The lead practitioner at a service for Glasgow's most vulnerable women has told how 'ludicrous' cuts have put the project on the brink of collapse.
The lead practitioner of a project helping some of the city's most vulnerable women has slammed budget cuts that have put the lifeline service on the brink of collapse.for two decades and is the lead union representative.
But in 2020, £200,000 was cut from Turning Point 218, forcing the charity to scrap its community care service.The cut also meant the service could only support women with a criminalHealth “I know of women who have gone out and deliberately committed crimes so they could get a criminal justice history that would enable them to derive support from our service. It’s ridiculous.”
She said:"They weren't a danger to society they were women who were desperate, and maybe working the streets and had a history of abuse. Patrick Mackay, operations director at Turning Point, said the charity shared Unite's concern for the future of the 218 service. "We were dismayed when we received the tender documentation as we had recently completed a full review of the service, agreed the service specification and a budget for the service of £1.37 million.
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