Background The impact of gambling advertisements shown during sporting events on young people is an important public health issue. While extensive research has taken place in Australia, there is still only a limited understanding of this issue in the United Kingdom (UK). Method A mixed methods study was conducted with 71 family groups comprised of 99 young people (8–16 years) and 71 adults recruited at six sites across South London, England (May–July 2018). Interviewer-assisted surveys investigated recall and awareness of sports betting brands using interviews and a magnet placement board activity developed in Australia. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, with qualitative data interpreted using thematic analysis techniques. Results Just under half of young people ( n = 46, 46%) and more than two thirds of adults ( n = 49, 71%) were able, unprompted, to name at least one gambling brand. Boys had a significantly higher recall of brands than girls, as did young people who watched a lot of football on television. Almost two thirds of young people ( n = 63, 63%) correctly placed one or more shirt sponsor magnets next to the corresponding football team, and 30% ( n = 30) correctly placed three or more sponsors magnets next to the corresponding football team. Just under two thirds of adults ( n = 44, 62%) correctly placed one or more shirt sponsors magnets next to the corresponding football team. Young people recalled seeing gambling advertising on television ( n = 78), technology/screens ( n = 49), and in association with sports teams ( n = 43). Adults recalled seeing advertising on television ( n = 56), on technology/screens ( n = 37), in sports stadiums ( n = 34), and in betting venues ( n = 34). Over three quarters of young people ( n = 74 out of 95 responses, 78%) and 86% of adults ( n = 59 out of 69 responses) thought that betting had become a normal part of sport. Conclusion In order to reduce the exposure of young people to gambling advertising, policymakers in the UK should consider comprehensive approaches, similar to those applied in tobacco control, which cover all forms of advertising, including promotion and sponsorship.

In this editorial, we provide a preliminary definition of 'safe spaces' before exploring how the collected authors have taken a fresh approach to understanding 'safe spaces' though a geographical lens. Until now, the material 'location' of safe spaces have remained under theorised, but by turning attention to how children and young people co-produce and bring safe spaces into being through their situated practices, this Special Issue provides rich ground for re-evaluating why places 'matter' in children's lives. This editorial maps out those common threads that are uncovered across a diverse collection that spans playful protest in Johannesburg, family food struggles in Warsaw, to the theatrical parodies of second generation Somali youth in London.

This paper draws on ethnographic research with angling intervention programs working with 'disaffected' young people in the UK to demonstrate how young people use the affective geographies of waterscapes to regulate their feelings and escape stressful lives.But rather than interpret the restorative or therapeutic quality of waterscapes as the consequence of (passive) immersion into green/blue spaces, we argue that 'comfort' is derived from an ongoing, active engagement with(in) the world. Drawing on works influenced by phenomenological theories and relational understandings of the morethan-human world, we illustrate how the affectual qualities of waterscapes are continually 'woven' into being through the material and embodied practices of young anglers. However, understanding why waterscapes 'matter' to young people also requires accounting for those assemblages originating in the past that shape these coexperienced worlds.

Anglia. She primarily focuses on affective geographies and young people's social and emotional worlds. Her currently work within the FISHERCOAST project explores the impact of coastal transformations on young people's wellbeing and progression into the fishing industry.