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GamLEARN Lived Experience And Recovery Network R8gister&d Charitablé Organisation no. 1195032 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 0110112023 to 31/1212023

Contents

Chair’s introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction to GamLEARN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Achievements and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Our Group requests of Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Collaboration, Funding & Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Our people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Financial review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chair’s introduction

As chair of GamLEARN I am pleased and proud to introduce this annual report. GamLEARN was only founded as a charity in July the 1st 2021 and as I look back it is astounding to see what has been achieved in this our first full year of operation.

GamLEARN is a lived experience membership network for people that have been impacted directly or indirectly from gambling related harm. We have over 400 members, and we are a charity with lived experience throughout our team with our members helping shape and mould our values as a service.

GamLEARN gives people support to share real life experiences, attend focus groups and meet up groups, and to receive training and give feedback. In this year our members have spoken at conferences and shared their experiences with ministers and Lords at Westminster.

As a result, this year we achieved many things, of which the following exemplify what we are and what we do.

• We launched the GamLEARN criminal justice support scheme in September 2023, and it is already making a major impact. It was developed from the lived experience of many of our team and members, and it recognises and addresses the fact that gambling addiction can lead to getting entangled with the criminal justice system. Our scheme is about breaking this cycle by empowering people to reclaim their lives.

• We made a powerful and collaborative response to the white paper from the lived experience community. Our thanks to them and to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling for meeting with us. Through our testimony and evidence, the Gambling Commission made changes to online gambling to ban WhatsApp gambling.

• We have delivered suicide prevention training to 43 people, with 8 going onto gain level 4 accreditation with City and Guilds.

• We have gained paid roles for over 30 of our members and 2 of our members are currently studying for PHD’s.

I’d like to place on record my appreciation of the leadership of Tony Parente, founder of GamLEARN. He and his team live the values and mission of the organisation in everything they do. Their commitment to members is second to none and their outward, open and trusting relationships mean we achieve even more through excellent collaboration with partners and supporters like Kings College London, the University of Lincoln, GamFam and many, many others.

Finally, I’d like to thank my fellow trustees for joining me in our mission to be a community of non-judgemental people who support each other and work together to reduce gambling related harm.

Steve Watts

Chair of Trustees, GamLEARN

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Introduction to GamLEARN

GamLEARN is a grassroots charity with a UK wide reach, working to offer education, training, and accredited workshops to individuals affected by gambling related harm. Our core focuses are on being a lived experience membership network with emphases on good mental health, reducing suicide risk, educating the justice sector and rebuilding beneficiary lives after gambling given this is a recognised addiction.

GamLEARN was formed on 01/07/2021 and already has over 400 members. We are a charity with lived experience throughout our team. Our members help shape and mould our values as a service and are at the very heart of who we are. We are a small charity with staff and members operating remotely from various UK locations. This means we can provide support and services to anyone struggling with gamblingrelated harm wherever they are, effectively breaking down geographical barriers.

At GamLEARN, we recognise that lived experience is the key to reducing gambling related harm – it is at the very heart of everything we do and shapes and moulds our values as a service. Many of our members have experienced the detrimental effects that a gambling disorder can have, and we understand, only too well, just how destructive and devastating it can be.

Our collective lived experience drives our work, which we believe is a powerful tool for change on an individual, community, and societal level.

Our objectives are:

• To be a Lived Experience and Recovery Network (the ‘LEARN’ in our name) where our members can connect with one another.

• To provide learning through structured training and workshops to help our members develop personally and professionally.

• To collaborate with others ensuring that the voice of lived experience is heard and respected in meaningful interaction.

• To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of our members is at the core of everything we do.

We do the following:

• Provide regular support meetings for members to connect and share. We have weekly online meet ups which are safe spaces for members to connect, catch up and discuss important topics, we also keep connected with members through our regular newsletter and website with blogs from members giving others positive encouragement.

• Offer a support service for individuals facing the criminal justice system. We offer a unique one-to-one support service to help people who have resorted to crime to fund their gambling. We have connections with legal experts who have experience and understanding of legal cases related to someone who has gambled.

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• Provide members with opportunities to obtain learning and accredited training which can lead to meaningful work.

• Provide accredited training and insights for service providers that are delivered by people with lived experience. Examples of courses include Addiction by Design which provides understanding of how gambling products and gambling environments deliberately exploit our reward learning systems and vulnerabilities, and suicide prevention.

• Work closely with research academics who want to have meaningful engagement with lived experience of gambling addiction. Lived experience offers unique insights that textbooks and academic knowledge cannot provide. When individuals with first-hand experience of gambling related harms contribute to research, it enriches the process.

Charitable Purpose

Our charitable purpose is the promotion of good health and the recovery of persons with gambling addictions and their families, in particular, but not exclusively by educating the public about the risks of gambling addiction and the treatment of people suffering with gambling addiction.

GamLEARN is a community of non-judgemental people who support each other and work together to reduce gambling harm.

We support and empower people to lead a happy and meaningful life without gambling.

