Centres of Excellence

The Hub provides funder plus support, through training and consultancy, to the London Legal Support Trust’s Centres of Excellence.

The Centres of Excellence (COEx) programme provides capacity building support and unrestricted core funding for charitable organisations working in the free social welfare legal advice sector across London and the South East. 

Funding for the programme is provided by LLST’s own fundraising, as well support from the City Bridge Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund. 

We continue to support the existing 42 funded partners, but the programme is currently closed to new applications while the Trust undertakes a full review with the aim of providing a more equitable, transparent and accessible offer to the sector.

The new ‘refreshed’ programme is expected to open in 2026.