GambleAware partners with Expert Link to launch ALERTS network Share
‘ALERTS’ network.
GambleAware has provided funding for, ALERTS – which is an acronym for ‘Affected Lived Experience Research, Treatment and Support Group’ – for 18 months. The group will consist of people with lived experience of gambling harm.
The charity’s stated ambition is that the group will be ‘sustainable and completely independent, including identifying and applying for its own funding sources in the longer term.’
Additionally, the network will focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, with membership drawn from across the lived experience community, including those who are part of marginalised or underrepresented groups.
John McCracken departs from GambleAware after three years Share
April 6, 2021
GambleAware’s John McCracken has announced that he will be leaving the charity after serving as Director of Commissioning (Treatment Services) for three years.
McCracken led the early development of the
National Gambling Treatment Service and worked closely with the NHS on problem gambling related issues throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
Furthermore, McCracken was heavily involved in the implementation of the charity’s data reporting system used to inform the development of best practice and outstanding care for those experiencing gambling harm throughout Great Britain.
He originally took the post in April 2018, having previously worked as Head of Drugs Policy for the Department of Health, as well as holding the position of Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Health earlier on in his departmental career.