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DHSC opens expressions of interest for £30m gambling harms fund

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The Department of Health and Social Care has opened expressions of interest for a £30m fund for voluntary and community organisations working on gambling harm prevention. The two-year fund offers individual applicants between £5,000 and £2m; expressions of interest close on 9 January, with grant applications due to open on 12 January, the department said.

Eligible organisations must plan around the stated application timetable and the fund’s industry-free funding requirement by 2030.

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OHID awards gambling harms groups more than £9.4m in UK funding

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities awarded more than £9.4m to gambling harms organisations in the UK, according to a report. Recipients include Gambling with Lives, Gamban, GamLearn, Chapter One and Beacon Counselling Trust; the funding page puts total provision through 2028 at £39.7m.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has awarded more than £9.4m to gambling harms groups, following legal challenges to earlier funding decisions, according to the report.

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