Reducing Gambling Frequency with CALD communities

Lyn Dundon Project Manager

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

Project Advisory Teamand training of bi-lingual workers

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

Promotion of Alternative Recreational Activities

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

Cynefin Framework

Collective Impact