Community of Practice
In July 2022, the Commission established a Gambling Harm Prevention Community of Practice, in partnership with the ACT Gambling Support Service.
The purpose of this Community of Practice is to create a structure that allows community and primary health care workers to share learnings, build shared understandings and create opportunities for collaboration in gambling harm education, prevention, early intervention, counselling and referral across the ACT.
To find out more, see the Community of Practice Statement of Purpose and Objectives
Who can join?
The Community of Practice is open to all individuals engaged in local community and primary health care work with an interest in gambling harm, including those from government, health, education, community and advocacy services.
There are currently 22 ACT community sector organisations actively engaged in this Community of Practice, including:
- ACT Council of Social Services
- ACT Multicultural Advisory Council
- Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT
- Canberra Gambling Reform Alliance
- Menslink
- Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing, ACT Health
- Yeddung Mura
- Youth Coalition of the ACT
- A wide range of community service organisations
New members from the identified sectors can apply to join at any time by submitting an expression of interest to the Commission’s Gambling and Harm Prevention team –
Email: gamblingharmprevention@act.gov.au
Phone: (02) 6207 0359 (option 4)
Resources
People experience gambling harm in different ways. What works well for one person may not be the best option for someone else. If you are working in the community sector, it’s important to know about the range of options and resources that are available to assist gamblers, their families and friends in preventing and reducing gambling harm.
Visit our Gambling Help page to familiarise yourself with resources available to help individuals, families and friends.
The following printable resources are available for community organisations to promote gambling harm prevention tips and tools to clients.
