The nation’s favourite 10k running event, the Bupa Great Manchester Run, has seen over a quarter of a million enthusiastic runners pound the streets of Manchester since its first staging in 2003 and the GG Girls, Gemma Slater and Katherine Farnworth will be joining this year's runners.  

Staff from 130 (Bournemouth) Squadron Air Cadets will be attempting to complete the 3 peaks challenge in under 24 hours in aid of the the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.

Air Cadet Junior Leaders Course XIV has raised a staggering £17,000 for the JTYAF.

The JTYAF is delighted that the publication of  John's Afghanistan diaries in a new book entitled ‘Helmand: Diaries of Front-Line Soldiers’ has been such a great success. 

The Angel Inn, Ferndown, has collected a fantastic £228.27 through kind donations from their customers. 

A big thank you to Chris and Sam who donated a fantastic £270 to the JTYAF. 

On behalf of the Trustees of The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) we would like to thank St. James’s Place Foundation for their extremely generous donation of £2500.  

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation has received a cheque for £2424.43 presented by General Manager Simon Morris on behalf of staff and customers at the Ferndown Haskins Garden Centre. 

Flt Lt Helene Woodham (pictured far left) and the Cadets at 633 (West Swindon) Squadron raised an incredible £1142 for the JTYAF and recently invited Pete and Linda along to the Squadron for a cheque presentation. 

Ferndown Phoenix raised a fantastic £500 for the JTYAF and presented a cheque to Pete and Linda at their recent performance of 'Sounds of Musicals.' 

Dave Johnson celebrated his 60th Birthday in style with a great 60's Night for all his friends at Canford Magna Golf Club.

The JTYAF are flying high with a fanastic £500 donation from Aviation Design Engineering Consultants, ATL. 

Alex Morton and Tom Palmer, completed a gruelling 50 miles along some of the South West's most challenging coastal path, smashing their 24 hour target and finishing in just 22 hours.  

Billing Manager, Annie Dougall has been praised for her “awesome achievement” after tackling one of the world’s toughest physical challenges.

At Scissors in Ferndown Carolyn Thorpe, pictured above (front left) and her superb team devoted the entire month of November to fundraising for the JTYAF with the aim of raising £1000!   

The Committee members of Ferndown Forest Golf Club Seniors Section, turned out in force despite the arctic conditions to present a huge donation of £1,350 to Pete Thornton, Chairman of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation. 

A huge thank you to all the 160 people in the eight teams who pulled for the JTYAF and also to the many spectators who braved the weather on Bank Holiday Monday to come and cheer their teams on.  

The former Mayor of Poole, Councillor Graham Wilson donated an incredible £3538.71 to the JTYAF which was raised by the Mayor of Poole’s Charity Appeal 2011/2012.