Gambling Needs Assessment

Sandwell Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to undertake a comprehensive Gambling Harms Needs Assessment and support the development of a local Gambling Harms Strategy. The successful supplier will work with key stakeholders to assess local need, identify priority populations and areas for intervention, and provide evidence-based recommendations to inform future commissioning, prevention and partnership activity.

Objectives:

• Undertake a population-level needs assessment covering all age groups

• Understanding of gambling behaviours across different communities in Sandwell

• A clear picture of the local gambling landscape

• Assess harms across online and in-person gambling

• Identify and understand the impact on affected others (families, carers, communities)

• Deliver an in-depth qualitative research component

• Map current services, pathways and gaps

• Identify priority populations and inequalities.

• Explore the relationship between ethnicity, racism and gambling-related harms in Sandwell, including any differential experiences, barriers to support and evidence relating to structural inequalities

• Develop an evidence-based local Gambling Harms Strategy aligned to national guidance, including the OHID menu of interventions, and local system priorities

• Produce a delivery plan with prioritised, actionable recommendations