Gambling-harm awareness, workplace support and early intervention.
Craig Dempsey is the founder of Calm & Steady, a lived-experience gambling-harm business focused on earlier intervention, workplace awareness, family impact, high-risk moments and practical support before harm escalates.
- Lived-experience talks
- Gambling harm awareness sessions
- Family impact conversations
- Workplace gambling-harm awareness sessions
- Podcast, media and panel appearances
- Calm & Steady strategic pilot discussions
Practical sessions rooted in lived experience.
These sessions are designed for organisations that want to understand gambling harm more clearly, make support easier to find and give staff, students or service users a practical route into earlier help.
Current routes include: lived-experience talks, workplace awareness sessions, organisational access, media and panel appearances, and strategic pilot partnerships.
Lived-experience talk
An honest lived-experience talk exploring gambling harm, shame, secrecy, recovery, identity, family impact and why earlier intervention matters.
Suggested starting range: £250–£500Awareness session
A 45–60 minute session for workplaces, charities, councils, colleges or community groups covering warning signs, hidden risk moments, safer conversations and support routes.
Suggested starting range: £400–£750Strategic Calm & Steady pilot
A defined organisational pilot around Calm & Steady resources and early-intervention tools, with agreed scope, feedback, usage learning and next-stage recommendations.
Pilot scope and pricing by agreementGambling harm is often hidden until crisis.
By the time someone asks for help, there may already be debt, secrecy, shame, relationship damage, isolation and serious emotional distress.
Calm & Steady is built around a simple idea: make earlier support visible and interrupt the moment before harm escalates.
Topics Craig can cover
- Why people chase losses
- How shame keeps harm hidden
- Family impact and broken trust
- Warning signs before crisis
- Gambling harm in the workplace
- Safer conversations and support routes
- Lived experience and recovery
- How Calm & Steady can support earlier intervention
For organisations that want to respond earlier.
Public health & councils
Early intervention, prevention, family impact, community wellbeing and responsible signposting conversations.
Workplaces & wellbeing teams
Helping managers, HR and wellbeing teams recognise hidden gambling harm earlier and respond with confidence, compassion and clear support routes.
Charities, colleges & community groups
Awareness sessions for organisations supporting recovery, students, families or communities affected by gambling harm.