Safer Gambling
GamCare operate the National Gambling Helpline and offer confidential information, advice and support for anyone harmed by gambling in Great Britain.
Their help is available for free, 24 hours every day, if you call 0808 8020 133, use Live Chat, on WhatsApp using 020 3031 8881 and on Facebook Messenger. Advisers will listen and your conversation is confidential.
GamCare offers a moderated online forum and daily online group chatrooms to enable those affected by gambling harms to connect with others in similar situations, share their experience and support one another.
For a list of financial services organisations in the UK that currently offer gambling blocks on debit cards, click here.
You can find more information on other multi-operator self-exclusion schemes, including offline, listed here.
Tel 0808 8020 133
Gambling Therapy are a global online support service, offering advice in multiple languages for people who have been adversely affected by gambling.
A fellowship of men and women who have joined together to share their experiences, try and solve their common problems and thereby help others to recover from gambling problems.
Tel 020 7384 3040 (UK only)
Gordon Moody Association offers a unique and intensive residential treatment programme in the UK for those suffering from gambling-related harm.
Offers advice, support and free self-help information packs to enable callers to deal with their debts in a proactive and informed way.
Tel 08088 084000
GambleAware provides information, advice and directs people to support to help keep people safe from gambling harms.
The Money Helper Service is an independent service which gives free, unbiased money advice to everyone across the UK – online, over the phone and face to face.
Tel 0800 138 7777
A partnership between GamCare, Gamban and GAMSTOP that’s designed to help those experiencing problem gambling on their journey to recovery. The Helpline supplies free confidential information, advice and support, 24 hours a day.
You’ll be able to access free Gamban blocking software, and they’ll talk you through the benefits of registering for self-exclusion from all online gambling companies licensed in Great Britain via GAMSTOP.
Tel: 0808 8020 133
Samaritans is a registered charity that provides emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide. Whatever you're going through, you can call them any time, from any phone for free.
Tel: 116 123