specific financial counselling
– peer support from volunteers with personal experience of gambling harm
– community education about the early signs of gambling harm and how to access support
– support for gaming venue staff so they can identify and respond to gambling harm
– integration with other health services to provide a seamless experience for people seeking support.

**Our guiding principles
Gambler’s Help services are designed to:**
– meet your needs as the person seeking support, ensuring choice and control
– be free, accessible and close to where you live, wherever that is in Victoria
– achieve high quality standards through being informed by evidence, delivered by trained professionals and monitored for effectiveness
– be responsive to local community needs and emerging challenges
– enable you to seek the breadth of support you need, recognising that gambling harm does not occur in isolation.

Gambler’s Help is funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation”