Projects we've funded

A competitive grant program for neighbourhood houses to apply for funds to run events during Victorian Law week in 2023.

The Activist Rights website has recently undergone a significant re-design and update to make it more modern and user friendly.

This project will develop a culturally safe resource that explains what is meant by a conflict of interest in the legal sector for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

African-Australian Legal Forum to be held in Footscray on 22nd August 2019 that will discuss the legal issues and community concerns that people from African background have with the Courts.

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.

Community consultation to ensure resources reflect language, terminology and content that meet the needs of First Nations people.

A video project designed to increase awareness and use of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights by showing how it can benefit Victorians.

A community legal education project that aims to build young people’s knowledge of sexual consent and the law through a pleasure framework. The module will focus on healthy, pleasurable and legal sexual relationships between young people. The project will be developed in partnership with GenWest.

Updating two of WIRE’s high distribution information booklets - Separation & Property and Stalking to include changes in legislation, support agency information and accessibility to meet the needs of the audience.

A pilot project to increase awareness of voluntary mental health consumer rights. It will include digital resources and information sessions to educate voluntary mental health consumers and supporters about their rights.

This project will help migrant women experiencing family violence to stay in Australia. Peninsula Community Legal Centre will create an online tool to guide support workers through the complex application process for women whose visa status is dependent on their partner to remain in Australia and leave the abusive relationship.

An online Q&A on employment rights based on frequently asked questions from the community.

A series of podcast on family law topics for workers in the Gippsland region.

Roadshow to four bushfire affected communities in East Gippsland delivering CLE and resources, with a particular focus on how to be legally prepared for bushfire and other natural disasters.

A panel discussion on the legal system for people from African backgrounds.

Printing of Koori Help – a consumer law booklet for Aboriginal communities.

A resource to inform people living with HIV of their rights and protections when disclosing their HIV status.

A service for Victorian employees seeking legal advice in relation to contracts and documents related to their employment or other work.

This project will work with young Sudanese people, and their families, to improve their understanding of and confidence in the legal system. Project partner, Springvale Monash Legal Service (SMLS) will embed a community lawyer two days a week at Afri-Aus Care in Dandenong and Pakenham.

A peer legal education project that will educate, empower and help women in the West Heidelberg region navigate the legal system when experiencing family violence and related legal issues.

A series of information sessions for Sudanese, South Sudanese and Congolese community members in the Shepparton region to increase understanding and awareness of Australian laws and the legal system.

Collect new data on legal outcomes for community housing tenants by looking at the management of housing issues and tenancy disputes.

Since the Royal Commission into family violence, the police response to family violence has intensified and resulted in a significant increase of police brought family violence intervention orders. This project will explore the impact that this is having on women’s experience of the justice process as well as safety and wellbeing outcomes.

Research project focusing on three priority groups - people with disability, CALD communities, and women/single parents and explores their capacity and capability to use online self-help resources to resolve a legal problem.