Public Benefit

The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake and everything that GamLEARN does is directed toward achieving our charitable purpose and all resources are expended to that outcome.

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Achievements and performance

Key objective 1: Helping our members connect with one another and gain insights and skills

We are a non-judgemental not for profit organisation, that is led by lived experience and wishes to grow by lived experience. We want to help and empower our members in choices and opportunities that they wish to engage in. It is evident that with time, support and the community people can move forward and be part of the work that we do.

In the last year, the team at GamLEARN has extended its membership to over 400 people – both people with gambling addictions and their families. We have been able to offer more support to them with increased and more frequent drop ins as well as our courses. We now offer a women’s only drop in which is proving incredibly popular.

We offer drop ins, meet ups, send out a regular newsletter and showcase our members through our website blogs, videos and stories. We also support our members to be facilitators on our courses and gain skills and qualifications.

Figure 1: Recent GamLEARN Focus Group feedback

Objective 2: Provide accredited training and insights

Feedback on our courses is positive, empowering and enabling people with gambling addictions and their families to understand better the support that is available and develop skills and confidence to prevent similar harms for others.

The following are details of some courses delivered this year.

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Suicide First Aid through understanding suicide intervention

This course aimed at people with lived experience or people who want to understand how in their day to day lives or work they can do something to prevent suicide. It gives learners the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and some basic skills can help someone with thoughts of suicide stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.

In 2023:

• 43 people attended Suicide First Aid: Understanding suicide intervention courses

• Eight attendees went on to gain level 3 accreditation with City and Guilds

The GamLEARN website has a video from course attendees which powerfully evidences how the course can give people understanding

“It was a challenging course, and I think the takeaways I got to look and learn and listen more attentively and not to be afraid to ask the incomfortable questions.”

Figure 2: Still from feedback video on GamLEARN website

“It gives you an understanding of the helpful vocabularly and words you can used in support to bring them back from thoughts of suicide.”

Understanding Gambling Related Harm and its links to crime

This course, launched in In Autumn 2023, is accredited for people who work within the Criminal Justice System. The first cohort of trainees was the team at Swansea Probation Service. We have delivered the course to police services, NHS, local authorities and probation services across the UK. We have delivered our training Understanding Gambling Related Harm and its Links to Crime to 174 working professionals in the CJS over 13 sessions.

The course is delivered by our lived experience facilitators and its aim is to raise awareness of gambling related harm and its links to crime amongst the service users course attendees support in their day to day lives.

We published an evaluation of this course after nearly a year of delivery which demonstrated that the course helps professionals to:

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• Gain increased awareness of gambling related harm

• Recognise that gambling is an addiction and recognised mental health disorder

• Have increased knowledge to recognise signs of gambling related harm

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“This was the best training I have had. The
facilitators were fantastic and interactive. Their
lived experience was invaluable and really
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“ Videos were great to watch – person touch to the topic and not just purely stats and data.”

“ This training is so relevant and needed within all aspects of the criminal justice system. My recommendation would be to deliver this to as many staff as possible – from arrest to sentencing to supervision. Thank you very much.”

“ It has everything in terms of pitching the learning – I recommend that this needs to be right in the middle of the table for involvement at all levels of our HMPPS structure. A policy change to align gambling harms with other established addictions is the next step.”

Figure 3: Feedback from attendees at Understanding Gambling Related Harm and its links to crime courses.

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Understanding
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How gambling can negatively impact
an individual’s mental health, overall
well-being, their lives, and their actions.
It is important to understand why some individuals
may turn to crime as a result of gambling.
We will explore the concept of ‘Gambling Related
Harm’ and how it can potentially lead to criminal
behaviour. By shedding light on this issue,
we hope to promote a better understanding
of the risks associated with gambling and its
impact on society.
Learning outcomes:
Understand what Gambling Related How suicide is also a high risk
Harm is and how that it can lead to crime within the gambling harms space
Research and data which highlight the Understand the support and
prevalence of gambling in the UK treatment services available for
individuals
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GamLEARN is a charity registered in England and Wales. Our charity registration number is 1195032. Our registered offi ce address is 63–66 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8LE
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Figure 4: Gambling Related Harm Course literature

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Objective 3: Criminal Justice Peer Support – Supporting people and their families as they go through the Criminal Justice System

In September 2023 we launched a personalised support service to assist people who have resorted to crime to fund their gambling. Many of our members and staff have lived experience of this and don’t want others to go through it alone and unsupported like they were. This support complements the Understanding Gambling Related Harm and its links to crime training we provide to professionals.

Our team, led by Reece Casey, understand the challenges people may face when going to court and the lack of understanding of the nature of gambling addiction that led to the crime.

Our goal is to empower people in this situation to face it with confidence, knowing GamLEARN is by your side.

“I was in an active gambling addiction for over 15 years. It started small and fun but gradually took over my life and led to some real low and dark moments in my life, including spending time in prison due to a crime committed to fund my gambling.

