Gambling Levy Transition Fund
The Gambling Levy Transition Fund (GLTF) has been set up to ensure the continuity of gambling harm prevention and treatment services in England during the transition from the voluntary, industry-funded system to the new statutory gambling levy system.
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Summary
The transition from the previous voluntary, industry-funded arrangements to the new statutory gambling levy is likely to result in changes to the existing delivery landscape. It is the intention of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to ensure that there is an effective transition between these arrangements, ensuring service users and beneficiary groups are not negatively affected by this period of change.
DCMS therefore intends to make available grant funding to organisations delivering prevention or treatment of gambling harm provision funded by the previous voluntary system but who have not been successful in securing funding from the statutory gambling levy.
Funding will be for a period of 3 months, starting from 1st April 2026, to ensure that there is no break or gap in provision during this period of transition.
All applicants should read the detailed Application Guidance carefully before submitting an application.
Eligibility
To be eligible to bid for funding organisations must meet the following criteria:
They must have been using funding from the industry-funded voluntary system between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2026. Evidence of such arrangements will usually be provided by way of a grant offer letter or contract covering this period.
They must have been delivering relevant activity in March 2026 in support of service users and/or beneficiary groups in England who may be affected by the period of transition.
They must have bid for funding from the Gambling Levy via the Gambling Harms Prevention VCSE Grant Fund and/or the Gambling Harms Treatment VCSE Grant Fund and had their application(s) entirely rejected. You may apply to the Gambling Levy Transition Fund before You have received notification of the outcome of Your request for funding from the Gambling Harms Treatment VCSE Grant Fund. However we will not make a decision to award You funding from the Gambling Levy Transition Fund until You provide evidence to us that Your request for Gambling Levy funding has been rejected.
DCMS is making these funds available using the powers set out in section 70 of the Charities Act 2006. To be eligible to apply for the Fund, organisations must therefore be charities, or charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic in purpose.
Organisations should also take note of which costs are not considered to be Eligible Expenditure, full details of which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gambling-levy-transition-fund.
Objectives
It is the intention of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to ensure that there is an effective transition between the voluntary, industry-funded arrangement and the new statutory gambling levy. DCMS aims to ensure service users and beneficiary groups are not negatively affected by this period of change.
Dates
Applications are now open.
Organisations wishing to make an application for support from the Gambling Levy Transition Fund should complete and submit a Gambling Levy Transition Fund Application Form and submit it by no later than 23.59 on 30 April 2026.
All applications will be assessed upon receipt and we will aim to make decisions on your application as quickly as possible.
How to apply
Organisations wishing to make an application for support from the Gambling Levy Transition Fund should complete and submit a Gambling Levy Transition Fund Application Form and submit it by no later than 23.59 on 30 April 2026.
Applications should be submitted to gamblinglevytransitionfund@dcms.gov.uk.
Applicants should ensure that they include the following evidence as part of their application:
A full copy of any grant offer letter or contract for services which demonstrates that they were in receipt of funding from the industry-funded voluntary system in line with the eligibility criteria.
Evidence of any application made to the Gambling Harms Prevention VCSE Grant Fund or the Gambling Harms Treatment VCSE Grant Fund (or both) and, where you are in receipt of a decision rejecting any such application, a copy of the decision notice.
If the organisation is not a registered charity, then a copy of relevant evidence which demonstrates they are a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic organisation.
Where an applicant wishes to seek payment of the grant at point of need, relevant evidence that the organisation lacks relevant unrestricted reserves to be able to claim in arrears.