‘Why Didn’t You Ask?’, Advocacy & Rights Centre Limited and Dr Liz Curran, ANU, April 2015
Small Claims, Large Battles Report, Women’s Legal Service Victoria, July 2018
Below are some of the reports on the important work by our grantees over the years.
This is the largest known study analysing the circumstances and needs of people on Community Corrections Orders (CCOs) and one of few that draws on lived experiences. The report explores ways to improve access to education, training and employment for people on CCOs as a means to reduce recidivism.
In 2011, eleven projects were successfully granted funding by the Board to address violence against women. A further five projects were funded in 2012 and 2013.
The work that was funded was envisaged to have a strategic collective impact to influence policy and practice.
To this end the projects trialled new service delivery models, released reports making policy recommendations, collected evidence, have been strong advocates, and made a huge difference in many people’s lives.
Improving Access to Justice Research Report, LaTrobe University
Keeping Women Out of the Justice System: Year One Program Review
In 2017, in response to the rising rates of women’s incarceration, we identified Keeping Women Out of the Justice System (KWOJS) as a priority-funding theme of our grants program.
Health Justice Partnerships (HJPs) are an innovative model of service delivery that sees legal and health practitioners work collaboratively to deliver services to clients. The strength of HJPs is that they efficiently provide legal assistance to vulnerable people in the places they are most likely to seek help. HJPs have proven to be an effective way of increasing access to justice as well as benefitting people's health and wellbeing.
Download this 11 page report to learn about the Grants Program and how it’has been influencing policy and reform and changing lives.
You will also find out about some of the Award-winning Projects that we have funded.
The 2020 Grant round has awarded $1 million in funding to seven legal and community organisations to help vulnerable Victorians gain access to legal services.
First Step Legal
$130,000 over 1 1/2 years
