YGAM - The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust 

About

Ygam is an award-winning charity with a mission to prevent children and young people from experiencing gaming and gambling harms through awareness raising, education and research. Through a portfolio of evidence-based programmes, they develop and deliver training and resources for a range of groups who have influence over children and young people.

Educators 

Ygam produce resources which are accessible to teachers and youth-facing professionals who have completed training with Ygam. They also offer free sessions and assemblies for young people to help schools and colleges get started.  

Educators can book to attend a workshop here or contact the training team: training@ygam.org

Following the training, educators will be able to access a range of resources including: 

• Teaching materials mapped to curriculum from KS2 - KS5/Post 16
• Youth work materials
• Group activities
• 1-1 resources and activities
• Alumni sessions on topics such as neurodiversity, cryptocurrency, Esports and more

Parents and Carers

Ygam offers free workshops for parents and foster carers covering the topics of gaming and gambling with the aim of preventing future harms.

Courses

GHLL and Ygam partner up to run courses during the year. Please click here to see upcoming courses and to book

Ygam's Unifrog Course

If you are one of the country's 3700 Unifrog schools then you may be interested in Ygam’s sponsored Unifrog course, “The Truth about Gambling and Gaming”. The course had a successful launch last year and we encourage all education institutes that work with Unifrog to get involved.

In it’s first two months, almost 300 pupils have attended the course. For those who complete it, they are then offered the chance to directly interact with Ygam by asking for and giving feedback. Ygam employees will directly and anonymously respond to questions and help support pupils that want to know more about Gaming and Gambling.

Find the course page here, and gain access to free education on the dangers of gaming and gambling for young people.