News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
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.
Read MoreSainsbury’s Ferndown donate £8000 to the JTYAF following the charity’s year in partnership.
Read MoreOne of the best days of the year for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation is meeting the students and presenting awards at the annual ceremony at Ferndown Upper School.
Read MoreHuge thanks to 149 (Poole) Squadron Air Training Corps who recently organised a sponsored walk to raise funds for the JTYAF.
Read MoreA young Seargent at 149 (Poole) Squadron Air Training Corps is soon to take part in an STA Level 2 Swim Teachers Course thanks to the JTYAF.
Read MoreA talented young musician from Wessex Youth Orchestra has recently been supported to take part in a tour of Amsterdam this summer.
Read MoreWe can’t thank Colin enough for organising a donation of an incredible £1000 through St James’s Place Charitable Foundation.
Read MoreAt their graduation dinner in April, the 10 Air Cadets selected for the JTYAF funded, 3 week Ghana expedition will receive their awards
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 MoreBournemouth Sea & Royal Marine Cadets are heading to Weymouth in May to gain their qualifications in sailing and power boat handling.
Read MoreThe Bournemouth Youth Marching Band has been honoured by an invitation to perform in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.
Read MoreSince January the JTYAF has already supported 13 young people with funding for registration fees, equipment and expedition costs, giving them the opportunity to complete their Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.
Read MoreA young lady from Weymouth has been selected to take part in an expedition to Ecuador in July, where she will experience a whole range of challenges and activities including canoeing the upper reaches of the Amazon and climbing several of the Andean peaks.
Read MoreA young lady from Ferndown is set to travel to Uganda in July this year, where she will take part in a Gorilla Trek and also live and work in the community helping to build a specially designed playground for the local children.
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 MoreSouthbourne Surf Life Saving Club has received a JTYAF award for £1200 to purchase a surf ski and paddles.
Read More2019 is well underway for us all here at the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation. At our recent Trustees Meeting we agreed that £85,500 will be allocated to support young people in the year ahead.
Read MoreAn award winner from 2015 has achieved his dream of joining the Royal Air Force as a Weapons System Operator, hoping to work on the Chinook as a Rotary Wing Crewman.
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.
