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 Emily for a fabulously festive evening for our 3rd annual JTYAF Christmas bingo! It was a really great evening, a lot of fun and raised an incredible £1636 in the process!
Read MoreThe Ladies Captain at Ferndown Golf Club has chosen the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation as her charity of support for 2023.
Read MoreHere at the JTYAF we can’t thank our runners enough as the current fundraising total stands at more than £1600! Huge thanks to all their friends and family for their generosity and support.
Read MoreHuge thanks to Lucy and Will who raised a fantastic £112.50! This funding will make an important difference to the opportunities that we can provide for young people in the future and we would like to pass on our thanks to the friends and family who supported them.
Read MoreWhat a great day at the 13th Dorset Plane Pull! Huge thanks to Rich, Kyrie, Peter and the Team for another fantastic event. It just gets better!
Read MoreOur VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival was the best yet. The event is hosted at Bayside Restaurant by Tracey and her outstanding team from Slick Events. The guests literally have the best seats in town.
Read MoreThe star prize for our raffle at the JTYAF Air Show Hospitality Day will be a Wheelbarrow full of great wines. Huge thanks to Stewarts Garden Centre in Christchurch who have made this possible by kindly donating a wheelbarrow in a very appropriate burgundy colour!
Read MoreHuge thanks to Ferndown Rotary Club for organising this great event. The JTYAF really enjoyed seeing so many friends and supporters, thank you to everyone who called by to say hello. Huge thanks must also go to our volunteers for their fantastic help on the day.
Read MoreCongratulations and huge thanks, to all the Coastal Tabbers who took part in the 15 miler along the Jurassic Coast on Saturday 11th June. Everyone completed the course and arrived at the Royal Marines Memorial on the cliff top at Emmets Hill, to lay a poppy in memory of fallen.
Read MoreHuge thanks to Paul for organising our 3rd JTYAF Fly Fishing Event and raising an amazing £430 in the process!
Read MoreCongratulations to Daniel for completing the tough 25 Km Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge to raise funds for John’s Foundation. He absolutely smashed his challenge and proved to be a champion fundraiser in the process achieving an incredible £660 in sponsorship.
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation was absolutely thrilled to hear that they were included in the John Lewis & Partners Poole (Branksome) first quarterly community matters award,
Read MoreRead MoreA massive thank you to all the people who contribute to the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation as it helps students like me to achieve the grades they work hard for.
Paul’s a bit of a fundraising pro now and his 5th Curry Night raised an incredible £786!! Most importantly it was a truly fabulous evening and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Read MoreWe can’t thank Emily enough for organising our 2nd Christmas Bingo night at the Cumberland Hotel. It was a great event and our friend Jason Dean made sure it was a full evening of entertainment. It was definitely Bingo with a difference.
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) was honoured to be selected as ‘Charity of the Year’ by all three Captains at Crane Valley Golf Club and due to Covid it was a partnership which lasted for two years. The charity was delighted to receive a £5000 donation in 2020 and was recently awarded an incredible £7040 for 2021, taking the total raised to a staggering £12,040!
Read MoreThe JTYAF receives a great many thank you’s and we are always pleased to hear the difference that JTYAF awards make to young people.
Read MoreWe would like to thank FWB Park Brown, Matthew Quinn and the legendery Jaco van Gass for their generous support of John’s Foundation.
Read MoreWe were delighted when Jamie chose the JTYAF as his recipient charity for the Bournemouth Half Marathon. He not only smashed the 13.1 miles but smashed his fundraising target too. He aimed to achieve £750 in sponsorship and was amazed to raise an incredible £960!
Read MoreWe’re so grateful to the students at Ferndown Upper School for their continued support. We were delighted to receive a cheque for £76.30 from Year 10. The proceeds from their relay event.
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.
