Everyday Legal Grant
Deliver small projects to support community legal need and improve understanding of the justice system.
Access funding for small projects
In 2023 we renamed our Small Grants to Everyday Legal Grants to better describe the types of projects we fund. Eligibility and criteria remain the same.
Our Everyday Legal Grants can be used to fund:
- one-off projects addressing civil legal issues for a specific community, such as a resource or tool
- pilot projects offering new approaches to delivering civil legal information or navigate the Victorian justice system.
Grant guidelines
In addition to meeting the object of Victoria Law Foundation and our grant aims, priority will be given to applications that can demonstrate the guiding principles:
Evidence
Evidence of legal need and a good case that the response is likely to make a difference.
Impact
Projects that have potential to reach significant audiences – this could be a broad audience or a project that responds to a current legal issue or need for a specific group of Victorians.
Eligibility
Everyday Legal Grant applications are open to community legal organisations and not-for-profit community organisations.
Eligible organisations include community legal centres, community organisations with an internal legal service or a not-for-profit organisation in partnership with a legal service.
Non-legal organisations are required to partner with an organisation with suitable legal expertise to ensure accurate legal information is provided to the audience group.
We only fund organisations – individuals are not able to apply.
Application Timeline
Everyday Legal Grants are now closed as the 2023/24 funding has been fully allocated.
Preparing your application
Contact our Grants Manager
We recommend that you contact the Grants Manager before to submitting your application. This is the best way to ensure your application meets the grants criteria and to confirm there are sufficient funds available.
Additional resources
We offer a range of guidance, support and resources to help develop your application.
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Case studies
Learn more about some of the projects funded by our grants.
Everyday Legal Grant
projects we've funded
Community consultation to ensure resources reflect language, terminology and content that meet the needs of First Nations people.
The project will produce and distribute a series of engaging and informative legal rights messages for a general community broadcasting audience. The short announcements will address issues such as protest rights, renter rights, fines, consumer law and family violence. The content will be tailored to a community radio listening audience.
Develop a ‘Discrimination Claims Self-Representation Kit’ to guide people through the process of running their own legal discrimination claim.
Legal Forum and Training for frontline workers to better understand jurisdiction complexity and legal assistance pathways for clients with complex and compounding issues.
Translation of information about the service's Sex Worker Legal Program to extend the reach of community legal assistance to this cohort.
This project will develop a culturally safe and educational video that explains what is meant by a conflict of interest in the legal sector for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
The Activist Rights website has recently undergone a significant re-design and update to make it more modern and user friendly.
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