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Ygam (Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust)

Impact Report 2025/2026

Ygam is the UK's leading charity preventing gaming and gambling harms among children and young people, delivering education programmes to schools, colleges, universities, health and social care, community and faith groups, and gaming/esports settings across the UK. This report covers April 2025 to March 2026. Source: Ygam Impact Report 2025/2026 PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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CPD-certified training and education programmes for teachers and youth workers, parents and carers, foster/adoptive carers, university staff and students, health and social care practitioners, and community and faith leaders; a dedicated Gaming & Esports programme; research partnerships including the Annual Student Gambling Survey and Ygam/Mumsnet parental attitudes research; advisory panels covering lived experience, youth voice, gaming & esports, and community & faith leaders

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Reached an estimated 1,196,604 children and young people; trained 11,014 individuals in positions of care and influence over them
Key Metric 2 11,621 resources downloaded from the Ygam website; Alumni network grew to over 14,000 active members
Key Metric 3 Awarded £3 million from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities' VCSE Gambling Harms Prevention and Resilience Fund; secured a £300,000 two-year grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation

Key Outcomes

  • 92% of delegates felt better equipped to identify and respond to gambling harms following Ygam training
  • 67% of delegates working in education incorporated gaming and gambling education into their curriculum or delivery plans within a year of attending a workshop
  • 69% of health and social care workers introduced new policies or safeguarding procedures to their organisation as a result of attending a workshop

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UK-Wide

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