The State Government has given the NSW Rape Crisis Centre an additional seven hundred thousand dollars to fund extra staff.

This is in response to a doubling of calls from victims over the past 4 years.

The centre says this rise in calls is not due to a surge in rape attacks, but rather, a growing confidence in women to report the crimes.

The extra grant will fund more phone counselors and also boost face to face help in rural communities.

2SER’s Alexia Attwood spoke to Karen Willis, the manager of NSW Rape Crisis Centre