This support and our training are unique and have a huge impact on people’s lives. Facing a court hearing due to gambling related crime can be a very stressful and traumatic time for anyone. That is why it is so important for people to get into treatment and feel supported throughout this time.

Seeing individuals continue that journey of recovery and continuing to grow as person is incredible to be part of.”

Figure 5: Reece Casey: Criminal Justice Project Lead for GamLEARN

The support we offer includes:

• Support from a member of the team who has lived experience of gambling related harm

• Additional support for family and friends

• Access to legal experts who have experience of legal cases related to someone who has gambled.

• Connection to trusteed support and treatment services who can offer additional help and guidance.

• Professional expert reports to assist the legal case.

• In this year we have supported 21 individuals going through the Criminal Justice System (10 women and 11 men) and 7 family members are receiving affected other support.

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Of the 21 people:

• 6 have been through the CJS process with 2 individuals receiving custodial sentences, 3 individuals receiving suspended sentences; 1 individual was not charged.

• 11 are currently in the CJS process,

• 4 people are waiting/expecting to be arrested.

• All have engaged in additional supported services to help them.

Our website has many examples of the impact of our work, including Seb’s feedback on the support GamLEARN gave him:

“I believe that the work which you did as well as the psychiatric report which you funded made all the difference and I really appreciate it so much.

Not only did the report help me in court, but it was also so helpful in terms of my recovery journey…. I mentioned before that on my sentencing before, the solicitor didn’t even want to mention gambling because she thought that it would look like I am not taking responsibility, which I always do, but people have to understand that I wouldn’t have done it if it wasn’t for gambling…. However, this time you provided me with one of your solicitors and she was absolutely amazing and was wanting to take risks in covering my gambling, and it was so nice to have a solicitor who understood and also made me feel at such ease, which is again down to the work you do.”

Figure 6: Criminal Justice support literature showing not only what we do but also the range of organisations we work alongside

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Objective 4: Changing perception and influencing research and policy about gambling

Policy change is often made by those who may not have first-hand experience or fully understand the issues. Therefore, one of the GamLEARN key objectives is to ensure that the voices of those that have felt the devastating impact of gambling harms that have occurred within the current policy approach are heard.

The insight and expertise that groups like GamLEARN hold represent unique and important assets that can inform effective policy reforms.

GamLEARN worked in collaboration with GamFam to produce a joint submission for the call for evidence for the Gambling Act 2005 review. The report #We are the evidence too represented the views and experiences of over 100 voices of lived experience of gambling harms. In the lead up to producing the report we held meetings with members, researchers, policy and practice professionals and we were overwhelmed by the time, passion and commitment from everyone involved.

Through our advocacy and support, the voice of the gambling community was represented in the Gambling Act review. Our view is that the Gambling Act needs to be revised to make the prevention of harm the priority for both the Gambling Commission and the Operators. Gambling is not “safe, harmless fun for the vast majority of people” but an industry that is harming 25% of account holders. A Public Health England report in 2021, estimated there are 409 gambling-related suicides each year in England alone.

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Our Group requests of Government

We want government to introduce a statutory duty of care to be placed on operators to prevent harm, with a named Director responsible, and independent enforcement (this seeks to emulate Health & Safety, Consumer Protection, Water Supply, and many other sectors where zero harm is expected and where failure to deliver it is not tolerated and is heavily punished).

We also want some tactical and operational changes to how the gambling industry operates:

• A mandatory affordability check to prevent operators emptying bank accounts on payday week after week and month after month. Even with a £100 soft cap, the vast majority of people will be unaffected.

• An independent Ombudsman to oversee and adjudicate customer complaints.

• A mandatory levy to independently fund research, education, and treatment. The Advisory Board for Safer Gambling has provided a compelling, wellreasoned case setting out why this should happen now.

• A ban on gambling advertising. Children are repeatedly exposed “by accident”, and we should not allow them to be collateral damage to the industry’s marketing.

• Introduce measures identified by experts to remove addictive characteristics from products, including:

• Slower spin speeds

• Lower maximum stakes

• Lower maximum spends

• No free bets, free money or free spins

• Limits on time spent gambling

• Ban all VIP Schemes

We contributed by providing 136 signatures to support and 60 of our members attended the Gambling Reform Rally where Minister Chris Philip attended and supported us. We met the Minister back in 2021 where we supported many people with lived experience of gambling harm to advocate for change.

The Gambling Related Harm All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) announced an additional session to hear from 4/5 individuals with personal experience both directly and indirectly affected from GRH.

This session took place in person at Westminster on Tuesday 5th September 2023. The aim of the session was to provide an opportunity for those with lived experience to contribute to the Inquiry. GamLEARN facilitated and coordinated six of our members, Martin Jones, Jaana Parker, Martin Paterson, Wendy Knight, Reece

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Casey and Chrissy Boyce to contribute the voice of people with lived experience of gambling harm to the Gambling White Paper Inquiry. The session speeches were powerful, and the APPG Panel members were visibly impacted by the evidence given.

