We are Against The Odds.

“Young people have grown up in a world where gambling is everywhere — it’s become the norm. But normal doesn’t mean safe.”

• 16
  Age it started
• 12 yrs
  In silence
• £250k+
  Lost

Aaron built a career in education — managing teams and partnering with Further Education providers across the UK — while privately living through a gambling addiction that began at 16, in the move from school to college.

Unwilling to speak openly about it and weighed down by the stigma around addiction, he battled mostly alone for over twelve years, losing more than £250,000 and living with serious mental, physical and financial harm. Today that lived experience shapes everything ATO delivers — the content, the workshops and the strategy.