A reflective walk with the dog in #Scarborough at #PeasholmPark.
A micro-existential one tonight as I turned 50 - what was, what is and what may be all meandering around my mind.

As part of the Growing Edge training we share the #StigmaKills video. The group in Romania 🇷🇴 shared the powerful impact this had on them and we discussed how this is linked to shame, blame, trauma and addiction.

There was a massive thank you to @nhsapa.bsky.social

www.stigmakills.org.uk

#FeelGoodNoSweat NHS Blood Donation team are fab as always, a warm and welcoming space where the team do an amazing job

Thanks to all 🙏

912,805 children living in households with adults who might benefit from some type of gambling treatment

1,580,175 adults who might benefit for some type of gambling treatment and support

Help can be found below ⬇️

www.nhs.uk/live-well/ad...

Building up to a 100km charity walk - hopefully completed in 24 hrs!!
Raising awareness and funds for Sands amazing support - if you can please donate

www.justgiving.com/page/olivers...

Stigma is a co-produced process. We can all contribute to the needed changes to create a more open & authentic societal culture.
There are reasons why anyone can find themselves experiencing difficulty in their lives -
#SeeThePerson #HearTheirStory
#CuriousNotCritical

www.stigmakills.org.uk

Stigma is a co-produced process. We all need to contribute to the much needed changes that will create a more open and authentic societal culture.
There are many reasons why anyone can find themselves experiencing difficulty in their lives -
#SeeThePerson #HearTheirStory
#CuriousNotCritical

Gambling companies in Britain could be forced to overhaul their advertising practices after a betting firm was ruled to have unlawfully targeted a problem gambler who was bombarded with more than 1,300 marketing emails.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

New research by UofG's Prof @shwardle.bsky.social
for the Gambling Commission shows a stronger association between casinos/slot machines and gambling harms than previously understood and gives insight into people’s reasons for gambling.

More: gla.ac/3EsVeIk

‘Our research suggests that, in Britain, any form of casino gambling or gambling on fruit/slot machines and their online equivalents are the forms most highly associated with harms’ Heather Wardle

www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Here we go again- #JurassicCoast25 with Ultra Challenge for Sands the stillbirth & neonatal death charity

If you can give please do, amazing people offering much needed support, at very difficult times for so many.

Love you #OliverRyan

www.justgiving.com/page/olivers...

Bright start to the day, I wonder what I will know by the end of the day that I don’t already?? #OpenMind #CuriousNotCritical

Since working with some amazing colleagues, being part of establishing the #NHS gambling harms clinics network, I have become increasingly worried about the speed at which problems can escalate for people.

“Gambling harm can ruin people’s finances, relationships, and ultimately lives. We are absolutely committed to implementing strengthened measures for those at risk, as well as providing effective support for those affected”

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Time to #DoLookUp
This treats problem gambling, like other addictions and obesity, as the result of poor choices by individuals, rather than as the predictable result of an environment in which people are encouraged to adopt risky habits.

amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...