The inclusion of lived experience in gambling research is vital in ensuring more equitable, inclusive and effective outcomes, but finding the right partners with the right skills can be difficult and time consuming. The new Lived Experience Research Hub (LERH) is now live and brings together three services:
👉 Matching service: A new tool to help both researchers and lived experience experts find and connect with one another to collaborate on research projects
👉 Lived Experience Access Fund (LEAF): A funding programme that supports people with lived/living experience of gambling harm, enabling active participation in research, training, conference travel, and other related capacity-building opportunities
👉 Minimum Standards Framework (MSF): A set of guiding principles to which researchers should adhere to provide adequate care, support and opportunity to those with lived experience of gambling harm.
The service exists to support both researchers and those with lived/living experience of gambling harms to find, connect and collaborate with one another, while also providing funding to upskill those with lived/living experience to be part of research projects to better understand how to prevent, reduce and treat gambling harms.
Users can create an account now, post jobs, apply for LEAF funding and explore the opportunities on offer.
Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling 