Projects we've funded

Continuation of the Sex Worker Legal Program which provides legal assistance, education and advocacy so that current and future Victorian sex workers can live and work in a society that respects and upholds their human and legal rights.

This project will deliver legal education on citizenship to migrant and refugee high school students to improve access to tertiary education support and opportunities.

To scope an online tool aimed at increasing the number of people who can access support for debt waivers.

To develop and publish legal toolkit to equip Victorian lawyers with human rights, health and wellbeing arguments to effectively represent pregnant women and mothers who are incarcerated or at risk of imprisonment.

Replication of a public awareness campaign, Ask for a lawyer, in the Northern Grampians region to improve legal responses to family violence.

A tool to support bicultural workers, paralegals, and administration staff in identifying and triaging legal inquiries.

Digital educational resource to increase secondary school students’ literacy on common youth law issues to make learning about the law fun and engaging using relatable stories.

Improving course materials and exploring how to best collaborate with past participants through volunteering. Focusing on women with experience of family violence and disadvantage, as well as First Nations women, women from CALD backgrounds and recent arrivals.

Funding for interpreters and translators at the Citizenship Clinic, providing legal advice and assistance to vulnerable permanent residents to apply to become Australian citizens.

Provide legal assistance, support and information for Self-Represented Litigants involved in intervention orders in Melbourne and Geelong.

Community legal education resources for fines and infringements that use game play as an informative and engaging medium for building the legal capacity of legal and non-legal practitioners in community service organisations.

Provide advice and assistance to young workers in casual employment to apply to convert to ongoing employment under the new changes in the Closing Loopholes legislation.