Four lucky Fire Cadets who recently passed out from the Christchurch Dorset Fire and Rescue Service Cadet Scheme, have been selected to travel to Germany this summer as part of the European Cadet Exchange. 

The 97th Four Days Marches, from 16th to 19th July, covers a total of 100 miles and for the third year running the JTYAF will be providing funding for the Dorset and Wilts Wing Team of 12 cadets to take part in this event.

Cadets Aaron Clarke and Luke Baines from 149 (Poole) Squadron ATC together with Muhammad-Rusydi Azmi  from 2491 (Lyneham) Squadron are fortunate to have been selected to attend Jersey Camp this Summer and the JTYAF is pleased to be supporting them. 

The JTYAF is delighted to support Leah Lambourne, Alice Driver and Georgia Flood who will be taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Award Expedition in the Quantock Hills this Summer.

Chloe Davis and Celia Jones are excited about their forthcoming adventure.  They will be taking part in a canoeing trip with the Girl Guides from their Boathouse in Poole, which will take them along the beautiful River Wye.  The JTYAF is delighted to support them.

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) was delighted to be invited to present awards to ten pupils at Ferndown First School.

The JTYAF funding awarded to the Air Cadets Junior Leaders Course in 2013 will support two projects and benefit ten Qualified Junior Leaders (QJLs) from Course XIV.  The selection of the successful applicants was based on the quality of their application combined with their performance on the course.

As the Foundation approaches five years since its formation in March, it is expected that awards of over £230,000 will have supported more than 500 young people by the end of 2013. 

The JTYAF is supporting two teams of Cadets from the Air Training Corps to undertake the 2013 Ten Tors Expedition on Dartmoor. Each team will have six Cadets.  

Nine local Guides will attend Castervaria County Camp supported by bursaries from the JTYAF.

The JTYAF was delighted to present  awards to Dean Wilcox, Liam O'Leary and Adam West who took part in the Dorset Fire And Rescue Service Cadets Course at Christchurch Fire Station. 

Ferndown Jitsu Club are sending eight adults and five juniors to the Edinburgh Jitsu Championships and the JTYAF is delighted to support Ferndown Upper School students Jordan Lea, Connor Riley, Liam Read and Joseph and Matthew Trussell with their expenses for this competition.

A young Brownie from Three Legged Cross Brownies made an application for funding to buy some gym mats so that she and her Brownie friends could enjoy developing their gymnastic skills and achieve their Agility Badge. 

JTYAF Scholarships and Bursaries were presented to 36 outstanding students from Ferndown Upper School who will be taking part in a whole range of activities from volunteering in Cambodia and Ghana,  to Zoo Keeping Courses and attendance at International Basketball Competitions.