We are excited to announce our 2020 Grant Round is now open. There is no theme requirement this year and we welcome any ideas for projects that improve access to justice and meet our grant criteria.
Victorian Legal Services Board Grants Program
The 2020 Grants Round is Now Open
We are excited to announce our 2020 Grant Round is now open. There is no theme requirement this year and we welcome any ideas for projects that improve access to justice and meet our grant criteria.
Interested? Then take a look at these Application Guidelines and Tips and give us a call to discuss your proposal prior to 14 February 2020.
Once you’re ready, complete the 2020 Grants Round Application Form, check out some other helpful resources and submit your application.
Announcing the 2019 Grants Round Successful Applicants
The 2019 Grants round prioritised funding around the theme of Designing Justice Differently: Using human-centred design and technology. Applicants had to meet the theme requirements of using technological and/or human-centred design interventions to interrupt, streamline or change legal services and the justice system to improve access to justice.
This theme aims to stimulate new ways of thinking to achieve change. Two streams ran for this grant round — Build and Explore.
Congratulations to the following applicants on the success of their 2019 Grants Round application. Find the successful project details here.
Celebrating 10 Years (2007-2017)
Learn about the Grants Program and how it’s influencing policy and reform and changing lives through this 11 page report. Also read about some of the Award-winning Projects that we have funded.
Read: Celebrating 10 Years Report
Grants Program News
Announcing the 2019 Grants Round Successful Applicants October 24, 2019
Congratulations to the 15 successful grantees of 2019.
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Legal Responses to One Punch Homicide in Victoria: Understanding the impact of law reform July 29, 2019
This research project was the first to critically analyse whether Victorian homicide laws enabled a just response to one punch homicides prior to 2014 reforms.
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Complex Communication Needs: A report by Federation University
Completed at the end of 2018, this two year research project was funded to identify strategies to assist justice agencies to enhance their response to people with complex communication needs (CCN).
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Recent Human-centred Design Workshops Held
Three tailor-made workshops with design specialists were held monthly across March, April and May this year to assist those interested in learning how to use a human-centred design approach in their project and identify practical ways to achieve the impact they seek. (more…)