The Scottish Government has given £10,000 to a fund to help victims of serious crime after the mother of a murder victim complained her charity was having to "prop up" up the service.
The Moira Fund was set up in memory of Moira Jones, who was brutally murdered in a park yards from her home in Glasgow in 2008.
Her mother Beatrice Jones told MSPs the charity had donated £10,000 in two years to "help prop up government funds".
The money went to Victim Support Scotland's (VSS) victim fund and was ring-fenced to help the families of murder victims.
Ms Jones said in a letter to Holyrood's Justice Committee earlier this month that despite her contributions, VSS told her the victim fund was "depleted".
She added: ''It was never our intention to prop up government funds and I am sure our supporters wouldn't want us to do that either, but we did, and do, want to help those in the depths of despair.
''I want things to be better for Scottish victims. They are the poor relations in the justice system and this is not right.''
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has now pledged £10,000 for the fund and said he plans to meet Ms Jones to discuss support for bereaved families.
He told the Justice Committee in a letter the Scottish Government had given £70,000 to the victim fund since it was set up in 2009.
He said: "In December 2016, VSS informed the Scottish Government that the fund was depleted and it was agreed that this would be discussed at the next regular meeting in January 2017.
"I am pleased to advise the committee that following discussion between officials and VSS, I have approved a further £10,000 contribution to the fund.
"This government has a positive record in strengthening the rights of victims and witnesses, and the support available to them and their families."
Committee convener Margaret Mitchell said: "Earlier this month at the Justice Committee's evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary, I raised the issue of the depleted fund for victims and people affected by crime, including those bereaved by murder, following a letter from the Moira Fund.
"This £10,000 to replenish the fund is, therefore, most certainly to be welcomed.
"It is also excellent to have confirmation that the Cabinet Secretary has now agreed to meet with Beatrice Jones and representatives from the Moira Fund which she established to discuss support to bereaved families."
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