Beira’s Place will add to Edinburgh’s existing rape crisis centre, which is run by a trans woman

JK Rowling is funding a new support and counselling service for survivors of sexual violence in Edinburgh.

The author, who has written about her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault, is setting up the new centre, called Beira’s Place, because she believes there is an “unmet need for women” in the Lothians area.

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