Recently our Early Intervention and Education Team attended the Lancashire User Forum (LUF) event in Preston. LUF was set up by service users in recovery from drug and alcohol issues and is part…
Beacon Counselling Trust are delighted to announce that Cheshire Constabulary have recently signed up to the Workplace Charter to Reduce Gambling Related Harms. The Chief Constable, Mark Roberts, attended a signing event on…
Beacon Counselling Trust have collaborated with Some Guys With a Camera to produce a short film to raise awareness of gambling-related harms and suicidal ideation. The relationship between gambling and suicidal ideation is…
On 21st August the BCT treatment and education teams arranged a day out to Wordsworth Grasmere as part of our aftercare programme for service-users that have accessed our gambling harms support programme. As…
Merseyside based organisation The Brink, part of charity The Forward Trust are opening their whole-family MPACT programme to local families who have been impacted by gambling harms. A new team of specialist MPACT…
Beacon Counselling Trust’s family worker Nicola has shared her experiences as an affected other of gambling harms, for a national public campaign to help tackle stigma around the issue. Nicola worked with online…
Big thank you to all our walkers and sponsors for your support on the Wirral Coastal Walk, which took place last month. We had a great turn out, with 38 people taking part,…
Beacon Counselling Trust initiated its latest activity with our gambling recovery aftercare programme now underway, which is being delivered in partnership with BetKnowMore and their Peer Aid Project. A group of service users who have…
Beacon Counselling Trust recently held its inaugural North West Gambling Related Harms stakeholder Alliance meeting on Friday 9th June in Liverpool. The event was attended by a range of organisations, partners and commissioners…
We are very happy to announce our new partnership with PayPlan! PayPlan offer free debt advice to anyone struggling with their finances, and have a specialist team who will be dealing with all…