Help and support.
Free, confidential help comes before any money question. Where to turn today, for you or your family.
What this collection covers.
Before any question about money, the first priority is safety. If gambling is doing damage to you or to someone close to you, free and confidential support exists right now: the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 is open around the clock, GamCare provides structured support alongside it, GAMSTOP blocks every British-licensed gambling site through one self-exclusion registration, and BetBlocker locks gambling apps and sites at device level. The guides in this hub explain each of those services and how they fit together into real protection.
Several of the guides help you take stock. The warning-signs guide describes how gambling harm actually builds, which is rarely the way people imagine it, and the family guide is written for partners, parents and friends who can see a problem developing and want to help without making things worse. The comparison guide untangles GamCare, GAMSTOP and BetBlocker, because the similar names cause genuine confusion at exactly the moment clarity matters most. The blocking-tools guide then walks through setting each service up properly, in the order that closes loopholes fastest.
The rest of the hub deals with the practical aftermath. The plain-English glossary defines the terms you will meet if you ever look into a recovery case, and the FAQ answers the questions players put to us most often, honestly, including the uncomfortable ones. Clinton & Co is not a treatment service and does not pretend to be one: support comes first, and the money questions can wait until you are ready for them. When you are, the same guides show where a claim can start.