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Gambling with Lives

@gamblingwithlives.bsky.social
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We're a charity set up by families bereaved by gambling that provides support, raises awareness of gambling disorder’s devastating effects, & advocates for change. www.gamblingwithlives.org

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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re pleased to share that our co-founders Liz & Charles Ritchie MBEs were named Voluntary & Safeguarding Speakers of the Year at last night’s PDG Awards. Our CEO Tessa & trustee Chloe accepted the award on Liz & Charles’ behalf & on behalf of all GwL families who speak out for change.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Am I the only person this has happened to?” The myth that gambling is a normal, safe activity can lead bereaved families to feel isolated. At GwL, no bereaved person will feel alone. www.gamblingwithlives.org/family-servi...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We welcome today’s publication of the House of Lords Liaison Committee's follow-up report on gambling harm and gambling advertising. The report is a landmark endorsement of the public health case for gambling reform. publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5902/ld...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gambling can be a dominant factor without which a suicide may not have occurred (National Suicide Prevention Strategy, 2023). Preventing gambling harm will prevent suicides. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD2026
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This September, Harry’s dad Karl, uncle Alan & cousin Charlie will take on the Three Peaks Challenge in his memory, raising funds for GwL. Harry died by gambling suicide in June, aged just 25. www.justgiving.com/page/harry-o...
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In Memory of Harry Owen – Supporting Gambling with Lives ❤️
Help Karl Owen, Alan and Charlie Yates raise money to support Gambling with Lives
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thanks to all who made yesterday's William Ramsay Cup, held in memory of Jack Ritchie, such a success. Congrats to the winners, Headingley AFC, who wear the GwL logo in memory of former player Lewis Keogh, who also died by gambling suicide. Still time to donate: www.gofundme.com/f/william-ra...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Just 1 week left! Throughout July, Daryn has been adding 1km to his run every day in support of Gambling with Lives. Today he's taking on 24km (if he hasn't already!) & by 31 July he'll have run a total of 496km. If you can, please support him: www.justgiving.com/page/daryn-p...
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Daryn's fundraiser for Gambling with Lives
Help Daryn Phillips raise money to support Gambling with Lives
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The latest Gambling Survey for Great Britain report published today found 2.4% (1.25million) of GB adults suffering “problem gambling” – statistically the same as last year. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/statistics-a...
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain (Annual Report 2025): Official statistics
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“Every death must be investigated.” A powerful message from @charles-gwl.bsky.social speaking to Dan Walker on Channel 5 News yesterday. Routine recognition of gambling suicides, means learning and prevention of future deaths.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“It’s not insurmountable debt. That’s not the reason people take their lives… it’s the lack of hope” Thank you to Gareth's sister, Susannah, and dad, Tony, for speaking with courage and clarity to let other families know that gambling can lead to suicide.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A central point from Charles Ritchie on Good Morning Britain today. The source of gambling harm is addictive gambling and predatory marketing – not the people who are harmed.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The message from this inquest is gambling can kill. Gareth's family fought for four years for a Coroner to recognise that gambling was the medical cause of his death. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Gambling addiction played major part in man’s death, coroner rules
A lack of intervention by William Hill also contributed to Gareth Evans’s death, who was visiting the company’s betting shops up to five times a day
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“The coroner saw it, which was wonderful.” A key point from Gareth’s mum, Rosie, on Good Morning Britain this morning.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
On Friday, a coroner concluded that gambling disorder played a major part in Gareth Evans' death, & that a lack of intervention by the gambling company he gambled with also contributed.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Gambling is designed to be addictive – If you are struggling to stop that is why. The problem is that messaging isn’t getting through enough – that’s what Chapter One aims to do.” An important point from Chapter One‘s James Grimes at our #LGAConf26 fringe event this morning
