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Dear Gambling Commission,

Please could you provide under freedom of information processes any independent evaluations of the work of the Canadian organisation Greo funded by the Gambling Commission from regulatory settlements since 2018 or where these have been commissioned but not yet reported, the calls for a proposal or equivalent documents eg terms of reference

Yours faithfully,

Matt Lincoln

Freedom of Information, Gambling Commission

Dear Mr Lincoln

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Freedom of Information, Gambling Commission

 

Dear Mr Lincoln

 

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

 

In your email you have requested any independent evaluations of the work
of the Canadian organisation Greo funded by the Gambling Commission from
regulatory settlements since 2018 or where these have been commissioned
but not yet reported, the calls for a proposal or equivalent documents eg
terms of reference.

 

The following information relates to the four projects Greo have received
funding for via regulatory settlements and details of two further projects
where they have been one of a number of partners in a project, but not the
lead organisation.

 

This information is also available on our [1]destinations of regulatory
settlements webpage.

 

Greo projects:

 

May 2020 Gambling Research £1,100,000 Evaluation based project
Exchange (GREO) which aims to accelerate
the implementation and
spread of effective,
evidence-based initiatives
for safer gambling.
December 2020 GREO – Global £2,088,370 The project aims develop a
Research Exchange knowledge translation
platform to facilitate
evidence-based action in
support of the National
Strategy to Reduce Gambling
Harm in Great Britain.

The next phase of the
project builds upon
research to inform action
enabler of the National
Strategy for the purpose of
widening the research base
and improving links between
research and policy.
February 2021 GREO – Academic Forum £574,600 Facilitated by GREO this
for Gambling Research project will support the
development of the Academic
Forum for the Study of
Gambling which is a
coordinated body to assert
the importance of rigorous,
independent research to
prevent, reduce, and
address gambling harms in
the UK.

 
August 2021 Greo £226,064 The overarching goal of
this 18-monthproject is to
support specific
communities who are at
greater risk of gambling
harms by extending
understanding of effective
information pathways.

 

Other projects involving Greo as a partner:

 

November 2020 Beacon Counselling £560,653 To meet the needs of an
Trust in partnership underserved ethnocultural
  with ARA – Recovery population with unique
4 All and GREO cultural considerations, this
two-year project will
  build capacity in
the South Asian community
  to reduce gambling harms by: ​

  • Implementing a culturally
appropriate
train-the-trainer model to
deliver gambling
harm reduction education ​
• Increasing knowledge of
gambling harm and
treatment options
among the South Asian
population ​
• Improving referral
pathways to treatment for
those experiencing harms ​

 
August 2021 Ara-Addiction £994,540 This project is a
Recovery Agency in collaboration between a number
partnership with: of organisations working to
support affected others in
• Beacon a two-year project to expand
Counselling the knowledge and evidence of
Trust ​ any links between gambling and
• DrugFam  substance misuse in
• GREO those affected by another’s
gambling. ​The pilot also aims
to develop support via hubs
which will offer structured
support plans to affected
family members.

 

In determining destinations of regulatory settlements, the Commission
considers whether there will be meaningful evaluation and whether these
will be published.

 

Most of the projects in receipt of regulatory settlements that are
complete are already in the public domain and organisations disseminate
the outcomes of their work particularly where there is a research or
evaluation output.

 

There is not a requirement for evaluations to be submitted to the Gambling
Commission. Therefore, we do not hold information in relation to this part
of your request.

 

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