Survey to understand gambling and its impact on communities in Southampton

Introduction

Thank you for completing this survey that Options Wellbeing Trust and The Saints Foundation are running. The survey focused on issues around gambling and how it impacts on you/others. All responses are anonymous and will help us with identify a need for support services and how they can be delivered effectively to meet those needs in Southampton.

There are 12 questions and we are grateful for all your feedback.

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* 1. How do you identify your gender?

Female

Male

Gender Neutral

Gender Fluid

Non-binary

Trans gender

Not disclosed

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Please tell your age

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* 3. Please tell us what best describes you ethnic background?

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* 4. Please tell us the first part of your post code

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* 5. Would you identify yourself as having a problem with gambling?

Yes

any other comments

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* 6. Would you identify yourself as being affected by someone elses gambling behaviours?

Yes

any other comments

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* 7. Have you ever accessed support for problem gambling?

Yes

If so, please tell us what support you had and how it helped.

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* 8. Have you ever accessed support as someone affected by someone elses gambling behaviours?

Yes

If so, please tell us what support you had and how it helped.

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* 9. If you haven't accessed any help or support, what stopped you?

I feel embarrassed

It's a stigmatising issue

I don't want anyone to know

I feel guilty about it

I don't know who to ask about services

I don't know about any services or where to look

I cannot physically get to a service

I just gamble for fun and it doesn't negatively impact on me or my family

I don't think I meet the criteria for a service

I dont have problem gambling

I am not affected by someone elses gambling

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Are there any constraints to you accessing any help and support if you wanted to? such as:

Transport

Timings of services offered

Child care

Finances

Work commitments

Study commitments

Accessibility issues

Confidence

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What kind of help or support would you find useful if you did want to access a service now?

Information, guidance and signposting to other support in the community for practical help i.e. CAB, debt support, housing

Information, guidance and signposting to organisations that can help with my own or gambling

Information, guidance and support to organisations that can help me with someone else's behaviours around gambling

Peer support through others with lived experience of recovering from problem gambling

A specific service to support problem gambling i.e. therapeutic treatment

A informal group that includes gambling support but has other activities as well

Other (please specify)

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* 12. If you do gamble regularly, how did it start?

Gaming

The social side of gambling

peers, friends and/or family members gambled

Boredom, nothing much else going on

Isolation

its a coping mechanism

its a big part of a sport i'm interested in

Other (please specify)