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Carshalton Athletic back gambling ad ban in grassroots football
November 17, 2021
Carshalton Athletic has announced its support for The Big Step’s campaign to end all gambling advertising and sponsorship in football, joining the likes of Tranmere Rovers, Dulwich Hamlet, Edinburgh...
Football supporters unite to demand ban on gambling adverts
November 16, 2021
Today, we have launched a new coalition called Football Supporters Against Gambling Ads (Football SAGA) to bring fans and supporters together, enabling them to collectively speak out about the...
Chippenham Town FC announce support for The Big Step's campaign
November 12, 2021
Chippenham Town Football Club has announced they are supporting The Big Step’s campaign to end all gambling advertising and sponsorship in football. In doing so, the club joins a growing list of teams...
Our letter to the EFL
November 11, 2021
We are writing to you as part of The Big Step, a campaign comprised of people harmed by gambling, including those formerly addicted to gambling, and affected others, including families bereaved by gambling-related...
Annie Ashton's letter to Leicester City Football Club
November 6, 2021
Annie Ashton, who lost her husband Luke to gambling-related suicide earlier this year, has written to his beloved Leicester City Football Club, asking them to end all their partnerships with gambling companies.
Leicester...
Lewes FC to teach pioneering new gambling education programme
October 22, 2021
Lewes FC is the first football club to sign up for a pioneering new gambling education programme produced by Gambling with Lives, a charity set up by families bereaved by gambling-related suicide, of which...
Dulwich Hamlet FC announce support for The Big Step's campaign
October 4, 2021
Dulwich Hamlet FC has announced they are supporting our campaign to end all gambling advertising and sponsorship in football.
Our campaign has already won the support of several MPs, including...
10 reasons to kick gambling adverts out of football
September 2, 2021
This season, 90% of Premier League clubs have a gambling sponsor or partner. This arrangement gives gambling operators a vehicle to normalise and advertise addictive products in front of billions of fans...
Won't somebody please think of the footballers?
August 31, 2021
We often talk about the harm the gambling industry inflicts upon ‘ordinary’ football fans, and rightly so, but what about the industry’s impact on professional footballers?
Words by Tom Fleming
Countless...
It's time to blow the whistle on pitch-side gambling adverts
July 21, 2021
The voluntary whistle-to-whistle ban is not stopping children from seeing gambling advertising in football, with pitch-side adverts ever present during matches.
Words by Tom Fleming
The whistle-to-whistle...
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