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Statement on waiting lists and the need for sustainable funding
Rape Crisis Scotland is calling for crucial funding for Rape Crisis Centres delivered during the Covid-19 pandemic to be extended.
10 centres across Scotland shared in £1,125,000 of funding to tackle waiting lists. This figure fell short of the £4,03,239 requested but made a significant impact on the support survivors were able to access during this period.
Waiting list funding enabled centres to boost staff numbers and tackle long waiting lists for support. If the waiting list funding is not extended, centres across Scotland have warned that a significant impact will be made to their ability to support survivors of sexual violence.
Some centres are already reporting long waiting lists, a situation which will worsen is funding is not extended.
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