The Scottish Government has stepped in to provide vital funding for a support group for rape victims.

The Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre was forced to refuse help to any more survivors after cash from Children in Need was withdrawn earlier this year.

Despite the intervention, campaigners say centres across the country are at breaking point.

A second branch of the charity Rape Crisis Scotland announced today that it has been forced to close its waiting list for counselling and support.

Managers at the Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre (FVRCC) said they deeply regret the move, but they have no choice as they are "still trying to reach a funding agreement with Falkirk Council".

Both staff and volunteers there say they are having to deal with an "overwhelming and increasing demand" for help.

Chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, Sandy Brindley, said: "I think it's fair to say that quite a lot of our services they are at breaking point just now.

"They are facing unprecedented levels of demand on their services and they do not have the funding to meet this demand.

"What this means is that you can have somebody who has just been raped, or who has just plucked up the courage to talk about something that has happened 20 years ago, they're trying to get a service and they're either getting a waiting list or an engaged tone, or an answering machine.

"We don't think that's good enough."

The Scottish Government announced today that it would step in and provide extra funding to allow the Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre to reopen its waiting list for individual counselling.

Equalities minister Christina McKelvie said the government will give the Glasgow centre an extra £35,000 after it reportedly lost its funding from BBC Children in Need.

The Scottish Government has already provided Rape Crisis Glasgow with £217,885 of support. Ms McKelvie said she hopes the emergency cash will "allow Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis to reopen its waiting list and continue to deliver the same level of service".

Humza Yousaf, cabinet secretary for Justice also confirmed today that the government would be providing £1m in funding for victims of sexual offences.

"That funding will essentially be used in two ways, one is to help to speed up the cases of sexual offences through the courts as we have more and more offences being recorded, so there's a backlog that needs to be worked through," he said.

He added that secondly, the money will also go towards supporting victims, in terms of the support they need with their case and as it progresses through the court.

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