If you (or someone you know) think you might qualify for help, please contact us and we will take it from there. If you are applying on someone else’s behalf, we will need their permission first.
Support/Administration Team
The Trust is administered by The Trust Partnership Ltd and its Secretary is Gary Branston.
If you wish to contact us, please do so via the Trust Partnership Administration Team or the Trust Secretary:
The Trust Partnership:
Office number 0800 368 8530
Email: admin@searsgrouptrust.co.uk
6 Trull Farm Buildings
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
GL8 8SQ
Gary Branston, The Trust Secretary:
Mobile number: 07702 520 752
Email: gary.branston@searsgrouptrust.co.uk
c/o The Trust Partnership Ltd
6 Trull Farm Buildings
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
GL8 8SQ
Trustees
The Trust has four Trustees who are responsible for its management. The current Trustees are:
- Margaret Hannell (Chair of Trustees) (Former Director of Compensation & Benefits, Sears plc, London)
- Chris Huscroft (former Merchandiser, British Shoe Corporation, Leicester)
- Stephen Sellars (former Senior Buyer, British Shoe Corporation, Leicester)
- Simon Bateman (former Head of Logistics, Womenswear, West Midlands)
Welfare Visitors
The Trust also employs two full-time Welfare Visitors. They travel all over the UK, visiting former employees, to see if the Trust can assist them. In addition, the Welfare Visitors help ensure individuals are seeking and receiving the assistance and State benefits that they are entitled to.
The Welfare Visitors and their contact details are:
Gary Branston
Email: gary.branston@searsgrouptrust.co.uk
Anita Miller
Email: anita.miller@searsgrouptrust.co.uk
To arrange a visit from a Welfare Visitor, please contact Gary Branston or Anita Miller using the contact details above.
We are here and happy to help if you need us now or any time in the future.
Keep safe and well