In 2015/16 the foundation’s grants focus will be on supporting Law Week and legal information projects. With Law Week projects priority will be given for the development of new Law Week events or for the expansion or continuation of rural and regional events. We will also offer grants for legal information projects where a demonstrated need can be shown.

1Applicant details

Organisation name
Organisation summary
Tell us about your organisation
Address
Web address
ABN
Is the organisation registered for GST?
Head of organisation
Name
Position title
Direct telephone / Mobile
Email
Primary contact
Name
Position title
Direct telephone / Mobile
Email
Collaborating organisation – will you complete the project with a partner organisation?
Organisation
Name
Position title
Address
Direct telephone / Mobile
Email
Website

Declaration

I declare that the information in this application and any attachments are to the best of my knowledge true and correct and I am authorised to submit the application on behalf of the organisation. I consent to Victoria Law Foundation referring this application to third parties to assist the foundation in assessing this application.

Signature of the authorised person
Name
Position held
Date

* This application must be signed by a member of the applicant organisation with authority or delegated authority to apply; such as the chairperson, secretary, public officer etc.

2Project overview

Name of project
Project summary
Briefly summarise your project(1-2 sentences)
Total funding sought(excl. GST)
When do you plan to start your project?
When do you plan to complete your project?

Detailed project description

Provide us with a detailed description of your project (up to one page)

In 2015/16 the foundation will focus on supporting Law Week events or legal information projects. Please select the category you are applyingfor:

☐Legal information project – go to section 2.1

☐Law Week 2016 event – go to section 2.2

2.1Legal information grants

Complete this section if your application is for a legal information project such as an information brochure, website or similar.

Need
Explain why there is a need for this project.
Marketing and promotion
How will you ensure that your target audience knows about your project? How does your marketing and promotion address any special needs of your target audience?
Distribution
How will you distribute your product? Please note it is a condition of foundation grants that online grant materials and publications be made available on the applicant’s and foundation’s websites.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)publications
Is your publication aimed at CALD communities? Will it be translated into any community languages? Do you know what these languages are? How will you/have you be determinewhichlanguages to use? How will you know that the publication is culturally appropriate?

2.2Law Week events

Please complete this section if your application is for a Law Week event.

Geographic location

☐Metropolitan Melbourne

☐ Greater Melbourne

☐ Regional or rural Victoria

Is this application for a new or existing project?

☐New project☐Existing project

Is the project for a one-off or ongoing event/activity?

☐One-off event☐Ongoing

3Project budget

When you are developing your itemised project budget, please consider the following:

  • the Grants Manager can assist you in developing your budget
  • check the items we cannot fund in the grants criteria
  • make sure that you have allocated an amount for each aspect of your project
  • be realistic, make sure your budget is accurate, don’t over or underestimate costs
  • attach quotes from suppliers to this application to support the budget amounts

Example budget

This is a sample of some of the types of costs that you might include in your budget and the type of information that you should provide for each items.

Funding sought from the Foundation / Total
(excl. GST)
Project worker: 0.4FTE for 6months @ $40,000pa (17% on costs) / $9360
Casual researcher: 50 hours @ $25 per hour (casual leave loading of 25%) / $1562.50
Printing 500 copies @ $5.09 per copy
(est attached) / $2545
Incidental costs associated with reference group / $200
Critical reader group attendance costs 10 people @ $20 per person for 3 meetings / $600
Additional editing (quote attached) / $500
Translation into Arabic (est. attached) / $1250
Launch catering 50 people @ $10 / $500
Total funding sought from the Foundation (excl. GST) A / $16,517.50
Applicant organisation contribution
Office accommodation and incidentals for 6 months / $1000
Supervision of project by Policy and Projects Manager 0.05FTE for 6 months @ $70,000pa (17% on costs) / $2047.50
Total applicant organisation contribution (excl. GST) B / $3047.50
Total project budget (A + B) /

$19,565

All grant applications must be submitted through the foundation’s website

Small Grant application form 2015/16Last updated Aug 2015

3.1Application budget

Funding sought from the foundation / Total
(excl. GST)
$
$
$
$
$
$
Total funding sought from the foundation (excl. GST) A / $
Applicant organisations contribution
$
$
$
$
$
$
Total applicant organisation contribution (excl. GST) B / $
Total project budget (A + B) / $

4Letters of support

Letters of support assist us in understanding the importance of your project within the context of the community you are working with.

Please attach and provide details of letters of support below.

Organisation
Name
Provided / Yes/no – if no please indicate when these will arrive
Organisation
Name
Provided / Yes/no – if no please indicate when these will arrive

5Further information and feedback

How did you find out about Victoria Law Foundation Grant Program?
Foundation email or newsletter / Foundation’s website
Prior relationship with foundation / Another organisations website
Previously applied for grant / Word of mouth
Foundation event / Sector newsletter or directory
Other (please specify)
Have you received a grant from the foundation in the past?
If yes, please provide details.
Can you provide us with any feedback that would assist us in improving this form?
For example, how long did it take you to complete this form?

All grant applications must be submitted through the foundation’s website

Small Grant application form 2015/16Last updated Aug 2015