Figure 7: Happiness stemming from being a member of a community facilitated by GamLEARN working for a broader community – GamLEARN members after presenting their views to the APPG on Gambling Related Harm September 2023.

Evidence was given by Reece Casey our CJS Lead that has led to changes in the Gambling Commission policy on unregulated WhatsApp betting. The change came into force on 1st April 2024 when the Gambling Commission decided to extend the requirement to participate in the GAMSTOP multi-operator self-exclusion scheme to all gambling businesses that make and accept bets by telephone and email.

Figure 8: Telegraph article 7th February 2021

Objective 5: Working closely with research academics who want to have meaningful engagement with lived experience of gambling addiction

GamLEARN actively engage and support researchers working in the areas of gambling addiction and harm to shape practice and policy through lived experience. Our view is that lived experience offers unique insights that textbooks and academic knowledge cannot provide. When individuals with first-hand experience of gambling related harms contribute to research, it enriches the process in several ways:

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• It brings human-centric approaches, so researchers connect on a deeper level, leading to more empathetic and relevant studies.

• It raises awareness of the language and stigma surrounding Gambling Related Harm. This awareness helps researchers present findings in a way that is easily understood and relatable.

• It brings diverse skills sets to the research and can lead to employment opportunities.

• It brings about effective change.

GamLEARN is involved in facilitating and supporting the active participation of the wider lived experience community alongside organisations such as Gambling with Lives and GamFam.

We are fortunate to have two renowned academic experts in gambling related harm as advisors and friends of GamLEARN: Steve Sharmon, Research Fellow at the National Addictions Centre, King’s College, London and Professor Amanda Roberts, Director of Research in the School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln.

The following are two examples of research work GamLEARN has been involved in this year.

Routine screening for gambling disorder and gambling-related harm within mental health and drug and alcohol services

Working in full partnership with Lincoln University and Kings College London, GamLEARN is supporting a research feasibility and pilot study into ‘Routine screening for gambling disorder and gambling-related harm within mental health and drug and alcohol services. This research aims to ascertain the feasibility of introducing gambling screening in mental health and drug and alcohol services and what the facilitators and barriers are in both screening and referral. It will also test if screening will identify substantial proportions of individuals who are experiencing harmful gambling.

Figure 9: An example of GamLEARN raising the profile of GamLEARN and its members at the Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR) London May 2023

This study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will have GamLEARN members established as advisory panel members, and one member as a lead trainer who is also taking her PHD.

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Gambling and Suicide: A Psychological Autopsy and Qualitative Inquiry

This 2-year project in collaboration with Lincoln University and the Gambling Research Exchange (GREO) started in January 2024. It firstly involves experts in suicide research studying suicide, suicidal ideation, or self-harm behaviour, and secondly researchers with qualitative experience studying gambling related harm. Both involve ‘in person’ focus groups with people who have lived experience, typically our members. Our members use and share their thoughts in these sessions to connect and grow their support networks.

This research aims to examine the events and circumstances leading to gamblingrelated suicide. It has been estimated that between 117 and 650 gamblingrelated suicides occur each year in the UK; however, there is an absence of a comprehensive understanding about the precise role that gambling plays.

Through the partnership, GamLEARN members were recruited in various roles, including as Lived Experience Co-Investigators, advisory panel members, and safeguarding officers of their Lived Experience Research Advisory Group. The case study showing the journey of Annie Ashton below evidences the powerful impact GamLEARN can have by facilitating bringing people with lived experience into academic research.

“My name is Annie Ashton, wife to Luke Ashton, who tragically died from gambling related suicide in April 2021. I first learned of GamLEARN at a lived experience charity gathering where I met Tony Parente. Through the GamLEARN newsletter, I became aware of the groundbreaking ‘Gambling Related Suicide Autopsy’ research project. I applied and got a role as a GamLEARN co-investigator. I have now been working on the project for several months alongside Chrissy and Tony from GamLEARN, as well as Gambling With Lives,

GamFam, Lincoln University, Kings College London and The University of Nottingham.

Through GamLEARN, I also connected with Professor Amanda Roberts, who had a PhD opportunity available through Lincoln University, which I also successfully applied for. My PhD research topic, ‘Coronial Codes and Practices around Gambling Related Suicides’ is extremely important to me and allows the legacy of my husband’s death to positively impact future work around suicide prevention . I would like to take this opportunity to thank GamLEARN for doing the work that you do for the gambling harmed and the lived experience community, you are an amazing organisation who should be proud of the work you are doing and continue to do!”

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Objective 6: Ensuring we can support our members safely and well

As a Lived Experience and Recovery Network, led by our members, GamLEARN works to the highest ethical standards. Our values and mission are front and centre in everything we do.

We have an advisory panel who review our policies and practices and help our trustee board keep abreast of issues. The current members collectively have over 190 years of gambling related harm experience in addition to their broader knowledge and skills. GamLEARN encourages other bodies to engage with with lived experience and having our panel demonstrates that we practice what we preach. Through regular meetings discussing strategy, planning, development, and sharing ideas, we rely on the panel’s contributions. We use their combined and individual perspectives and vision in helping us shape our organisation.