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thank you to Sarah Doran, Deputy Director of Public Health at Manchester City Council, for sharing Manchester's leadership on gambling-related harm. By putting lived experience at the heart of its public health response, Manchester is showing what's possible.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Great to meet Cllr Andy Graham, Leader of the West Oxfordshire District Council, at #LGAConf26 today. We had a valuable discussion about raising awareness of gambling-related harm as a public health issue, & the importance of recognising that it can affect anyone.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thank you Cllr Lynn Denham for your time at #LGAConf26 this morning. We had a valuable discussion about the role prevention, education & public awareness can play alongside wider public health & partnership approaches to reducing gambling-related harm & preventing suicide.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are grateful to Cllr Wayne Major of Erewash Borough Council for taking the time to meet with us at #LGAConf26 today. We had a valuable conversation about the importance of listening to bereaved families & ensuring lived experience informs local prevention & support.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It was a pleasure to meet Jackie King, Chief Executive of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, at #LGAConf26 this morning to discuss preventing gambling-related suicide & the important role local government can play in protecting communities.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank you to Cllr Annie-May O'Neill of Essex County Council for taking the time to listen to the experiences of bereaved families at #LGAConf26 today. Conversations like these help build the local leadership needed to prevent gambling-related harm.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Really positive to meet Cllr Chahal, Leader of Slough Borough Council, at #LGAConf26 today. We discussed the urgent need for local communities to have more say over the licensing of gambling premises in their areas.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank you Cllr Caroline Topping, Leader of East Suffolk Council, for taking the time to speak with bereaved families at #LGAConf26 today. We appreciated your support in understanding the severe impact of gambling harms.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We’re at the #LGAConf26! If you're at conference this week, come & say hello at stand P14a to discuss how local leadership can help prevent gambling-related suicide & harm.  National policy sets the direction. Local action saves lives.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you’re at the #LGA26Conf this week, join our fringe event at 8am on Thursday 9 July at the Purbeck Bar.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Gambling harm is a public health issue – and local authorities have an important role to play in prevention. This important @local.gov.uk article highlights an innovative approach centred on lived experience. www.local.gov.uk/if-only-we-k...
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“If only we knew” – a pioneering approach tackling gambling-related harms through a lived experience and public health partnership
In this blog, Professor Matthew Ashton, Liverpool’s Director of Public Health and James Grimes, Chapter One Director at Gambling with Lives highlight how gambling-related harms can be tackled innovati...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We’re fighting to stop gambling suicides. Join our mailing list for regular updates, news, and ways to get involved: www.gamblingwithlives.org/newsletter-s...
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Gambling with Lives | Newsletter
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“There is solid evidence of the gambling product characteristics that are used to create the most addictive forms of gambling. "These products behave in exactly the way they are intended to, & anyone can be addicted”
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“The reality is gambling harm is not about personal failure.” A key point from GwL’s James Grimes, speaking at the World Health Assembly this week. Gambling harm is a public health issue – and can impact anyone.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today, we co-convened & spoke at a side event of the 79th World Health Assembly on gambling and public health. Thank you to colleagues from Brazil, Portugal, the US, UNICEF, WHO & partners across the global health community for the opportunity to contribute.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On Sunday, Freddie is running the Hackney Half in memory of his cousin, Jack Ritchie, & to raise awareness & funds for GwL. Every donation will help support families bereaved by gambling-related suicide. If you’re able to, please support Freddie: www.justgiving.com/page/gwlhack...
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Hackney Half Marathon for Gambling with Lives
Help Freddie Katis raise money to support Gambling with Lives
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Today’s @thismorningitv.bsky.social featured Ellen Mulvey’s courageous sister & partner speaking about her life and how gambling led to her death.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We can support people in talking with children, friends, or workplaces about gambling-related suicide bereavement. To get in touch visit: www.gamblingwithlives.org/family-servi...
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Gambling with Lives | Family and Friends Support Service
Gambling with Lives supports families and friends bereaved by a suicide directly caused or influenced by gambling.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
On Sunday, Jon takes on the London Marathon in support of GwL. All funds raised will go toward supporting bereaved families. Our sincere thanks to Jon for taking on this challenge. If you’re able to, please support him and help spread the word: www.justgiving.com/page/jon-dye...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Chapter One provides information and support for everyone affected by gambling. If you or someone you know needs help, @chapter-one.bsky.social has advice from people who have been there and can connect you to specialist support and treatment. www.chapter-one.org
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The coroner in Lee Adams’ inquest recorded ‘gambling disorder’ as a medical cause of death. Also, GPs should ask patients about gambling, like smoking and alcohol, as recommended in the NICE Treatment guidelines. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Ask patients about gambling like drinking and smoking, GPs urged
In a report after the death of a betting addict, a coroner calls for routine questions about gambling to encourage earlier treatment
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
From fun runs and 5Ks to half marathons and bungee jumps, we have charity spaces available for events this year. Your support can make a real difference to bereaved families in 2026. Find out more: runforcharity.com/charity/gamb...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A “small victory” – but an important one. A gambling venue has been refused permission to extend its opening hours, with harms to residents recognised. Preventing gambling harm requires stronger regulation of products, environments, and industry practices. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gambling charity welcomes Merkur Slots 24/7 opening rejection
Merkur Slots lost its planning appeal to open 24 hours a day at its Spalding venue.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Profits from online slots – the most dangerous gambling product – are surging, up 10% in the past year. Official stats show that over 4 in 10 who play online slots are experiencing "problem gambling" or at risk. Does anybody actually want this? www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article...
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Gambling harms – including suicide – can happen to anyone and should be treated as a public health issue, with full public health information, including about the risk of different products, available to everyone.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Important new research links the use of certain gambling products with higher levels of suicidality. People are not the problem – dangerous gambling products are. www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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Link between high-engagement gambling and suicidality stronger than thought
The link between high engagement in gambling and suicidality is stronger than previously thought, according to a new study by the Universities of Glasgow and City St Georges, University of London.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Worried about gambling? You are not alone. @chapter-one.bsky.social provides confidential information and advice www.chapter-one.org/you-are-not-...
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Chapter One | You are not alone
Gambling affects millions of people in the UK
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We’re fighting to stop gambling suicides. Join our mailing list for regular updates, news, and ways to get involved: www.gamblingwithlives.org/newsletter-s...
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Gambling with Lives | Newsletter
Don't miss out – sign up for our newsletter for regular updates.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thank you @jimdickson.bsky.social MP for making this key point yesterday & advocating for families' evidence to be properly considered in inquests All gambling suicides must be properly investigated & lessons learned to prevent future deaths
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We're grateful to @kevinmckenna.co.uk MP for organising yesterday’s debate and for his continued support for families bereaved by gambling-related suicide, including his constituent Lesley.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our thanks to @kevinmckenna.co.uk MP who has been a brilliant & supportive MP to one of the GwL families & a strong advocate for gambling reform. Kevin has secured an important Westminster Hall debate on gambling harm, taking place this afternoon. www.bigissue.com/opinion/gamb...
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Gambling harm is on the rise among children. Action is long overdue
More UK children than ever before are struggling with gambling harm. We need to treat it like the public health crisis it is.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Long family courageously warned the public about the suicide risk from gambling at the inquest of Ollie Long. The inquest found that Ollie suffered a severe gambling addiction.
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The voices of those affected by gambling harm must be heard. My interview with Charles Ritchie from Gambling With Lives is now live on my Substack ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/dawnbutl...
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Interview with Charles Ritchie from Gambling With Lives
Gambling harm ruins lives and the system is failing families.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We’re grateful to @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social for taking the time to speak with us about gambling harms. Gambling leads to hundreds of deaths a year and requires a public health response led by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Gambling addiction is created upstream by the regulated industry’s predatory marketing of addictive products – not at the point of self-exclusion. Ollie’s death reflects that reality. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘It’s shattered our family’: how illicit offshore bookies exploit struggling gamblers who are trying to quit
International network appears designed to profit from gamblers who have signed up with UK self-exclusion scheme GamStop
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