The Voices of Gambling Harm Project - Relationships Australia and Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT)

Áine chats with with Markus Fischer, Peer Support Worker, Relationship’s Australia Canberra, and John Dickson, Programs & Delivery Manager Client Relations Manager, MIEACT, about the new Voices of Gambling Harm community education project.

Markus has a lived experience of gambling harm and works within the Gambling Harm Support Team at Relationships Australia Canberra as a Peer Worker providing education, support and awareness-raising in the ACT region.  John works within the mental health awareness and community education programs at MIEACT who have been delivering community education in the ACT since 1993.  The project is a collaboration between MIEACT and Relationships Australia, that seeks to provide tools and information to young people and community members through the sharing of personal stories from people who have experienced gambling harm.

Markus also shares some of his personal story and insights into the harmful impacts of gambling addiction and how that may affect a person’s mental health and well-being and relationships with families and friends.

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