In March, Trefoil awarded a holiday grant to 9 year old Deacon. The grant allowed Deacon to join his mum and siblings on holiday to Haven in Wales for his 10th birthday.

Last year, Trefoil member Sarah Lansdown met former Trefoil pupil Tony Cascarino and learnt about the impact that Trefoil School had on Tony throughout his life.

Tony attended Trefoil School from 1946 to 1952. At the time Trefoil School was based in Polkemmet House, Whitburn.

In September 2018 Trefoil provided funding of £7,500 to WAVES Additional Needs Support Group to take 90 members on a Residential Weekend at the Calvert Trust in Kielder.

Trefoil awarded a grant of £1,000 to support Campus Children’s Holidays Residential Project. Across the summer, 143 disadvantaged children benefited from the opportunity to attend this project, providing them with the much needed respite from challenging home lives.

In March 2018, Trefoil supported nine families to take part in the first ever DDX3X support UK family meet up.

Beneficiary, Pauline Jackson from Project Ability kindly designed a new leaflet for Trefoil. This will help spread Trefoil’s reach and allow Trefoil to support more young people with additional needs.

In September Trefoil supported Trinity Sailing Club, take five young people with additional needs, on a three day sailing voyage.

Last year Castlehill Primary School sought funding from Trefoil in order to create a sensory area, to support the needs of children with Autism.

With support from Trefoil, Callum now uses a sensory projector to help him get to sleep.

In October Linda, one of Trefoil’s Trustees, attended the Minecraft launch at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Linda met Milo, who was delighted to show Linda how the game worked.

Over the summer Trefoil was delighted to support Gympanzees Pop Up activity centre for children with additional needs.

Trefoil was delighted to support Kirsty, who in August joined the Scottish squad for the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association World Games, in Barcelona.

At their recent board meeting the current Directors were pleased to welcome a new Trustee, Candice Donnelly, to the board of Trefoil.

In 2017 Trefoil committed a record £110,000 to deserving beneficiaries. Reflecting on this success at a recent meeting, the Board of Trustees resolved they would attempt to commit £120,000 over the course of 2018.

In 2017 Trefoil pledged £6,000 to Orchard Primary School to help them turn an empty outdoor space into a playground specifically adapted to the needs of children with autism.

In January 2017 Trefoil continued our support of Drake Music by providing a grant of £4,350 to their fantastic Junior Digital Orchestra project.

In March 2018 Trefoil provided a grant of £10,000 to The Teapot Trust to continue their work at Edinburgh Royal Children's Hospital.

Trefoil has continued our support of Project Ability with grants to aid their contribution to the upcoming World Down Syndrome Congress, taking place in Glasgow in July 2018, as well as an exhibition for World Autism Awareness Week.

Last year Trefoil awarded Lothian Disability Sport a grant of £5,000 to help make sport and exercise accessible to young people across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

In September 2017 Trefoil made a grant of £5,000 to Positive Realities, a local organisation which helps young people with additional needs to take part in activities around Edinburgh. This helped them to establish a new initiative, Social Hub.