BarTalk August 1999
Volume 11, Number 4

New Projects Funding

The Law Foundation of British Columbia has a budget of $300,000 available in November 1999 for new projects. To be eligible for funding, a project must fall within one or more of the five program objectives of the Foundation: legal aid; legal education; law reform; law libraries or legal research. The proposal must be for a time limited project only. There are no funds available for ongoing services in the community. The maximum amount available for each project is $75,000. To be considered at this meeting, a grant application must be received by the Law Foundation no later than 5 p.m. on the date indicated.

Law Foundation Board Meeting
Saturday, November 20, 1999

Deadline for Applications
Friday, August 27, 1999

Please contact Law Foundation staff at 604.688.2337 to discuss your project prior to submitting your application. There is no other funding available in 1999 for small grants or new projects. Application guidelines may be obtained from the Law Foundation at 1340 - 605 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3.

Grants Approved
The Law Foundation approved funding totaling $2,700,748 at its meeting on June 12, 1999.

Renewal funding totaling $2,529,513 was approved for the following 8 programs:

Active Support Against Poverty (Prince George) (Legal Advocacy Program 1999/2000) - $47,600

BC Courthouse Library Society (Operating 2000) - $2,050,200

Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (Dial-a-Law 1999/2000) - $126,075 (Lawyer Referral 1999/2000) - $93,580

MOSAIC (Paralegal Advocacy Project 1999/2000) - $57,035

Together Against Poverty Society (Victoria) (Legal Advocacy Program 1999/2000) - $49,510

Vancouver Mental Patients’ Association (Court Services Project 1999/2000) - $40,913

Yellow Page Advertisements (Public Legal Information Services) - $64,600

Funding totaling $171,235 was approved for the following 14 new legal projects:

Battered Women’s Support Services (Pro Bono Program) - $11,250

BC Civil Liberties Association (The Citizenship Handbook: Reprint and Distribution Project) - $10,560

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (Civil Justice Clearinghouse BC) - $14,980

Educating Toward Change Society (Guide to Family Court Video) - $15,000

Family Services Of Greater Vancouver (Domestic Violence Response Team Evaluation) - $14,675

Law Courts Education Society of BC (LEGALPIX Materials Development: A Victim Witness Approach) - $15,000

Penticton and District Community Services Society on Behalf of the Penticton Advocacy Network (1999/2000 Administrative Law Workshop Series) - $3,960

SPORT BC (Handbook – Doing Business with the Private Sector) - $6,850

The BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors (Policy Forum: Prevention and Intervention of Abuse to Seniors) - $15,000

The Community Justice Centre of the Comox Valley Society (Community Justice Program) - $5,000

Union of BC Indian Chiefs (Traditional Resource Rights Conference) - $15,000

Upper Skeena Counselling and Legal Assistance Society (Wills & Estates on Reserve Project) - $15,000

Vancouver Community College, Continuing Education Division (Revision and Updating of Annotated Manuals of Court Transcripts for the Training of Court Interpreters Curriculum Development) - $15,000

Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (Legal Information for Holocaust Survivor Claims) - $13,960

This article was published in the August 1999 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.