Better understand and respond to legal need
Funding and support for new community legal initiatives to support better justice.
Funding for legal initiatives and projects
Our grants program provides funding to support new community legal initiatives.
Grant focus areas
Research and data
Projects that develop a new understanding through collection and use of data or assist to improve data capability.
Legal interventions
Projects that offer new approaches to delivering legal information or trial a strategy and gain further insights.
Education and communication
Projects that support community legal needs and improve understanding of the justice system
Our commitment to building capability
We prioritise projects that improve understanding of legal need and capability and increasing opportunities for Victorians to resolve their everyday legal issues.
Grants to fit your project
Our grant rounds run at different times throughout the year.
Funding for projects that help to better understand and support the legal needs and capabilities of Victorians.
Support to address community legal need or improve understanding of the justice system.
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Grants case studies
Learn more about some of the projects funded by our grants.
Springvale Monash Legal Service developed a profile of wage theft and underpayment recovery actions through analysis of administrative data, case characteristics and outcomes.
Exploring if COVID-19 fines were disproportionately issued to culturally and linguistically diverse communities during 2020.
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.
Understanding the relationship between how women’s agency, the extent to which they can tell their own story, is portrayed in Family Violence Intervention Order applications and the outcomes of those applications.
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Projects we've funded
Grants support
Resources to find the right grant for your project and support to help you submit an application or manage your successful project.
Better justice through research, education and grants
We are committed to raising awareness of our law, and to provide evidence and insight to improve justice for all Victorians.