Grants awarded: 2008 

• Animal Liberation New South Wales received a donation of $2,500 to assist with their campaign to ban horse jumps racing in Victoria and South Australia, the last two States still staging jumping events.
  

Grants awarded: 2007

• Friends of the Hound, Greyhound Adoption Group received a grant of $2,500 towards the printing and distribution of eye-catching posters and flyers that are aimed at educating members of the public about the plight of greyhounds in Australia as well as promoting them as being great pets. The posters and flyers will be displayed at veterinary clinics, pet shops, animal shelters and various other participating venues.
• NSW Circus Ban and RSPCA Queensland have been awarded a grant of $10,000 for a project intended to achieve state-wide bans in New South Wales and Queensland, on circuses which use performing animals, both exotic and domestic. NSW Circus Ban and RSPCA Qld will work together to create a comprehensive website with up-to-date information about the animal cruelty issues relating to circuses. The website will also provide on-line petitions and model letters to politicians. 

Grants awarded: 2006

• No Rodeo received a $1,000 donation for their project to ban rodeos in South Australia.  No Rodeo conducts extensive public awareness campaigns and lobbies politicians to ban the cruel events in rodeos in SA.
  

Grants awarded: 2005

• Dr. Barry Spurr has received a $5,000 grant as a contribution to a campaign aiming to change attitudes & increase awareness of animals used for entertainment, primarily circuses, and to encourage the public to lobby their Councillors for a ban.  The principal objective is to achieve a state-wide ban on circuses using animals, by first achieving city bans throughout NSW.
• Voiceless donated $1,000 to No Rodeo.  No Rodeo aims to ban all rodeos in SA firstly, then nationwide.  The organisation operates through letterboxing & doorknocking, monitoring & documenting all SA rodeos, providing information through their website and distribution of their DVD’s, lobbying politicians, and working with the media.
• A $5,000 grant has been given to Timothy Gorski as an award for his film, ‘Lolita – A Slave to Entertainment’. The film addresses the cruel practice of capturing and confining wild marine mammals so as to make use of them for human entertainment. This is an issue of international concern and is equally relevant for Australian audiences as it is for those in the United States.
  

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