Hidden addictions: the problem with gambling
Tuesday 26 April, 12.30 – 1.30pm
About the event: The Advocacy Project’s April lecture focuses on the health effects of gambling, and how it affects our wider communities.
With betting shops on every corner and adverts constantly on TV, gambling often seems to be a normalised part of our culture. In reality, it is a highly addictive behaviour that can cause real harm – not only for individuals, but for their families and their wider communities.
Aside from the financial impact, there are huge implications for health and wellbeing, with addictive gambling widening existing health inequalities.
These issues will be brought under the spotlight in our upcoming talk from Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE, a medical doctor and neuroscience researcher who specialises in the field of addiction. The discussion will be chaired by Cllr Ketan Sheth, chair of Brent’s Community & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee. Ketan will be joined by pupils at Newman Catholic College, Harlesden.
Please join us at 12.20pm for a 12.30pm start. You’ll receive Zoom details when you book.
