Prevention begins with awareness.
The YMCA Youth Gambling Awareness Program (YGAP) is a free service funded by Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care offering educational prevention programs designed to raise youth awareness with regards to gambling, healthy/active living and making informed decisions.
Our educational prevention programs raise awareness about gambling.
- For youth aged 8-24 years old
- Offer youth accurate information about gambling and develop the skills to make informed life decisions around risk-taking behaviours
- Give youth access to community resources and other local service providers that can help them with a potential gambling problem
- Provide interactive sessions for adults involved in young people's lives
- Educational workshops for parents, teachers, health professionals, and other agencies and organizations
- Referral to gambling treatment services
- Community involvement and support
Free educational prevention programs
Together with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the YMCA believes educational awareness raising programs are essential to enhancing personal development and creating healthier communities.
Book an awareness-raising interactive session (ages 8 - 24)
We offer educational workshops for parents, teachers, health professionals, and educators who play a key role in helping their students understand the signs of problem gambling. The YMCA Youth Gambling Awareness Program offers a series of educational workshops/presentations including the new Health and PHysical Education Curriculum. These interactive sessions:
- Offer students accurate information about gambling and opportunities to develop the skills to make informed life decisions around risk-taking behaviours
- Create a general understanding of risk assessment and harm reduction strategies
- Discuss possible consequences of, and decisions relating to gambling
- Offer curriculum activities based on Ministry of Education requirements
- Give participants access to community resources and other local service providers that can help them with a potential gambling problem
- Provide interactive sessions for adults involved in young people's lives
Program funding provided by the Ministry of Health c/o YMCA of Greater Toronto.
