Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2023
Beacon Counselling Trust

BCT Impact Report 2022-23

Beacon Counselling Trust (BCT) delivers gambling harm treatment, prevention and suicide bereavement support across North West England. In 2022-23, BCT delivered 162 workshops reaching 4,516 young people and 1,818 professionals, trained 2,114 criminal justice staff, and supported 102 people through its Paul's Place suicide bereavement service. The Bet You Can Help training programme has reached 4,500+ individuals, with 98% reporting improved confidence in supporting those at risk.

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📋About

Gambling harm treatment and counselling; young people's prevention programme; 'Bet You Can Help' RSPH-accredited training; criminal justice programme; South Asian community outreach; suicide bereavement support (Paul's Place); Trek Therapy; workplace charter; weight management counselling Custom geography from upload: North West England

📊Key Metrics

4,516 young people reached through 162 gambling harm prevention workshops in 2022-23 Key Metric 1
2,114 criminal justice professionals trained across 130+ sessions; original target of 500 exceeded by 1,614 Key Metric 2
102 people supported through Paul's Place suicide bereavement service since April 2022; £300,800 National Lottery grant secured Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Bet You Can Help programme reached 4,500+ individuals; 92% accreditation rate among RSPH Level 2 Award participants; 98% said training improved their ability to intervene
  • 33 organisations signed the Workplace Charter to Reduce Gambling Harms (up from 20); 15+ local authority systems engaged across the North West
  • 97% of criminal justice professionals said Bet You Can Help training met their expectations; 'Breaking the Sharam' project reached 2,100+ people in South Asian communities

📍Geography

North West

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