The lovely Natalie Callard and Nita Ropata-Riki from the Problem Gambling Foundation will be presenting their Problem Gambling workshop for the VIN community via zoom on Thursday 7th of December 9am-12pm. This is a free workshop (information below). All welcome 😊

Workshop information:

In this information filled presentation by PGF services you will get a robust background into who and how gambling harm affects the most vulnerable in our communities. What gambling harm is. How to identify gambling harm, and how gambling harm presents in the lives of the tangata whaiora you may engage with on a day-to-day basis in your own work.

PGF Services mission is that Aotearoa should have healthy and resilient communities in a just society. Our mahi at PGF Services is preventing and reducing gambling harm for all tangata in Aotearoa and to do so with integrity and mana by offering appropriate and innovative support and resources that address gambling harm.  We provide free, professional, and confidential support for gamblers and their loved ones.

While no one can make gamblers stop gambling, you can support them by talking to them about their gambling. There are recognised links between gambling and other biopsychosocial presentations including other addictions, criminal activities, domestic violence, child and elderly wellbeing, homelessness, and suicide.

Our approach is to empower and encourage individuals and whānau towards wellbeing, and to be mana enhancing in all we do, caring for the spiritual emotional, physical, and intellectual needs of people and communities. less