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Recent Small Grants

Young People’s Legal Rights Centre Inc

Youth Workers and the law         

In partnership with Victoria Legal Aid, develop and publish a kit ‘What’s the Deal?’.  The aim of the kit is twofold, to educate young people about legal issues, and to provide a resource to assist teachers and community educators to improve young people’s understanding of the law and their rights.   

$2,727.27

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic) Inc

Smart justice brochures

To produce and publish Smart Justice Brochures. 

$2,727.27

Russian Cultural & TV Association Inc

Legal Programs for Sputnik TV

To produce up to five programs on legal issues for the Russian community.

$3,000

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

Human Rights Charter Exhibition

To produce visual display material to be exhibited in Law Week 2007 that highlights human rights abuses or victories.           

$2,727.27

PILCH Homeless Person’s Legal Clinic

Consumer Homelessness Forum

To contribute towards materials for the Consumer Homelessness Forum with UN Special Rapporteur.

$2,530.00

Springvale Monash Legal Service Inc

South Eastern Migration Assistance Service (SEMAS)

To provide assistance in the establishment of the South Eastern Migration Assistance Service (SEMAS) including training, registration and agent library.    

$2,350.00

Flemington Kensington Legal Centre

Protective behaviours and non-violence training

To provide training for residents on non-violence responses.         

$2,230.00

Flemington Kensington Legal Centre

Grant to employ a local co-ordinator to commence the YRIPP program at FKLC

To enable the immediate commencement of the Youth Referral and Independent Person Program (YRIPP) at Flemington police station by employing a local co-ordinator.            

$3,000.00

Tarrwirri - Indigenous Students and Lawyers Association of Victoria (ISLAV)

Update of website

To update the ISLAV website to include new branding and enhance its usability.      

$2,500.00

University of Melbourne Law Students Society

Human Rights Resource: Right Now

The purpose of this grant is to support the production of a human rights now publication by Melbourne University law students as part of the Law Student Society. 

$3,000.00

Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association

Sign language interpreter legal training course – administration

The purpose of this grant is to provide funds for the preparation of materials for a course to train interpreters of the deaf in the specialist skills required for court interpretation work.

$3,000.00

The Victorian Bar

Inventory of legal archive material         

To begin to put together an inventory of suitable archival material for the Russell Street Melbourne Justice Museum project.

$3,000.00

BOOBook Theatre

Law Matters      

To write and rehearse a piece of theatre to take to secondary schools about issues concerning young people and the law, including rights, responsibilities and processes. 

$3,000.00

Victorian Association of Restorative Justice

Group Conferencing DVD – actors          

The applicant seeks funding to employ three professional actors for the production for an instructional DVD on group conferencing.

$3,000.00

Swinburne University of Technology - Institute of Social Research

Deportation law project 

To communicate to lawyers and others in the community information on the law of deportation in Australia today and how that law has developed in recent times.   

$3,000.00

Flemington Kensington Legal Centre

Public housing brochures

Funds to assist with completion of project and to cover miscalculation of GST by FKLC         

$2,756.32

Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention Legal Service

VOCAT promotion

To assist in the printing of banners and flyers to educate and inform the community about the work of  victims of crime assistance tribunal (VOCAT).          

$2,925.00

Women Barristers Association

Women Barristers: Then and Now – Panels for law week

To pay for an research position to assist in the Women Barristers Association's Law Week display.   

$3,000.00

Multicultural Sudanese Centre Inc.

Awareness Project

Awareness program to address issues related to law that are experienced by the Sudanese community and other African communities.    

$2,830.00

PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic

Anti-discrimination animation      

To provide a contribution towards a series of short films and animations to dispel the myths of homelessness.  This legal information material will be used as tools to educate business and service providers to the homeless.

$3,000.00

Women Barristers Association

Oral History e-film         

To allow the preparation of a short film to be shown on the internet, which documents the history of the Women Barristers Association through recordings of the past conveners of the organisation.  

