RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT SERVICES – FUND

1. Title: RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TREATMENT SERVICES – FUND2. Awarding Authority: Gambling Awareness Trust, IE Email: info@gamblingawarenesstrust.ie. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority is an Independent charity established in 2019 to fund research, education and treatment services to help minimise gambling related harm in Specified Location. GAT is administered by a voluntary Board of Trustees and is funded by donations from the online and retail betting and gaming industry in the Ireland5. CPV Code(s): 73110000, 80000000, 980000006. NUTS code(s): IE0617. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region NationwideIreland8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. Closing date for submissions is 10.7.2020 (17:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit 12. Other information: BackgroundGAT opened a call for expressions of interest from relevant agencies and organisations in 2019 to address the issue of problem gambling and gambling addiction for individuals and families across Ireland. (Details of grantees can be viewed on our website.) In addition to this a significant research project was commissioned with NUI Maynooth as a scoping exercise to examine the knowledge base and evidence of gambling and problem gambling in Ireland, which is currently ongoing. The www.GamblingCare.ie website is managed by GAT and was created to broaden public understanding of responsible gambling and as a measure to help those that develop problems, or those who are affected by someone that has developed a gambling problem to get the support and help that they need quickly and effectively.2020 CriteriaServices providing supports for those affected by problem gambling and gambling addiction are eligible to apply for funding. Applications for projects focused on education, training and awareness in the field will be considered in this round.GAT will accept expressions of interest from those service providers committed to providing professional services including but not exclusive of:Provision of phone counselling services 7 days a week and out of hoursProvision of face-to-face counselling sessions NationwidePromotion of general public awareness-raisingProvision of education, early intervention and prevention measuresProvision of relapse prevention servicesProvision of online supports with self-help and mutual aid initiativesThe undertaking of a National gambling research & prevalence study# funding opportunity