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The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced short-term revenue funding to help maintain gambling harm prevention and treatment services in England during the move from voluntary industry funding to the new statutory gambling levy system.
The Gambling Levy Transition Fund will help charities delivering gambling harm prevention and treatment services to continue during the transition period.
Eligible organisations can apply if they:
- received funding under the previous voluntary gambling funding system between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2026
- were delivering relevant activity in March 2026 for service users or beneficiary groups in England
- applied to the Gambling Harms Prevention VCSE Grant Fund and/or Treatment VCSE Grant Fund and were fully rejected
- are charities, or charitable, benevolent or philanthropic in purpose
Funding covers a three-month period from 1 April to 30 June 2026, with claims able to be backdated to 1 April 2026 where decisions are made later.
Grants are for revenue costs only, mainly staffing and related on-costs needed to continue existing provision; capital costs are excluded. The maximum award is a pro rata equivalent of three months of previous voluntary-system funding. For example, a charity that received £120,000 annually will be eligible for up to £30,000 from the fund.
Applications must be submitted by 30 April 2026.
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