Apr 21, 2023HUSH: Breaking the SilenceYesterday I met with Alice Nottage of Victim Support Scotland at Holyrood to discuss ‘HUSH: Breaking The Silence’ a creative, lived...
Aug 1, 2022Perpetrators pay £312,742 to Victims of their CrimesIn financial year 2021/2022, offenders paid £312,742 into the SNP Government’s Victim Surcharge Fund, allowing the first funding round to...
Apr 1, 2022£48 million for Victim Support Organisations Organisations which support victims and survivors of crime across Scotland are set to benefit from £48 million of grant funding from the...
Dec 7, 2021Victim Surcharge Fund reopens for Applications The SNP Government’s fund which uses cash taken from criminals to pay for practical help to victims of crime has opened for a new round...
Oct 26, 2021Last year Scotland had its Lowest Number of Homicides on RecordThe number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Scotland decreased by 15% (or ten cases) from 65 in 2019/20 to 55 in 2020/21; the...