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Collaboration, Funding & Support

GamLEARN works with incredible people and organisations to do what we do. Our thanks to our referral partners who are critical in ensuring we reach as many people as possible.

Partners include:

• NHS services across the UK

• Employers and the wider business community

• GMCA (Greater Manchester Combined Authority

• HM Prison & Probation Service – Wales

• The Probation Board Northern Ireland

• Partner charities – GamFam, Gambling with lives, Gamban

• Coalition Group Against Gambling Advertising

• Research partners – Lincoln University and Kings College

• The Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces Covenant

As a charity, GamLEARN is dependent on the generosity of people, individuals, charitable trusts and foundations as well as the organisations that pay to attend our training. Our most generous support is Derek Webb, who has been a longstanding advocate for GamLEARN as well as other charities working to reform gambling in the UK. One of our members Paula, carried out a sponsored sky dive and raised £1830.00 pounds for GamLEARN. Which contributed to our members attaining further accredited training.

We will not apply or take funds from sources from gambling firms or proceeds from winnings which does mean some avenues for funding are closed to us, but we believe accepting such funds is unacceptable knowing what we know about the gambling industry. All members were polled on this stance and 95% agreed to it.

Case study: Welsh Union Learning Fund (WULF) funding for probation officers to learn about gambling related harms

Working in partnership, GamLEARN, the Welsh probation service, the National Association of Probation Officers and, the Wales Union Learning Fund in 2023/24 funded a pilot for probation workers on Gambling Related Crime, and how to support service users who are problem gamblers.

They decided that it needed to start the same conversations about the approach to problem gambling that have been used to help workers in the probation service identify and signpost support for drug and alcohol dependencies. The shift stems from the need to take a rehabilitation approach to those caught in the criminal justice system who suffer from addictions. There is now a consensus within the

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probation service that without addressing dependencies you are not able to tackle secondary harms or reduce chances of reoffending.

This pilot initiative is a key driver of the cultural changes necessary in workplaces and combines employers and unions in in supporting better services and workplaces. GamLEARN delivered the key training to probation workers. Without the support of WULF this service would never have happened. See image below which shows the Wales TUC Problem Gambling toolkit.

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Our people

Our board and its closest staff understand the depths of gambling addiction with a majority of those involved having personal experience, either through addiction themselves, or as an affected other. This lends authenticity and profound empathy to our work. We employ a tight-knit team of three paid staff members and ten volunteers.

All staff and volunteers undergo thorough training to ensure the highest level of support to those they serve. By striving to reduce isolation, stigma, and discrimination, we aim to foster lasting change in people’s lives.

We are incredibly grateful to have the support and guidance of a strong board of trustees who bring a diverse range of knowledge, skills, and expertise and who all share our mission and values.

Steve Watts , chair of GamLEARN is a former schoolteacher and an Affected Other who through his own lived experience set up the charity GamFam. Steve and GamFam have worked with GamLEARN, and Steve was honoured and delighted to become a trustee of GamLEARN which has lived experience at the heart of everything it does.

Sandra Adams , trustee, has been a therapist for over 18 years and over the past 10 years her work has been committed to helping individuals that have experienced gambling-related harm. Being a trustee for GamLEARN allows Sandra to be part of something that supports individuals after the treatment process.

Ravi Lakhan , trustee, was looking for her first Trustee role and felt that this appointment would give her an opportunity to support and shape the work of GamLEARN. With first-hand experience of the destructive impact of gambling and behavioural addiction, she is proud to work with a Charity that emphasises the importance of lived experience, learning and training to sustain recovery.

Simon Howard , trustee, is a former fund manager with over twenty years of experience in investment management for 3i, Friends Provident and Liverpool Victoria. He moved into sustainable finance in 2010 and was CEO of The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF).

The staff team at GamLEARN are a team of people with lived experience of the issues facing the members, and indeed many became involved in delivering GamLEARN’s programme of work through initially being members. All want to ensure that others do not struggle like they did. They are increasingly the people others come to when in need of support of expert insight.

Tony Parente , GamLEARN’s founder, in recovery from a gambling addiction. He founded GamLEARN having experienced for himself the significant value of lived experience and the way that it could be impactful, inspiring, and extremely empowering, he wants to do the same and more for others. Tony leads the day to day running of the organisation as well as working with the board of trustees on the strategy and finance.

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Chrissy Boyce , Research Project Lead, Chrissy found grief manifested itself in an addiction to online slots. Prolific gambling led to her losing her entire wealth, and rendering her bankrupt, homeless, and suicidal. She joined GamLEARN in December 2021 and leads on GamLEARNS’s work with research partners with a passion to spread awareness about the detrimental impact of gambling on mental, financial, and social well-being.

Reece Casey , Criminal Justice Project Lead went into treatment to address his gambling addiction and get the help and support he needed and has never looked back since. Reece also sits on the GamLEARN Advisory Panel.

Darren Crocker , Communications lead for GamLEARN. Darren struggled with gambling in his twenties and is now eight years free from gambling. He has an Instagram account called “Ruleetteout’ where he shares advice on how he managed to give up gambling.

Tracy O’Shaughnessy , Criminal Justice Lead, is an Affected Other and her experiences led her to educate herself on addiction, specifically Gambling Related Harm.

Tracey Arenstein , Criminal Justice system peer supporter, is in recovery from a gambling addiction which led to a criminal conviction. From this experience, Tracey is passionate about the work of GamLEARN to educate and raise awareness of Gambling Related Harm.

Reg Anderson , Criminal Justice system peer supporter, is part of the Criminal Justice Project support team where his administrative & analytical skills allow him to give something back having received much help himself on the road to recovery from gambling harm and addiction.

Jules Barber , Administrator, is passionate about helping and supporting people, having previously volunteered as an Amy Cadet Instructor with the ACF for nearly three years.

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Challenges

The main challenges facing GamLEARN are:

Having sufficient capacity to support our members, especially when we

want to give more of them opportunities to be part of what we do. As a lived experience network our members are our focus and our greatest asset. We want to give them the appropriate aftercare support that works for them. We let our members know our support is here for them in whichever way we can help, and we try to aid them in whatever they decide is right for them on their recovery journey. Members choose the steps they take and the pace of their recovery. There is no obligation or pressure for members to take up any offer of support.

The support we offer includes:

Additional support to complement treatment from other providers. This may be through attending weekly/monthly meetings in a relaxed environment and a safe space to share with fellow members. In those spaces members exchange their life’s experiences after gambling, and discuss what works for them and how they sustain their own recovery.

Having regular 1-1 chats with one of our lived experience support staff who are compassionate and understanding. Our staff are aware of the pitfalls in recovery from addiction, and can provide gentle guidance to help avoid the triggers which may lead to setbacks.

Or signposting to more in-depth required rehabilitation and/or counselling.

Resourcing our work – GamLEARN, like so many grassroots charities, faces challenges in terms of getting funding. We extend our sincere thanks for his philanthropy to Derek Webb who has been our main supporter. We also thank one of our members, Paula, please see link below www.gamlearn.org.uk/support-us

With the support of several partners we have achieved a lot in this year. We have big ambitions for the charity and know, after the successes of this year that we can achieve them. We are embarking on a business and fundraising strategy, and we are optimistic that we can do more through the generous support of funders and supporters.

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Financial review

Income for the year totalled £124,100 with expenditure of £101,319, leading to a surplus of £22,781. At the year end the charity had total reserves of £37,348 of which £37,348 was classed as free reserves.

The trustees regularly review reserve levels to ensure they are appropriate and the charity’s assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund. The trustees have agreed a policy and aim to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to between 3- and 6-months expenditure.

Plans for future periods

As we enter only our second full year of operation as a charity, our plans focus on moving into controlled and managed growth whilst continuing to support our members and advocate for lived experience voices and experiences to be at the heart of service delivery and research.

We are exploring setting up funded lived experience networks for public sector partners to give voices of lived experience the opportunity to contribute to the development of research, education and treatment services. We are working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to develop our first such network.

We want to develop our work within the criminal justice system. This unique, peerled approach to addressing gambling addiction through education is much needed and is starting to change the approach professionals take as they gain greater better understanding the nature of gambling addiction that can lead to crime.

As with many charities we are also looking to diversify income streams. The plan is to take a twofold approach. Firstly, we will be seeking individual donations, corporate sponsorships (e.g. their Charity of the Year), a range of smaller grants from trusts and foundations, and crowdfunding.

Secondly, beginning a soon as the funding is made available, we will seek funding from the government Statutory Levy. The government aim to raise £90m-£100m per year by 2027 for research, prevention and treatment to reduce gambling-related harms. We will seek significant funding from this source.

It is anticipated our partnerships with organisations like the NHS and academic institutions will also provide financial support through collaborative projects or direct funding e.g. KTP projects (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a partly government funded programme to encourage collaboration between business/ charities and universities in the UK) to ensure the sustainability of our programmes.

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Structure, governance and management

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission on the 1st of July 2021. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

Ravi Lakhan – started 21/08/2023 Simon Howard – started 21/08/2023 Sandra Adams – started 01/07/21 Steve Watts – started 01/07/21

The Board of Trustees approved the trustees’ report.

