We are recruiting
Women’s Specialist Case Worker
15 hours p/w £28-30,000 (pro rata)
Deadline 31 March 2026 (noon)
This is an opportunity to provide intensive, trauma-informed, gender-sensitive
casework support to women impacted by their own or someone else’s gambling, who
are experiencing complex and intersecting challenges including mental health
difficulties, debt, homelessness, relationship breakdown, neurodiversity, coercive
control, isolation and safeguarding risks.
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Gambling, Health & Wellbeing – survey invite
Have you or someone close to you been affected by gambling?
We want to hear from you. Take part in a short national survey led by the University of Birmingham, exploring how gambling affects health and wellbeing. Get a £12 gift voucher as thank you.
Available in multiple languages and formats (online or paper). Open to anyone aged 18+
Domestic Abuse & Gambling Harms
thrivin’ together are delighted to partner with Money Advice Plus, RISE UK and Breakeven on a project evaluating current support for those experiencing gambling-related domestic and economic abuse. The project funded by GREO includes a lived experience panel to input on service and professional training development. Interested women who have lived experience are invited to contact RISE for further information.
Buy the Shoes – financial capability & confidence
Our recent programme started at the end of February with a mix of women in recovery and affected others. Participants are already feeding back changes they are making to challenge beliefs and behaviours relating to money including taking the step to discuss debt with loved ones and agencies, doing a budget and making small changes as part of a larger, manageable goal.
We are recruiting
Operations Manager
14 hours £32,000 pro rata
Deadline 20 January 2026 12 noon
Further details and application instructions at
Operations Manager | thrivin’ together cic | CharityJob
She Doesn’t Look Like an Addict – Poem by Jen
I wrote She Doesn’t Look Like an Addict from a place I didn’t know how to explain any other way.
This poem came from the shame of that silence. From the stories I told to cover what I was doing. From the fear that if I told the truth, I wouldn’t be met with help, but judgement. Continue reading..
Gambling & Menstrual Changes Lived Experience Invite
University of East London are conducting a review of published works (academic and some non-academic) that has looked at connections between menstrual changes (associated with menstrual cycles, pregnancy/post-partum and menopause) and gambling in women.
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Parenting when a partner gambles study
Taking part in the study involves participants being interviewed for 60-90 minutes about their experiences. It can be a really great way for participants to have a therapeutic experience of talking to a trained mental health professional about their experiences and to also feel that they are contributing to research that can help to inform how NHS gambling services are provided to significant others in the future. There is also a £10 Amazon voucher for taking part.
Experiences of Feelings of Safety During Psychological Therapy in People Harmed by Gambling and Trauma
Sarah Cuccuru at Lancaster University is inviting individuals over 18 to a one hour interview for her studies.
A report from the Current Advances in Gambling Research Conference June 2025
PhD student, Fay Laidler, presented her research at the Gambling Research Conference, on how women with lived experience of gambling harm can find their voice in policy spaces and actually be heard.
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Recovery Month – Invite to Share Your Unique Recovery Journey
As part of Recovery Month, we’re inviting YOU to share your unique recovery journey. Every story matters — the highs, the lows, and the turning points that brought you to where you are today. Your voice could be the one that inspires someone else to begin their journey.
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Women and Gambling Report
In 2023 we facilitated several focus groups with women in gambling recovery and affected others to discuss topics including health, relationships, stigma and finances. Thanks to a grant from ROSA we have turned this into a report promoting the voices of women and their experiences. We held a webinar to launch this community report on 7 November 2024.
Fast Forward Podcast – Nadine’s Story
Nadine shares her journey from the lows where she felt helpless and unable to stop gambling, right through to today, where she has created her own organisation – thrivin’ together cic, who offer support to women experiencing similar challenges from gambling.
Listener discretion is advised.
