Trust Treloar
One hundred years ago the vision of one man, and the generosity of a whole nation, began working with disabled young people to make a real difference to their lives.
The Treloar Trust was established by Sir William Purdie Treloar, a former Lord Mayor of the City of London in the early twentieth century. Initially, Sir William’s goal was to help young people affected by non-pulmonary tuberculosis by taking them out of London and into the fresh country air in rural Hampshire.
One hundred years on, the Trust supports Treloar School and Treloar College – two of the largest non-maintained facilities of their type in the UK. Young disabled people aged from 5 to early 20s, come from all over the UK to study a broad range of academic and vocational courses and to gain life skills and independence. Over 40 different disabilities are now represented at Treloar’s with 80% of our students using wheelchairs and 30% having no powers of communicable speech.
Our goal for all the young people who come to us is to help them to push back the barriers and lead complete and fulfilling lives. In celebration of our Centenary, therefore, we need to raise £12,000,000 over the next three years in order to take Lord Mayor Treloar’s vision forward.
Your support for Action Not Disability is vital and your payroll gifts help keep Treloar’s at the cutting edge of specialist education.