A VITAL Fife charity is facing closure, with the loss of jobs and services after losing its crucial funding.
Fife Women's Network (FWN) faces an uncertain future after Fife Council claimed it had failed to outline budgets, complete accounts and produce a business plan.
Now a war of words has broken out between the local authority and FWN after its cash l
ifeline was cut.
FWN has been instrumental in setting up much needed services around the Kingdom, including FRASAC - Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre - which offers free advice to anyone who has been affected by rape or sexual assault.
Now manager Avril Crossley has said the move will mean staff will be made redundant and have to work on a voluntary basis, while services will be minimised with the threat of closure until an alternative solution can be reached.
The crisis came after councillors at the housing and communities committee agreed unanimously not to fund the organisation to the tune of £26,000 for the coming year.
Officials said the 12-year-old charity was not meeting its objectives and had not developed any future business plan.
However, Miss Crossley accused the Council of 'leading the FWN down a false path' and told The Press: "Fife Council has not met its responsibilities in any way in the past year.
"It told us in January it wasn't going to fund us anymore.
''That was nowhere near adequate time to source additional funding.
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