The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) are working with The Scottish Government’s Preventing Poor Mental Health and Suicide Unit in the Mental Health and Social Care and National Care Service Directorate to support community-based activity to advance work on mental health and gambling harms, including a focus on suicide.

As part of this work, the ALLIANCE is pleased to announce a new round of funding through The Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund which has been secured through the Statutory Gambling Levy.

The main purpose of this fund is to understand the impact of gambling harms on specific disadvantaged, marginalised, and minoritised communities and how this intersects with wider social, economic, and environmental factors.

The fund will be administered and led by the ALLIANCE’s Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm (ScotRGH) team, who are the main point of contact for potential and successful projects.

Up to £20,000 is available for new applicants and up to £30,000 is available for returning applicants.

The Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund is open for applications from Thursday 2 July 2026 at 9AM until Friday 14 August at 5PM.

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