$3,000.00

Office of the Public Advocate

Take Control poster       

A video entitled ‘take control’ has been developed with the assistance of a grant from the Foundation.  The video introduces viewers to enduring powers of attorney, legal methods of taking control of one’s affairs and decisions in the event of incapacitation.  The video will be advertised in libraries and other community based services such as community legal services, neighbourhood houses, and doctors' surgeries with the assistance of the poster.

$3,000.00

University of Melbourne

Assistance with publication of an article by Dr Austin Lovegrove    

To provide assistance in completing a sentencing research peer-reviewed article, which explores community perceptions about sentencing through analysing the results of 500 participants in a sentencing excercise.

$3,000.00

Palliative Care Victoria Inc

Consumer leaflet - appointing an enduring guardian         

To produce a small (about 750 word) leaflet that addresses issues relating to appointing an enduring guardian. This product will compliment the ‘Take Control’ video produced by Office of the Public Advocate.

$3,000.00

Magistrates’ Court of Victoria

Past magistrates project

To assist with the establishment of a database to allow the Magistrates' Court to develop a history based on past Magistrates' experiences.

$2,946.00

Peninsula Community Legal Centre Inc (PCLC)

30th Anniversary commemorative publication/celebration visual record      

Money towards formatting, printing and distributing a publication documenting PCLC’s thirty years of providing legal services to the community and the costs of recording the 30th celebration through photographs and a DVD recording.

$3,000.00

La Trobe University - School of Social Work and Social Policy & School of Law

Advancing access to justice in Victoria: learning from recent innovative research approaches in the United Kingdom

To conduct research into human rights frameworks implemented in the UK , South Africa and New Zealand in order to enhance the operation of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities.    

$3,000.00

Darebin Community Legal Centre Inc.

Prison casework resource          

To compile and publish resource material to assist lawyers at community legal centres conduct casework relating to prisoner’s rights.  It will cover areas such as Governor’s Hearings, Parol Board Hearings, access to health services and visitation rights. 

$3,000.00

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic) Inc (FCLC)

Anti-Terror Laws Training Manual

To produce targeted resources and training materials for lawyers on anti-terror law.

$3,000.00

Alternative Law Journal

Innovation in clinical legal education: educating lawyers for the future

To assist in funding a special edition of the Alternative Law Journal - a monograph on the future of legal education, and in particular clinical legal education.

$3,000.00

Supreme Court of Victoria

File Management Project

To assist in updating the Supreme Court of Victoria archiving system.        

$3,000.00

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Z-Card 

The purpose of this grant was to allow the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre to produce a larger version of their z-card which was funded under a General Grant.

$1,000

Footscray Community Legal Centre

African Community Facilities       

Working with bilingual facilitators from the African community to improve delivery of legal services at a pilot legal outreach and referral service.

$2,787.84

Recent General Grants

Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)

Just Policy Journal - human rights special edition

To produce a special human rights edition of the Australian Journal of Social Policy, ‘Just Policy.’  It will comprise approximately 20 refereed articles and a number of commentaries by a range of leading human rights and social policy academics and practitioners.    

$12,000.00

Public Interest Law Clearing House

Not-for-profit research project

To research how to best provide legal resources to the not for profit sector.

$8,500.00

Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)

Just Policy Journal - human rights special edition

To produce a special human rights edition of the Australian Journal of Social Policy, ‘Just Policy.’  It will comprise approximately 20 refereed articles and a number of commentaries by a range of leading human rights and social policy academics and practitioners.

$12,000.00

Public Interest Law Clearing House

Not-for-profit research project

To research how to best provide legal resources to the not for profit sector.

$8,500.00

Fitzroy Legal Service Inc

The Law Handbook online

Major feasibility study for putting The Law Handbook online.

$30,000.00

Monash University - Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Business Law and Taxation

Empirical Study of Class Actions

This project seeks to undertake a comprehensive empirical analysis of Victoria ’s class action regimes. Class proceedings have been available in the Federal Court of Australia since March 1992 and in the Supreme Court of Victoria since January 2000.   

