Education trust and Racing To School team up to raise gambling awareness

Education charity Racing To School has teamed up with YGAM

The Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) and Racing To School teamed up on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival to help raise awareness about the issues surrounding gambling among pupils at a school in Liverpool.

It was the second collaboration between the two education charities following similar work with pupils in Newmarket last year.

This year's visit was to Maricourt High School in Maghull, which is the only senior school within the Aintree Beacon educational outreach programme and has established very strong ties with the home of the Grand National over the last four years.

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Bill BarberIndustry editor

Published on 16 March 2020inFeatures

Last updated 14:37, 16 March 2020

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