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Ceartaich Alba | |
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Formed | 2010 |
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Type | Executive non-departmental public body |
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Redress Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Ceartaich Alba is the redress scheme for child abuse in Scotland following the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. Based in Glasgow, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.
The organisation was created by the passing of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 [1]
Redress Scotland can award payments between £10,000 and £100,000 with the following eligibility requirements:
Since its inception Redress Scotland has been criticised for delays, failures and broken promises and was characterised as "disgusting" by survivors of abuse. [2]
Abuse survivors have branded a Scottish Government financial redress scheme as "disgusting" saying they have faced a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises.