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Rape Crisis reprieve leaves 'serious questions' over tottering support services

CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed a reprieve for a threatened rape crisis centre — but warn tonight there are “serious questions” to answer over women’s support services “stretched to breaking point.”

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis had previously announced it would have to close its nine-month waiting list to new applicants, after BBC Children in Need withdrew funding from the project.

Centre Manager Isabelle Kerr said the grants body had outlined in a phone call that funding was withdrawn because the centre did “not do enough for male survivors.”

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