Patrick Foster is an ambassador for the Mintridge Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to enhancing life skills in young people through sport, building resilience and confidence through sport, and creating awareness of the importance of mental and physical wellbeing.

Patrick Foster | Author

He is the author of the bestselling book Might Bite: The Secret Life of a Gambling Addict, his brutally honest account of over a decade of pathological gambling addiction to recovery and beyond.

Patrick Foster and Teen Tips

Patrick Foster is also proud to be part of the Teen Tips team, working in collaboration and partnership with them as organisation. The Wellbeing Hub complements and consolidates the work that I do in schools brilliantly.

Teen Tips believe in early intervention. By providing those looking after children and young people with access to up-to-date professional advice and practical tools, they are more equipped to deal with the pressures of growing up. Teen Tips draw on the latest research from psychotherapy, psychology, and neuroscience, along with Teen Tips Founder, Alicia Drummond’s experience of working as an adolescent therapist and being a mum.

Patrick Foster | Speaking topics

Gambling, Online Gaming, Addiction, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Suicide Awareness and Prevention

Takeaway benefits – you should book gambling speaker Patrick Foster

• – Sharing of a personal, real and hard-hitting example of living with addiction.
• – Providing insightful and impactful facts and figures around gambling and mental health and why awareness and education is so important for young people and why this is no longer an issue that people can ignore in safeguarding their people.
• – Offering advice in how individuals can spot signs in themselves and others and where that help can be found/signposting help.
• – What can organisations do to ensure a culture where wellbeing is at the forefront of the agenda and people feel comfortable both talking about this and prioritising it – which has huge knock-on effects.
• – Explaining the convergence between online video gaming and gambling and how one is providing a ‘gateway’ for the other as well as raising awareness of the emergence of other markets.
• – Information about the importance of proactivity around mental health and exploring healthy vs unhealthy coping strategies when it comes to addictive substances and behaviours.
• – Raising awareness and understanding of why people are so vulnerable and what they can do to protect themselves and how others can help and play a part.
• – All sessions come with the provision of digital information packs and resources which include signposting and support around all the above.

Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers now to book gambling addiction campaigner and speaker Patrick Foster for your next event.

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