Date 04/10/2024 Signed chair of trustees

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	GamLEARN	GamLEARN	GamLEARN	Charity No (if any)	1195032	CC17a
	Annual accounts for the year
	Year start date	01/01/2023	To	Year end date	31/12/2023
Section A	Statement of	financial activities
Recommended categories by activity Details of own analysis Note Incoming resources (Note 3) Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income S01 Activities for generating funds S02 Investment income S03 Incoming resources from charitable activities S04 Other incoming resources S05 S06 Resources expended (Notes 4-8) Costs of Generating Funds Costs of generating voluntary income S07 Fundraising trading costs S08 Investment management costs S09 Charitable activities S10 Governance costs S11 Other resources expended S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 Total funds carried forward Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers Gains and losses on investment assets Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use Other recognised gains/(losses) Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(losses) Gross transfers between funds Total resources expended Total incoming resources		Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last period £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
		113,453	-	-	113,453	152,462
		10,647	-	-	10,647	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		124,100	-	-	124,100	152,462
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		101,319	-	-	101,319	137,895
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		101,319	-	-	101,319	137,895
		22,781	-	-	22,781	14,567
		-	-	-	-	-
		22,781	-	-	22,781	14,567
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		22,781	-	-	22,781	14,567
		14,567	-	-	14,567	-
		37,348	-	-	37,348	14,567

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Section B Balance sheet	Section B Balance sheet	Section B Balance sheet
Fixed assets Tangible assets (Note 9) Investments (Note 10) Total fixed assets Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 11) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 12) Net current assets/(liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 12) Provisions for liabilities and charges Net assets Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds (Note 13) Endowment funds(Note 13) Total funds Signed by a trustee on behalf of all the trustees	Note B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B08 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20	Unrestricted funds £ F01	Restricted income funds £ F02	Endowment funds £ F03	Total this year Total last period £ £ F04 F05
		390	-	-	390	829
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		390	-	-	390	829
		-	-	-	-	-
		685	-	-	685	650
		-	-	-	-	-
		130,349	-	-	130,349	16,282
		131,034	-	-	131,034	16,932
		94,076	-	-	94,076	3,194
		36,958	-	-	36,958	13,738
		37,348	-	-	37,348	14,567
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		37,348	-	-	37,348	14,567
		37,348			37,348	14,567
		-			-	-
			-		-	-
				-	-	-
		37,348	-	-	37,348	14,567
		Signature		Date of approval Print Name
				Steven Watts		04/10/2024

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

• Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005);

• • and with* Accounting Standards; or ü Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);

• and with the Charities Act.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

INCOMING RESOURCES

Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	• the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	• the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the
related expenditure	incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional
	entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to
gifts	which they relate.
Contractual income and	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or
	distributed by the charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
	receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended)
	where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._The value
	placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from
	revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the
	charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
	meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance	Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or
conditions	output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant
	has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without	These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no
performance conditions	conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a
	basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per
	capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They
by charity	are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.
Investments	Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end.
	Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.
Stocks and work in progress	These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources

Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Activities for generating funds Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Voluntary income	Analysis	This year Last period £ £	This year Last period £ £
	Donations	113,453	152,462
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	113,453	152,462
	Fee income	10,547	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	10,547	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-
Section C	Notes to the accounts	(cont)
This year Last period £ £ - - - - - - - - - - Total - - - - - - - - - - - - Total - - - - - - - - Total - - Employment costs 40,749 63,639 Other service deliverycosts 34,179 48,714 Other costs 26,391 25,542 - - - - Total 101,319 137,895 - - - - - - Total - - Governance costs Charitable activities Analysis Investment management costs Note 4 Analysis of resources expended Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts. Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading costs
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-
	Employment costs	40,749	63,639
	Other service deliverycosts	34,179	48,714
	Other costs	26,391	25,542
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	101,319	137,895
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
	Total	-	-

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Support Costs

Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

Support cost type	Fundraising activity £	Charitable Activity £	Governance Activity £	Total Cost £
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-

Note 6 Details of certain items of expenditure

6.1 Trustee expenses

Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).

please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).
Number of trustees who were paid expenses Nature of the expenses Total amount paid	This year	Last period
	4	Nil
	Travel costs to attend trustee meetings
	£ 192	£ -

6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the appropriate box(es).

box(es).
Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the accounts	This year £	Last period £
	1,000	900
	-	-

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 7 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

Fundraising Charitable Activities Governance Other Total Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind The parts of the charity in which the employees work 7.1 Staff Costs 7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs	Fundraising Charitable Activities Governance Other Total Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind The parts of the charity in which the employees work 7.1 Staff Costs 7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs Total staff costs
		This year £	Last period £
		37,917	60,000
		1,782	639
		1,050	3,000
		40,749	63,639
		This year Number	Last period Number
	Fundraising	-	-
	Charitable Activities	2	1
	Governance	-	-
	Other	-	-
	Total	2	1

7.3 Defined contribution pension scheme Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme

Group persional pension plan

The amount of any contributions prepaid at the year end The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end	This year £	Last period £
	1,050	3000
	140	400
	-	0

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 8 Grantmaking

Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.

