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The London Legal Support Trust has opened applications for the Legal Advice Sustainability Scheme (LASS), offering £75,000 over five years to help specialist free legal advice organisations strengthen their long-term sustainability.
LLST is an independent charity that raises funds and provides support for free legal services in London and the South East.
The scheme combines unrestricted funding with tailored consultancy and organisational development support. This round is aimed at smaller, locally rooted organisations delivering free specialist legal advice in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight or Surrey.
For example, the funding could support:
- staffing and core running costs;
- improving organisational systems and capacity;
- increasing the reach or quality of legal advice services;
- strengthening financial or organisational stability;
- adapting services to better meet the needs of marginalised or underserved communities.
Key points:
- Applicants must be charities, CIOs or eligible CICs with annual income of £50,000 to £1 million.
- Free specialist legal advice must be their primary purpose.
- Organisations must have operated for at least one year and hold, or be working towards, an appropriate quality mark or professional regulation.
- Priority includes organisations working with marginalised or underserved communities.
Applications are made online and close on 1 November 2026. Decisions are expected by mid-December, with funding and support starting in January 2027.
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