Golden Jubilee Trust

The Golden Jubilee Trust (GJT) was established as a charity in April 2000 as part of the Partnership's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Through the charity any Partner, regardless of age, seniority or length of service, can apply for a full- or part-time volunteering secondment with a UK registered charity for up to six months.
Teresa Dolley, Waitrose Saltash
Teresa Dolley, Waitrose Saltash, on secondment with the K3 youth charity

Funded from the income of an initial investment by the Partnership of £5 million, the awards are made by a board of trustees who are careful to make sure that Partners skills are matched with the specific needs of the charity that is being supported.

Since it was founded in April 2000, the GJT has supported more than 520 Partners who have given over 230,000 hours to more than 500 UK charities, creating strong links with the community, through care of the elderly, youth education, environmental protection, the arts and many more.  To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the GJT, in 2010 the Partnership made a donation of £50,000 to the Trust which enabled an additional 10 secondments to be awarded that year.

View our GJT secondment data.

The GJT provides innumerable benefits, first and foremost to the charities it supports, by providing them with the resources and skills they need to meet their own objectives in serving the needs of the wider community. The work challenges and inspires Partners, giving them the opportunity to learn new skills, practise old ones, build personal confidence, and gain satisfaction and pride in actively supporting the local community.

The Partnership also recognises the benefits it brings to the business as it helps recruit potential Partners, motivates, develops and retains existing Partners, and brings in new skills.

Further information

A supplement highlighting the work of the Golden Jubilee Trust, was published in July 2011:


Register a secondment opportunity with the Golden Jubilee Trust

The Partnership has produced a Golden Jubilee Trust information leaflet for charities  (PDF size: 2.7MB). If you are charity with a position you would like us to consider please use our contact form. The John Lewis Partnership Golden Jubilee Trust is a registered charity. Registered charity number 1079195.

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