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Latest Red Card Non-League Project Delivery: Faversham Town FC Academy

On 17th July 2024, Red Card delivered gambling harm awareness education to non-league football team Faversham Town FC Academy.

Thanks to funding for the Football Non-League Gambling Awareness Project, we are able to offer our gambling harm awareness workshops to non-league football clubs in London, the Home Counties and the Midlands area with NO CHARGE to the club or players.

Headed by ex-professional footballer, Tony Kelly and our team of lived experience facilitators,

Hillz FM Coventry 98.6 Interview

Tony Kelly was interviewed on Hillz FM Coventry 98.6. A full recording wll be available shortly, but for more information please see the official Facebook post.

Tony Kelly Speaks at Westminster Media Forum

Tony Kelly was a guest speaker at the Westminster Media forum.

This conference focused on implementation of proposed reforms to the betting and gaming industry in the UK.

It took place in light of the Government’s High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age white paper published in April 2023, and was an opportunity to assess key developments in policy and regulation and their implications for the sector, its customers and its partners.

May 2024 Newsletter – Web Edition

Read the online edition of our May 2024 newsletter.

Spreading gambling awareness across the UK

As a valued member of the Red Card community, we’re keen to keep you informed about the impactful work we are doing to raise awareness on gambling-related issues.

Today, we want to share with you just a few of the amazing things we have achieved in April 2024.

4th April –

Family Fun Days, May 11th and 12th- Gambling Education And Awareness Project

As part of its project to reach ethnic communities and women with gambling harm awareness, education and signposting, RedCard will be helping to deliver two family fun days in the West Midlands.

Bournemouth University, Early Knights Ltd, and the charity Gordon Moody charity to deliver two family fun days and two gambling awareness workshops, on May 11th and 12th.

Please see the flyers below for more details.

Find out more

To learn more about the fun days,

Gamble Aware Improving Outcomes: Gambling Awareness and Education for Ethnic Minority Groups and Women

Thanks to the support of GambleAware, Red Card is delighted to announce its project to deliver gambling awareness and education for ethnic minority groups and women.

Specifically, our project involves raising awareness about gambling harms, providing education and signposting to support services within the Black Caribbean/African and South Asian communities. It is important to reach women in these communities, as a proportion may be ‘affected others’.

Thanks to GambleAware,

Red Card Non-League Football Project Featured on BBC TV

On 9th April, facilitators Darren and Tony were delighted to return to Bedworth United, working with the Under-18 players.
The event was covered by BBC TV (see details below).

The Football Non-League Gambling Project

The workshop was part of the Football Non-League Gambling Awareness Project, a two-year pilot scheme funded by the Gambling Commission.
Thanks to their funding, non-league clubs can now benefit from our free educational workshops. For the moment,

Red Card’s January & February Newsletter – Web Edition

We published our very first newsletter on March 1st, but for anyone who missed the link, here’s a web edition for you to enjoy.

What a start to 2024!

Introducing Red Card’s monthly newsletter…

Hi Everyone,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our monthly newsletter here at Red Card.

As a valued member of our community, we want to keep you informed about the impactful work we are doing to raise awareness and provide assistance to those affected by gambling-related issues.

Tony Kelly at Haringey Council’s Gambling Harms Reduction Event – 7th March 2024

On 7th March, Red Card Founder Tony Kelly attended Haringey Council’s Gambling Reduction Event, held at George Meehan House in Wood Green London.

This is the latest of a number of Haringey Council gambling harm events Tony has participated in.

The video clip below shows the beginning of Tony’s contribution:

Images from the event:

To learn more about Haringey’s action on gambling harms,