Help Resources
If you have a concern about your gambling, or if you have a family member or friend about whom you are concerned, please log on to www.gamblingtherapy.org.
Gambling Therapy has also released an app for both iPhone and Android that offers advice and a way for people to seek help. The app can be downloaded by scanning the "QR" code below:
Gambling Therapy is part of the UK Gordon Moody Association, a charity that specialises in residential care for problem gamblers. Staff and trained counsellors from Gambling Therapy have visited Jersey a number of times; they know the local gambling sector and they understand the pressures that a minority of players may face.
For general assistance and advice on debt management you can contact Citizens' Advice, and for online help either visit Gambling Therapy or via email on jersey@gamblingtherapy.je. You may also be able to receive face-to-face assistance if you contact the Health Department or get a referral from your GP.
You can also contact the Jersey branch of Gambler's Anonymous through either - www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk or via email on ga.jerseyci@gmail.com.
Online Meetings
Gamblers, Family and Friends in Recovery (GFFR) is a virtual support network facilitated by Zoom meetings.
GFFR was born out of a need to support compulsive gamblers, their families and friends affected by some's gambling who were no longer able to attend face-to-face meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic.
GFFR has global reach and meetings can be accessed by using the following link:
https://gamblersinrecovery.com/
Self Exclusion
All bookmakers have to comply with our policy on self-exclusion; they must assist anyone who wants to be refused service in the future. Anyone who wants to make a commitment to stop gambling by effectively "barring" themselves from a set of premises can do so by filling out a Self Exclusion Form (available from bookmakers). Any licensed bookmaker who does not co-operate with a self-exclusion request is in breach of their licence conditions, which would be a matter that the Commission would take very seriously.
Telephone numbers
National Gambling Helpline (Freephone)
0808 8020 133
Gordon Moody Association
01384 241 292