2007 was yet another great year for the Voiceless Grants Program, culminating with a glamorous, red-carpet Awards Event at the Sydney Opera House. On Monday 3rd December, Voiceless announced its seventeen grant recipients for 2007, each of whom was presented with a glass award by Voiceless Ambassador, Hugo Weaving. Over 200 special guests attended the event to congratulate the 2007 grant recipients, as well as to enjoy a special vegan lunch created by celebrated Chef Guillaume Brahini at the Opera House restaurant, Guillaume at Bennelong.

A special feature of the 2007 Awards Event was the presentation of the inaugural $10,000 'People's Choice!' award voted on by members of the public. Also included in the event was the presentation of the second annual $5,000 Animal Club 'Humane School Prize' to Clifton Hills Primary School from Perth. Three runner-up schools were also presented with cheques and digital cameras.

Voiceless awarded a total of $145,000 worth of grants and prizes at the Awards Event. Grants were given to a whole range of projects addressing a variety of animal protection issues including factory farming, animal experimentation, the link between livestock production and climate change, humane education and animal law.

On Monday 3rd December, Voiceless announced its seventeen grant recipients for 2007, each of whom was presented with a glass award by Voiceless Ambassador, Hugo Weaving. Photograph: Paul Green

This year the Sherman family is joined by several sponsors and supporters in providing funding for the 2007 Grants Program.

Bio-Distributors has sponsored a $10,000 grant towards a project aimed at issues associated with the production of farm animals in Australia.

Lush Cosmetics has sponsored a $5,000 grant for a project addressing the use of animal testing by the cosmetics industry.

The 2007 Voiceless Judging Panel consisted of:

Ondine Sherman - Co-founder and Director, Voiceless
Brian Sherman AM - Co-founder and Director, Voiceless
Lorraine Jokovic - Chief Operating Officer, Loud
Katrina Sharman - Voiceless Corporate Counsel
Elaine Morris - Voiceless General Manager
Dr Daniel Ramp - ARC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Road Ecology Research Group, University of New South Wales 

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