2024 When Gaming Meets Gambling - Free Parent Information Sessions
The Ballarat community lost $64.3 million on Poker Machines over the 2022-2023 financial year.
This equates to $175,000 per day. Sadly, the figures continue to rise, and our young people are increasingly targeted through advertising and gaming.
The financial loss to Victorians through gambling, was $7.41 billion in 2022/23.
Our kids are being exposed to gambling through gaming and advertising. Never before has gambling been so heavily promoted and accessible. Microtransactions, found in gaming, is a market that is expected to reach $117.95 billion by 2027.
Parents and Carers, come and learn about the key issues related to gambling and young people and how they can help their young person develop informed attitudes to gambling and healthy gaming habits.
Linda and Jo from Ballarat Cafs (Children and Family Sevices) will present the free session, hosted by the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House.
Please note that this session is repeated in the afternoon. There is no need to book for both sessions.
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Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Community Room, Barkly Square - Ballarat East
Sarah Greenwood-Smith
You can read and download all policies and procedures for the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House online.
The full Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Privacy Policy is available online.
Privacy Statement
The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House will use the information provided in our registration forms to communicate with the registered participant about the activity in which they have enrolled (for example: confirming activity details, finalising payments, changes such as cancellations or substitute teachers and priority enrolment opportunities for future activities). Where an email address has been provided, we will use your personal information to send you our regular email update and we may also send occasional extra communications about our activities, opportunities, relevant issues and about the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House more broadly. You may choose to opt out of the email updates. The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House's Privacy Policy is available at ballarateastnh.org.au/about-us/policies-procedures/privacy-policy-full. The policy contains important information about how you can access and request correction of information we hold about you, how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House will deal with any privacy complaint. If you have any questions, our contact details are email: reception@ballarateastnh.org.au, phone: 0422 612 052 or post: Barkly Square: Wadawurrung Country, 25-39 Barkly Street, Ballarat East, 3350 or PO Box 1443, Ballarat East, 3354
Ballarat East Neighbourhood House (BENH) is committed to protecting and upholding the right to privacy of BENH users, staff, Committee of Management (CoM) members and representatives of agencies we deal with. In particular, BENH is committed to protecting and upholding the rights of our users and staff to privacy in the way we collect, store and use information about them, their needs and the services we provide to them.
Online Forms
If you provide personal details during your visit to the BENH website, then BENH only use and disclose your personal information for the purpose for which it was collected. Any other type of use and disclosure will require your consent or be in accordance with prescribed exemptions under privacy laws.
For example, if you complete an online form requesting services, unless you give consent to your personal details being used for other purposes, then those details will only be used for the purpose of requesting that service, for a secondary related purpose, or for another that falls within one of the exemptions of use and disclosure in the privacy legislation.
The Cancellation and Refund Policies form part of the Activity Terms and Conditions which are available in full online.
Cancellation Policy
Ballarat East Neighbourhood House (BENH) reserves the right to cancel activities if the required minimum number of participants enrolled prior to the activity starting date is not met. A full refund will be given for payments received.
In the case that the activity teacher is unable to attend due to illness or an unexpected change of circumstances, the class may be postponed to a later date or cancelled. If the class is postponed and the rescheduled date does not suit a participant, a refund may be requested.
Refund Policy
Fee refunds are not automatic and must be applied for in writing to the Manager.
The following will be taken into account before a Refund is issued: