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Rape Crisis Scotland Annual Report 2014-15

Rape Crisis Scotland has just published its Annual Report for 2014-15.
This highlights among other developments very positive evaluation findings on the impact of Rape Crisis Scotland's Sexual Violence Prevention Project, and a further increase in the number of people supported by rape crisis centres across Scotland: 2665 clients were supported by centres during the year, and centres also responded to almost 14,000 calls.

Call for tenders

Rape Crisis Scotland has issued a call for tenders for the evaluation of its new National Advocacy Project.

The National Advocacy Project aims to improve the support available to survivors of rape and serious sexual crime; improve the experience of the criminal justice process for survivors of rape and serious sexual crime; develop a better understanding of motivations to proceed or not to proceed within the criminal justice process and what difference advocacy support makes to this decision.

We are seeking external evaluators with relevant experience to assess the impact of the project.
You can download this document for more information.

£1.85 million extra support for sexual abuse victims

The Scottish Government has announced an extra £1.85 million is to be invested in providing additional support for victims of sex crimes across Scotland.

Scottish Women's Rights Centre - free legal surgeries

The Scottish Women's Rights Centre is now offering free legal surgeries to women in Glasgow and Lanarkshire.

The SWRC legal surgeries are available by appointment and offer free legal information and advice to women survivors of gender based violence. This is a broad term which encompasses a range of crimes against women including sexual crimes, domestic abuse, stalking, harassment (including sexual harassment), trafficking, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) and others.