Consumer Voices July 2021-December 2022
Our latest Consumer Voices program concluded in December 2022 and we would like to share some of the findings from the evaluation report we submitted to ORG in January 2023…
Raising Our Voices
Raising OUR Voices The Gambling Impact Society (GIS) has been delivering free lived experience/personal narrative based community education programs, across NSW since 2012. These programs have been funded by government grants at both federal and state level. More recently (2021-22) we received had direct and dedicated funding from the NSW Office of Responsible Gambling (ORG)…
Lived Experience Story – “It only took one big win.”
Picture if you will, a 10 year old girl who is in such a dark place that going to sleep and not waking up was the only answer. That was me, and the first attempt at suicide. My home life was one of absolute misery. I was a victim of alcohol fuelled abuse, as were…
Position Statement: The Need for Meaningful Poker Machine Gambling Reform in NSW
Gambling harm is a co-created phenomenon. The institutional, structural, and technological arrangements, which make up this phenomenon, requires meaningful reform (Roberts, 2021). There is an urgent need for public health policy development led by our elected government, in consultation with those with lived experiences of gambling harms, and not led by vested commercial interests. To…
Media Release: People Experiencing Gambling Harms Call for Cashless Gambling Card
The Gambling Impact Society NSW (GIS), a consumer led health promotion charity, has released a position statement supporting the proposed cashless gambling card in NSW (refer www.gisnsw.org.au). Underpinning this statement is the research work of Dr. Kate Roberts (GIS Executive Officer), who recently completed her doctoral thesis based upon a collaborative research study undertaken with…
Lived Experience Story
I woke up on Christmas Eve 2017 and honestly wished I hadn’t. This was my ‘rock bottom’ and I’m here speaking to you today in the hopes I can prevent others from having to reach that point. My name is Enrique, I’m 47 years old and from the Illawarra. Today I’m going to tell you…
Consumer Voices – sharing their views: My Husband’s COVID Gambling Fast
My husband, a man with a gambling problem, found himself after the long gambling fast, faced with the reopening of the clubs and pubs, his regular preferred venues, and the reawakening of his problem
Consumer Voices – sharing their views: Recovery during COVID-19
I am a recovering compulsive gambler. My last bet was in December 2000.
GIS Consumer Voices & Lived Experience Summary 2019 – 20
One of our important services is developing community education programs, to raise awareness about gambling harms in the community and provide information on where to get further information, self-help and profession support.
Current News & Updates on New Gambling Legislation:
Plans to ban frequent players under new legislation proposed by the Berejiklian Government would expect venues to identify and assist frequent players in laws that mirror current responsible service of alcohol laws.