Applications must be project based and projects must aim to either:

1. Change attitudes and/or increase awareness about animal rights (eg. through school education, higher education, or community programs that educate about animal issues, public awareness campaigns on an animal issue etc);
2. Encourage the public to take action for animals in their personal lives (eg. making changes in their consumer choices by choosing animal-friendly products or diet); or
3. Work to modify or create new laws or policies to further animal protection in Australia.

Please take a look at the Voiceless priorities page for more information on issues that are important to Voiceless.  Proposals that address these issues will be of special interest to the 2008  Grants Program.

Remember, your application will not be considered if it:

• is not specifically project based;

• does not have the primary aim of improving the lives of animals in Australia;

• is seeking funding for the set-up or infrastructural costs for an organisation/group without specific reference to a project that falls within Voiceless’s three criteria;

• is seeking funding for any type of companion animal welfare activity such as de-sexing without a strong educational component relating to the humane treatment of animals; or

• seeks primarily to benefit humans rather than animals.