News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
Huge thanks to Paul Hooker for organising the 4th JTYAF Curry Night at the Cinnamon Lounge, Woodlands. It was a really enjoyable evening, with delicious food, great company and it was an incredibly successful fundraiser too. A record £729 was raised on the night!
Read MoreThe Junior Leaders on the 2019 course have organised an enormous variety of fundraising events, from skydives, to leg waxing, and many have taken on extremely tough physical challenges, with hundreds of miles cycled, walked, climbed, and run.
Read MoreSainsbury’s Ferndown donate £8000 to the JTYAF following the charity’s year in partnership.
Read MoreHuge thanks to 149 (Poole) Squadron Air Training Corps who recently organised a sponsored walk to raise funds for the JTYAF.
Read MoreA huge thank you to all the Junior Leaders on Course XX. We are always overwhelmed by the support that we receive from the course and this year is no exception.
Read MoreThe lovely Cadets at 388 (City of Stoke-on-Trent) Squadron RAF Air Cadets and Dan, part of Junior Leaders Course 20, have raised £773.83 by bag packing for the JTYAF at Trent Vale, Tesco.
Read MoreCastlepoint Kier organised a Charity Golf Day at the Dudsbury Golf Club.
Read MoreJunior Leader Robert has raised £500 for the JTYAF by climbing Snowdon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Read MoreRussell and Charlie from Go Ape Moors Valley summited and slept on three of the UK’s highest mountains to raise over £1,300 for the John Thornton Young Achiever’s Foundation.
Read MoreRussell and Charlie have taken on the challenge of spending three consecutive nights sleeping on the summits of some of the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales.
Read MoreBeaucroft Foundation School raised an amazing £1021 for the JTYAF with their Swimathon.
Read MoreThis year's JTYAF VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival was a great success.
Read MoreThe Plane Pull was celebrating it's 10th year this year and it is amazing to see how the event has grown since 2008.
Read MoreWe 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 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.
