Our Stories are written by or about previous award recipients. We use this space to give examples of grants and how Trefoil has impacted our community.
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.
Read MoreIn March 2018, Trefoil supported nine families to take part in the first ever DDX3X support UK family meet up.
Read MoreBeneficiary, 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.
Read MoreIn September Trefoil supported Trinity Sailing Club, take five young people with additional needs, on a three day sailing voyage.
Read MoreLast year Castlehill Primary School sought funding from Trefoil in order to create a sensory area, to support the needs of children with Autism.
Read MoreWith support from Trefoil, Callum now uses a sensory projector to help him get to sleep.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreOver the summer Trefoil was delighted to support Gympanzees Pop Up activity centre for children with additional needs.
Read MoreTrefoil 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.
Read MoreAt their recent board meeting the current Directors were pleased to welcome a new Trustee, Candice Donnelly, to the board of Trefoil.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn January 2017 Trefoil continued our support of Drake Music by providing a grant of £4,350 to their fantastic Junior Digital Orchestra project.
Read MoreIn March 2018 Trefoil provided a grant of £10,000 to The Teapot Trust to continue their work at Edinburgh Royal Children's Hospital.
Read MoreTrefoil 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.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreAt their recent board meeting the current Directors were pleased to welcome a new Trustee, Dennis Trueland, to the board of Trefoil.
Read MoreTrefoil recently made a £1,000 award to Sporting Challenge, an organisation in Lancashire, which provides sports and leisure activities for people dealing with additional needs.
Read MoreEarlier this year Trefoil supported the work of the Clowndoctors.
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