Gambling Needs Assessment
Description: 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 (read more...)
Summary: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is commissioning a comprehensive Gambling Harms Needs Assessment and support to develop a local Gambling Harms Strategy across Sandwell. The work is a social research service (CPV 79315000) covering all age groups, gambling behaviours in different communities, the local gambling landscape, and harms linked to online and in-person gambling. It must examine effects on affected others, including families, carers and communities, and explore links between ethnicity, racism, inequality and gambling-related harm. The scope includes qualitative research, mapping existing services and pathways, identifying gaps and priority populations, and producing an evidence-based strategy and delivery plan to inform commissioning, prevention and partnership activity.