GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
BBC
April 5, 2020
A new centre designed to support child victims and witnesses of crime is to be opened in Scotland.
Children will be able to be interviewed in the child-friendly facility, away from police stations and courtrooms.
But they can also receive medical care and support to help them recover from trauma in an environment designed to look like a family home.
Locations are being scouted for the base following a £1.5m boost from the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Project partner Children 1st said the centre would “end the nightmares of thousands of children”.
The charity’s chief executive Mary Glasgow said the centre would “transform” Scotland’s systems of justice, health, care and protection.
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