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Thank you for your commitment to helping animals in Australia and for your interest in the 2010 Voiceless Grants Program.
As of 11.59pm Friday 16th July, The Grants program is closed. No further applications will be accepted for the 2010 judging round. Thank you for all your submissions. The judging process will take place during August and September and candidates will be notified thereafter.
This year, grants will only be awarded to projects that address the following subjects:
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Factory farming. This includes all forms of ‘industrialised farming’ for food such as meat chickens, hens, pigs, cows used for dairy and beef production and other intensive systems. Projects addressing the plight of bobby calves and live export of animals will also be accepted; or
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The commercial kangaroo industry. This does not include alleged 'conservation-based' culls undertaken by Government associated entities; or
- Building animal protection as a social justice movement in Australia. Projects must apply to the whole animal movement (not a single issue) and build up broad social awareness and acceptance of animal protection. Activities may include conferences and workshops, market research, media, advertising, PR campaigns, online resources, publications etc.
If your project relates to a subject other than these, unfortunately your application will not be considered for judging. If your planned project does not meet this year’s criteria, please do not be discouraged. Ensure that you keep in touch with us as new criteria will be announced in the first half of 2011.
All projects must be relevant to animals in Australia and either:
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Change attitudes and/or increase awareness about animal suffering (eg. through school education, higher education, or programs that educate the community about animal issues, public awareness campaigns on an animal issue etc); or
- Encourage the public to take action for animals in their personal lives (eg. making changes in their consumer choices by choosing animal-friendly products, including food); or
- Work to modify or create new laws or policies to further animal protection in Australia.
Finally, please note that like last year we have a streamlined one-round application process.
Projects such as these might fit into this category:
- Market research to benchmark Australians' attitudes to animal protection issues. A statistically significant number of Australians would be surveyed with regards to their animal-related values, attitudes and behaviour. For ideas see the Humane Research Council's (HRC) 'Animal Tracker' in the USA and The Mobium Group 'Green Tracker'.
- An Australian version of the 'Humane Index': In the United States, the Humane Society researches and measures how humane the 25 largest cities in the United States are. Based on how well they meet 12 different 'humane' criteria, the cities are ranked on the Humane Index.
- A local initiative along the lines of the British "Label My Food" campaign - promoting thorough and accurate labelling of food and drink products across all commercial outlets, including grocery stores and eateries.
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