$28,000.00

Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) (Charter) train-the-trainer program and resource kit for community organisations

This Project will design, deliver and evaluate:

• a train-the-trainer program to skill a panel of pro bono lawyers to provide education regarding the Charter to and within community organisations;

• three pilot training sessions for community organisations provided by members of the panel of pro bono lawyers; and

• a resource kit for community organisations.      

$14,800.00

La Trobe University, Gay & Lesbian Health Victoria, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society

Making it Happen Together

The project aims to improve the well-being and safety of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) Victorians by enhancing the police, courts and broader legal community’s understanding of, and responsiveness to, the safety and protection needs of GLBTI people  The project will achieve this by undertaking empirical research and producing a report of the results that will be articulated to key stakeholders.

$52,583.00

Victorian Court Information and Welfare Network Inc.

Improving cultural diversity awareness

Court Network will undertake a two-stage project to improve the awareness of cultural diversity issues amongst existing Court Network volunteers and improve the recruitment levels of new volunteers from diverse communities.

$17,338.00

Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW)

Specialist insurance legal assistance service for consumers – a pilot program          This project will:

• establish an 18-month pilot of a telephone based insurance legal assistance service at the Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW); and

• produce materials targeting consumers for distribution in Victoria.

$14,600.00

Law Institute of Victoria

Collaborative practice: from research to practical application

This project will achieve three outcomes:

• it will provide data on the range of outcomes and perceptions of clients using collaborative dispute resolution services;

• it will result in the publication of a guide for collaborative practitioners and descriptive materials for potential clients; and

• it will include an information campaign for prospective collaborative practice lawyers

$48,557.92

Western Suburbs Legal Service

Child Protection Booklet

The project will publish and distribute a printed version of “Child Protection - A Guide for Parents and Family Members.”  The original booklet was funded by Foundation General Grant G760 and the drafting of the updated booklet was funded by Foundation Small Grant SG102.

$18,662.00

Lawyers for Animals (LFA)

Legal project worker and volunteer coordinator

The project involves employing a legal project worker and volunteer coordinator (project worker), one day per week.  The project worker will produce legal research papers and submissions pertaining to local animal law reform.  The project worker will oversee the work of volunteers in relation to this work and provide community legal education.  The employment of the project worker will allow Lawyers for Animals to contribute far more significantly towards urgently needed reform.

$11,775.00

Monash University – Centre of Forensic Behavioural Science

Increasing Juror’s Comprehension of the Jury Charge: Judicial Interviews

Research and experience of judges shows that jurors have considerable difficulty understanding the legal instructions provided by the judge in the trial.  This project, which involves interviews with judges about their charge practices, is one in a program of research designed to help judges enhance their communication with jurors to increase their understanding of the law.  The findings will be presented on the web, in a newsletter, journal article and a report.

$12,917.00

Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 (Vic) needs analysis

The purpose of this grant is to allow VCOSS to undertake a needs analysis and audit to develop a strategy for education on the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 (Vic).

$12,006.54

County Court of Victoria

Court Information Office Pilot and Feasibility Study

Employment of project officer to conduct a 12 month study into the feasibility of the establishment of a court information office in the County Court and potentially across all Victorian jurisdictions.  The feasibility study and pilot would form the basis of an application to the Department of Justice for ongoing funding of a court information office.

$50,000.00

Child Wise Ltd

Looking After The Children: Whose Duty to Care?

To revise and expand the existing publication ‘Choose with care’ to assist organisations to understand their legal obligations in relation to children and young people in their care.  The publication will be provided by Child Wise at parent/caregiver information sessions and available on their website.

$24,700.00

Women’s Legal Service Victoria (WLSV)

WLSV e-learning law project

Funding was provided to undertake a feasibility study into the possibility of developing on-line learning tools for the service to undertake CLE training.

$12,090.00

PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic

The Homelessness Law and Advocacy Resource Manual

As project to develop and publish an on-line legal education tool; the homelessness law and advocacy resource manual. It is intended to be a ‘one stop shop’ that provides targeted and practical legal education and assistance to practitioners, both legal and non legal, in the homelessness sector so that they can assist their clients to navigate the legal system.

$25,000.00