reducing gambling frequency with cald communities lyn dundon project manager
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Target Population
• Target population• Older Victorians from culturally and linguistically diverse
communities
• Priority settings• Community and social senior groups• who recreate at venues with electronic gaming machines “the pokies” Clubs, Pubs, Hotels and the Casino
Objectives• Raise awareness in six CALD communities
and groups regarding the cost of gambling
losses on EGM within their communities
• Work with key communities to survey
social groups attending gaming venues as
a recreational activity
• Co-design with group leaders, develop
responses unique to their CALD
communities in order to reduce gambling
as a social and recreational activity
• Build expertise within leaders of CALD
communities to take sustainable actions
around gambling within their community
Where are the ElectronicGaming Machines?• North and West Metro Region • LGAs with the most EGMs tend to
experience the greatest gambling losses• Areas of great disadvantage• Most culturally diverse
Vulnerability of Culturally and Diverse CommunitiesResettlement /migration
Past experience of torture, trauma and grief
Weakened social and family relationships
Financial Insecurity/Higher Unemployment
Limited suitable alternative cultural recreation
Collaborative PartnershipsBorderlands Cooperative
& Greenstock Evaluation
Ethnic Communities
Council of Victoria
Maltese Council of
Victoria
Macedonian Welfare
Association
Migrant Resource
Centre North West
Australian Greek
Welfare Society
COASIT Council of
Italian Associations in Australia
Arabic Welfare
Incorporated
The process
Literature and Data Review
Key Ethnic Groups
Training and Evaluation
Plan
Project Advisory
Group
Training bi-lingual workers
Engage community
leaders
Focus groups and public
forums
Bus trip survey
Promoting alternative recreation
Ethnic and Social Media
Key Messages
• Gambling regularly can be harmful to your friends and family
• Visiting a gaming venue for social activities is not always as
cheap as it seems
• Groups can take control of the activities they undertake and
don't have to rely on gambling as the only form of
entertainment
• Gambling might be okay for some but not safe for others, your
group needs to be safe for all
Resources
Reducing Gambling Harm: A Public Health ApproachThis training manual is designed to raise awareness and reduce the frequency of gambling in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Victoria.
A Social Outings Guide summary is now also available in the following languages: Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Community and Planned Activity Groups The aim of this guide is to provide support for Planned Activity Group and community group coordinators in Melbourne‘s west to plan and organise activities which are appropriate for participants with a diverse range of needs.
A Public Health Approach
What are the strengths in
our communities?
What contributes
to good health?
What is our duty of care to senior group members?
Gambling Industry
Economic and Social factors
Vulnerability
Preventive Approach