8.1 Total value of grants

the charitable activities undertaken. 8.1 Total value of grants
Purpose for which grants made	Grants to institutions Total amount £	Grants to individuals Total amount £
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
Total	-	-

8.1 Grantmaking costs

If the charity’s accounts are prepared on the “activity basis” please give details of any support cost associated with grantmaking. Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

Support costs of grantmaking

£

8.3 Grants made to institutions

If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.	If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.	If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.
Names of institutions	Purpose	Total amount of grantspaid £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
Total grants to institutions		-

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 9 Tangible fixed assets

Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

9.1 Cost or valuation

9.1 Cost or valuation
Balance brought forward Additions Revaluations Disposals Transfers Balance carried forward	Freehold land & buildings £	Other land & buildings £	Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £	Payments on account and assets under construction £	Total £
	-	-	1,317	-	-	1,317
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	1,317	-	-	1,317

9.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions

Basis Rate Balance brought forward Depreciation charge for the period Impairment provisions Revaluations Disposals Transfers Balance carried forward Brought forward Carried forward 9.3 Net book value	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB
			33%
	-	-	488	-	-	488
	-	-	439	-	-	439
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	927	-	-	927
	-	-	829	-	-	829
	-	-	390	-	-	390

9.4 Revaluation

If any fixed assets have been revalued please give details of the valuer and method of valuation

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 10 Investment assets

Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.

10.1 Fixed assets investments

Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets. 10.1 Fixed assets investments Note 10 Investment assets
Add/(deduct):net gain/(loss) on revaluation Carrying (market) value at beginning of year Carrying (market) value at end of year Add:additions to investments at cost Less:disposals at carrying value	£
	-
	-
	-
	-
	-

Please provide below:

10.2 A breakdown of the market values of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B03.

10.3 A breakdown of the income from investments agreeing with SOFA row S03.

Analysis of investments Other investments Total Investment properties Securities not listed on a recognised Stock Exchange Cash held as part of the investment portfolio Investments listed on a recognised stock exchange or held in common investment funds, open ended investment companies, unit trusts or other collective investment schemes Investments in subsidiary or connected undertakings and companies	10.2 Market value at year end £	10.3 Income from investments for the year £
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-

10.4 Material investment holdings

If any single investment is material in terms of its value (for example represents more than 5 per cent of the value of the charity’s total investments) please provide details.

Investment held

Market Value

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 11 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

Analysis of debtors Trade debtors Amounts due from subsidiary and associated undertakings Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income Total	Amounts falling due within oneyear	Amounts falling due within oneyear	Amounts falling due after more than oneyear	Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last period £	This year £	Last period £
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	685	650	-	-
	685	650	-	-

Note 12 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals. 12.1 Analysis of creditors

12.1 Analysis of creditors
Loans and overdrafts Trade creditors Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings Other creditors Accruals and deferred income Total	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last period £	This year £	Last period £
	-	-	-	-
	192	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	3,469	1,844	-	-
	90,415	1,350	-	-
	94,076	3,194	-	-

12.2 Security over assets

If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please provide details.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

13.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

• permanent endowment funds (PE);

• expendable endowment funds (EE); and

• restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).

Type PE, EE Fund Name Purpose and Restrictions or R

13.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names	Fund balances brought forward £	Incoming resources £	Outgoing resources £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds	-	-	-	-	-	-

13.3 Transfers between funds

Please give details of any transfers between funds.

From Fund (Name) To Fund (Name) Reason Amount

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 14 Transactions with related parties

If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in note 6) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “None” in the relevant boxes.

14.1 Remuneration and benefits

Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee or other related parties by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.

Name of trustee or connected party	Legal authority (eg order, governing document)	Amounts paid or benefit value	Amounts paid or benefit value
		This year £	Last period £
None

14.2 Loans

Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the charity at the year end.

Due to trustees and related parties Due from trustees and related parties	Name of trustee or connected party	Legal authority	Amount owing	Amount owing
			This year £	Last period £
	None
	None

14.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a trustee or related party has a material interest.

Name of the trustee or related party	Relationship to charity	Description of the transaction(s)	This year £	Last period £
None

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		Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A	Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees On accounts for the period ended Set out on pages	GamLEARN 31 December 2023 Charity no (if any) 1195032 24-36 I report to the trustees on my examinaAon of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31/12/2023.

Responsibili:es As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparaAon of the accounts in and basis of accordance with the requirements of the ChariAes Act 2011 (“the Act”). report I report in respect of my examinaAon of the Trust’s accounts carried out under secAon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinaAon, I have followed all the applicable DirecAons given by the Charity Commission under secAon 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examinaAon. I confirm that no material maVers have come to my examiner's aVenAon in connecAon with the examinaAon which gives me cause to believe that in, any statement material respect:

I report in respect of my examinaAon of the Trust’s accounts carried out under secAon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinaAon, I have followed all the applicable DirecAons given by the Charity Commission under secAon 145(5)(b) of the Act.

• the accounAng records were not kept in accordance with secAon 130 of the ChariAes Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounAng records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the ChariAes (Accounts and Reports) RegulaAons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a maVer considered as part of an independent examinaAon.

I have no concerns and have come across no other maVers in connecAon with the examinaAon to which aVenAon should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: Paul Dearsley FCCA Aston Ley Limited Address: Aston Ley, 13a Hermitage Meadow Clare CO10 8QQ

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