News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
The Dorset and Wilts Wing Air Training Corps Training and Development Squadron (TDS) provides a range of courses aimed at developing leadership and other personal skills for cadets across the Wing.
Read More3rd Ferndown Brownies will be visiting our capital city in July thanks to the JTYAF who will be funding the mini bus to take them on this great adventure.
Read MoreDerith Rolfe is an absolutely brilliant cook and an invite to dinner seemed the perfect way to entertain her friends.
Read MoreNicole Tait is a member of 149 (Poole) Air Training Corps and has been lucky enough to be selected to attend a ten day camp at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
Read MoreFenella Houlton and Beth Dooley are taking to the seas as part of the assessment for their Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award.
Read MoreFour lucky Fire Cadets who recently passed out from the Christchurch Dorset Fire and Rescue Service Cadet Scheme, have been selected to travel to Germany this summer as part of the European Cadet Exchange.
Read MoreThe 97th Four Days Marches, from 16th to 19th July, covers a total of 100 miles and for the third year running the JTYAF will be providing funding for the Dorset and Wilts Wing Team of 12 cadets to take part in this event.
Read MoreAdam Plant is supporting the JTYAF in a pretty hair raising way. He started growing his spectacular beard when he began training for the Hell Runner last year.
Read MoreAdam a pupil at Ferndown Middle School was awarded a JTYAF Bursary in 2012 to take part in a Windsurfing Course.
Read MoreCadets Aaron Clarke and Luke Baines from 149 (Poole) Squadron ATC together with Muhammad-Rusydi Azmi from 2491 (Lyneham) Squadron are fortunate to have been selected to attend Jersey Camp this Summer and the JTYAF is pleased to be supporting them.
Read MoreThe JTYAF is delighted to support Leah Lambourne, Alice Driver and Georgia Flood who will be taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Award Expedition in the Quantock Hills this Summer.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreChloe Davis and Celia Jones are excited about their forthcoming adventure. They will be taking part in a canoeing trip with the Girl Guides from their Boathouse in Poole, which will take them along the beautiful River Wye. The JTYAF is delighted to support them.
Read MoreStaff 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.
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) was delighted to be invited to present awards to ten pupils at Ferndown First School.
Read MoreThe JTYAF funding awarded to the Air Cadets Junior Leaders Course in 2013 will support two projects and benefit ten Qualified Junior Leaders (QJLs) from Course XIV. The selection of the successful applicants was based on the quality of their application combined with their performance on the course.
Read MoreAir Cadet Junior Leaders Course XIV has raised a staggering £17,000 for the JTYAF.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAs the Foundation approaches five years since its formation in March, it is expected that awards of over £230,000 will have supported more than 500 young people by the end of 2013.
Read MoreThe Angel Inn, Ferndown, has collected a fantastic £228.27 through kind donations from their customers.
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.
