News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
We are sending a huge JTYAF THANK YOU to the Blandford Fire Cadets who raised valuable funds with a car wash on Saturday 18th August at Blandford Fire Station. They raised an incredible £510!
Read MoreHuge thanks to Enterprise-Rent-A-Car in Winchester who have kindly donated a fantastic £1000 to John's Foundation!
Read MoreIt's the 10th Anniversary of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation and it was lovely to have so many of our supporters taking part in 10 Miles for JT, to commemorate all that has been achieved in John's memory over the last 10 years.
Read MoreEmma is running 100 Miles to raise funds for John's Foundation
Read MoreThe JTYAF Vintage Afternoon Tea was a resounding success raising almost £700! Thank you to all our guests for helping to raise such a fantastic amount for John's Foundation.
Read MoreMatt is attempting a total of 1,146 push ups on 27th January to recognise the sacrifice of the 1,146 members of the British Armed Forces killed in action since the year 2000.
Read MoreOur lovely friends at Francesco Group Ferndown spent November raising funds for the JTYAF with coffee and cake Saturdays, raffles, lucky dips and much more. They raised over £400!!
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation has been supported by a lovely team of Barclays Volunteers since 2009 and the total Matched Funding donated by Barclays has reached an incredible £40,000!
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is delighted to have been selected as M & S Ferndown, Food Hall’s, Charity of the Year for 2017/18. M & S employees were invited to nominate a charity and after the votes were in, the JTYAF was thrilled to have been chosen as their charity partner.
Read MoreThe JTYAF VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival raises £11,400.
Read MorePete Hunt and Kirsty Taylor took on their toughest challenge yet to raise funds for the JTYAF and Cancer Research. They did amazingly well, achieving their goal of completing the three peaks within their target of 24 hours. They raised an incredible £671 for each of their good causes in the process and we can't thank them enough for their support.
Read MoreThe inaugural John Thornton Pram Race was a great success. Organised as part of Fete on the Field by Ferndown Rotary Club this event raised an amazing £1258 for the JTYAF! It was a lot of fun and everyone who took part thoroughly enjoyed it.
Read MoreThe JTYAF has been awarded over £5000 from the Co-op Local Community Fund! The Ferndown Gateway Club also received a similar amount so the local community will benefit by over £10,000!
Read MoreWe are extremely grateful to all the members of the Dorset County Ladies Indoor Bowling Association who kindly selected John's Foundation as their Charity of the Year for 2016/17.
Read MoreJunior Leaders Course 18 raises £20,000 for the JTYAF! This is an incredible achievement and takes the total amount raised by Junior Leaders since 2010 to an unbelievable £115,000!
Read MoreJunior Leader Sgt Potter and his cadet friends at 2427 Biggin Hill Squadron (ATC) have raised just over £700 with their car wash.
Read MoreThe JTYAF was honoured to have been chosen by Wimborne Rotary Club as one of the charities to benefit from a Gala Charity Night with guest speaker, Sportsman and TV Presenter, Bob Wilson.
Read MoreThe Junior Leaders Course XVIII (18) are raising money for the JTYAF.
Activities include completing the grueling Fan Dance SAS selection trek across the Brecon Beacons, cycling, a sky dive and having a full body wax!
Read MoreMassive thanks to Paul Hooker and all at the Cinnamon Lounge for a fantastic curry evening last night. The food was plentiful and delicious and an amazing £512 was raised.
Read MoreThe JTYAF supports young people from a wide range of youth organisations providing them with scholarships and bursaries to support their personal development and the pursuit of their ambitions.
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The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) was set up in memory of John Thornton who was tragically killed in Afghanistan in 2008.
The JTYAF provides opportunities for young people to help them to develop as individuals and fulfil their ambitions in life as John was able to do.
Registered Charity Number: 1125277 . Postal Address: PO Box 7124 . Ferndown . Dorset . BH22 2DB
The JTYAF is supported by the following businesses, we are very grateful for their generosity.
