Welcome to The Lawson Trust's online application form.

The current application window runs from 30 June 2025 to 12 noon on Wednesday 1 October 2025, and applications will be considered at our November meeting. The Lawson Trust reserves the right to close the application window early if more than forty-five applications are received before the deadline date.

Currently, our maximum bid amount is £6,000. If you apply for more than £6,000, your application will be automatically disqualified from the application process.

Please add thelawsontrust URL to your email account's safe senders list to ensure you receive correspondence from our system. If you do not do this, you will not receive important information regarding your application and cannot be considered for a grant if you do not respond to email correspondence.

Our application form is very similar to Kent Community Foundation's (KCF) application form. Therefore if you are a Kent-based organisation that has recently applied to KCF you can copy and paste much of the information, if you are applying for the same elements of work.

Please note that The Lawson Trust cannot award a grant if you have received a grant from either The Lawson Endowment for Kent, from Kent Community Foundation, or The Lawson Fund, from Sussex Community Foundation, in the past nine months.

If you have any questions about the form contact Hayley Corker at enquiries@lawsontrust.org.