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April 29, 2019

Junior Leaders Course 20 Raised over £25,000 for the JTYAF!

April 29, 2019/ Guest User
Junior Leaders Course 20 Raised over £25,000 for the JTYAF!

The Qualified Air Cadet Junior Leaders (QJLs) on Course 20 are pictured above at their graduation dinner at the Lynford Hall Hotel. This outstanding group of young people raised an incredible £25,000+ for the JTYAF and we can’t thank them enough for their continued support of John’s Foundation.

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April 29, 2019/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
April 26, 2019

Ferndown Rotary Club - Donation of £1000!

April 26, 2019/ Guest User
Ferndown Rotary Club - Donation of £1000!

Charlie Pellat, President of Ferndown Rotary Club, kindly selected John’s Foundation as his charity of support for 2018/19. We are extremely grateful to Charlie and have been overwhelmed by the support that we have recieved.

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April 26, 2019/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
April 26, 2019

Crossfit take on the Tour of Britain for the JTYAF

April 26, 2019/ Guest User
Crossfit take on the Tour of Britain for the JTYAF

Martyn Lever and 11 of his Crossfit Bournemouth members are taking on the distance of the Tour of Britain in just 24 hours for the JTYAF.

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April 26, 2019/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
April 26, 2019

Paul's JTYAF Curry Night Raises £729!

April 26, 2019/ Guest User
Paul's JTYAF Curry Night Raises £729!

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!

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April 26, 2019/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
April 17, 2019

Air Cadet Junior Leaders Fundraising for the JTYAF

April 17, 2019/ Guest User
Air Cadet Junior Leaders Fundraising for the JTYAF

The 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.

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April 17, 2019/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
April 17, 2019

Sainsbury's Make a Difference with an amazing £8000!

April 17, 2019/ Guest User
Sainsbury's Make a Difference with an amazing £8000!

Sainsbury’s Ferndown donate £8000 to the JTYAF following the charity’s year in partnership.

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April 17, 2019/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
March 20, 2019

Poole Squadron ATC - Sponsored Walk Raises over £1000!

March 20, 2019/ Guest User
Poole Squadron ATC - Sponsored Walk Raises over £1000!

Huge thanks to 149 (Poole) Squadron Air Training Corps who recently organised a sponsored walk to raise funds for the JTYAF.

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March 20, 2019/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
March 20, 2019

Huge thanks to St James's Place - £1000 donated to the JTYAF!

March 20, 2019/ Guest User
Huge thanks to St James's Place -  £1000 donated to the JTYAF!

We can’t thank Colin enough for organising a donation of an incredible £1000 through St James’s Place Charitable Foundation.

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March 20, 2019/ Guest User/
Thank you
March 15, 2019

Air Cadet Junior Leaders Smashing Their Fundraising for the JTYAF

March 15, 2019/ Guest User
Air Cadet Junior Leaders Smashing Their Fundraising for the JTYAF

A 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.

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March 15, 2019/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
February 20, 2019

Bag packing success for Cadets

February 20, 2019/ Admin
Bag packing success for Cadets

The 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.

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February 20, 2019/ Admin/
Fundraising, Thank you
February 20, 2019

Castlepoint Kier Organise Charity Golf Day

February 20, 2019/ Admin
Castlepoint Kier Organise Charity Golf Day

Castlepoint Kier organised a Charity Golf Day at the Dudsbury Golf Club. 

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February 20, 2019/ Admin/
Fundraising, Thank you
February 04, 2019

Snowdon Summit

February 04, 2019/ Admin
Snowdon Summit

Junior Leader Robert has raised £500 for the JTYAF by climbing Snowdon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

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February 04, 2019/ Admin/
Fundraising, Thank you
December 10, 2018

Russell & Charlie's 3 Sleeps Challenge Raises £1300!

December 10, 2018/ Guest User
Russell & Charlie's 3 Sleeps Challenge Raises £1300!

Russell 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.

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December 10, 2018/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
November 11, 2018

Bags of Help for Woodland Play Equipment at Parley First School

November 11, 2018/ Admin
Bags of Help for Woodland Play Equipment at Parley First School

The JTYAF applied for funding from the scheme where the money raised by the sale of carrier bags is being used to fund thousands of local projects.  Customers ‘vote’ for their chosen charity and the charity with the most votes wins £4,000, second place £2,000 and third place £1,000.

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November 11, 2018/ Admin/
Award winners, Thank you
November 09, 2018

Russell & Charlie's Alternative 3 Sleeps

November 09, 2018/ Guest User
Russell & Charlie's Alternative 3 Sleeps

Russell 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.

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November 09, 2018/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
October 24, 2018

Companion Dog Show 2018

October 24, 2018/ Guest User
Companion Dog Show 2018

The 7th JTYAF Companion Dog Show was kindly organised by Nicky Smith, Pam Rutley and Barbara Astle and took place at West Parley Memorial Hall on Saturday 29th September.

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October 24, 2018/ Guest User/
Thank you
October 17, 2018

Beaucroft Swimathon Raises over £1000!

October 17, 2018/ Guest User
Beaucroft Swimathon Raises over £1000!

Beaucroft Foundation School raised an amazing £1021 for the JTYAF with their Swimathon.

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October 17, 2018/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
September 05, 2018

Sun, Sea and Sand at Bournemouth Air Festival

September 05, 2018/ Guest User
Sun, Sea and Sand at Bournemouth Air Festival

This year's JTYAF VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival was a great success. 

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September 05, 2018/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
September 05, 2018

10th Anniversary Plane Pull

September 05, 2018/ Guest User
10th Anniversary Plane Pull

The Plane Pull was celebrating it's 10th year this year and it is amazing to see how the event has grown since 2008.

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September 05, 2018/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
August 22, 2018

The Blandford Fire Cadets Car Wash

August 22, 2018/ Guest User
The Blandford Fire Cadets Car Wash

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!

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August 22, 2018/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
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JTYAF

The 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.


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