BetBlocker launches support for Syrian Arabic speakers

Gambling harm prevention charity BetBlocker is today announcing the expansion of its award winning support to Syrian Arabic. Years of conflict in Syria have resulted in significant displaced Syrian communities in neighbouring countries and across many European nations. As with many other minority communities, immigrant communities are at higher risk of gambling harm, with religious, social, cultural and linguistic barriers depressing engagement with support services.

As part of work towards a partnership with a European regulatory agency, BetBlocker was able to prioritise the roll out of support for Syrian Arabic speaking communities to support the diaspora Syrian communities living across Europe.

Founder and Trustee for BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, offered these comments: “I’m always really happy when BetBlocker can line-up priorities for where our work for mature markets also facilitates us extending protections to populations that are under served. Our project to deliver Ukrainian as apart of the Improving Outcomes for Minority Communities fund via GambleAware in the UK was a great example of a project that met the needs of the UK funding system, while concurrently extending the support we could offer to an entirely new project.

This project offers similar opportunities. Where extending our support to Syrian Arabic both allows us to submit a more competitive tender to an EU regulator, whilst simultaneously expanding our support to a country/population that currently has very limited options for people experiencing gambling harm.

BetBlocker’s uptake in Syria is climbing rapidly at the moment, and this new launch should ensure that far more people who need support can access it.”