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Local Prevention Program Liz O’Loughlin Clayton CANVAS Program Officer Monash City Council 1

Clayton CANVAS Presentation Overview 1. Gambling Harm in Monash 2. Prevention Program Overview 3. Evaluation 2

Gambling Harm in Monash Background Monash City Council Health and Wellbeing Partnership Plan Key priority: Resilience to harm from gambling 3

City of Monash 4

City of Monash 5

Gambling Harm in Monash Background ‘A well hidden issue’: A 2013 Monash City Council research project explored the impacts of Electronic Gaming Machine gambling. • The research identified community groups and vulnerable suburbs most at risk, particularly Clayton. 6

Gambling Harm in Monash Background Who are most at risk from gambling harm in Monash? • People of Asian backgrounds (especially young people) • International Students • People from low socio-economic backgrounds • Older people experiencing social isolation • Restaurant workers • People with mental health issues/other addictions • Trades and manual labour workers (especially shift workers) • Young males who play football and cricket 7

Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Prevention Funding Opportunity $2.2 million available for projects targeting vulnerable communities and groups where the risk factors for developing issues with gambling are highest. 8

Monash City Council was awarded $205,000 to deliver the Clayton CANVAS program by June 2015. 9

Clayton CANVAS Overview A site-based pilot prevention program contributing to: Reducing gambling harm in Clayton Building the resilience of community to gambling harm Increasing community participation in alternative recreational & educational activities De-stigmatising problem gambling to enable help-seeking This program will saturate Clayton community with a range of initiatives targeting at-risk communities where they live, work, study and play . 10

Saturating Clayton with a range of initiatives 11

Clayton 3168 Compared to 8 other areas of Monash • Largest population aged 18-24 • Highest number of university students • Highest percentage of people speaking a language other than English at home (62%) • Highest percentage of unemployment (13%) • Lowest medium personal income 12

Clayton CANVAS Clayton • Evidence of gambling-related harm in the area: o Monash suburb most impacted by gambling o 3 x Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) venues o Very high density of EGM’s per adult population o Most vulnerable at-risk groups reside in Clayton • Established Clayton Leadership Group to support the delivery of the Clayton CANVAS project 13

Population Groups & Settings Monash University Support Services International Launch Students Youth Sporting Club Practitioners Clayton CANVAS Industry Older People Local Short Term Businesses Loan Agencies and Older People Monash CC Labourers & Manual Shift Workers 14

Reaching the Clayton community where they live, work, study and play. 15

Clayton CANVAS Clayton Community Leadership Group Clayton Community Monash CC Program Clayton CANVAS Leadership Group officer Advisory Group Project Management role 16

Clayton CANVAS Evaluation 17

Thank you! Liz O’Loughlin Clayton CANVAS Program Officer Monash City Council 9518 3046 lizo@monash.vic.gov.au 18