News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is proud to announce a venture in partnership with Wimborne Rotary that will benefit Young Achievers from the local Dorset Area.
Read MoreWe are extremely grateful to all the team at Mags4Dorset for a fabulous year of support. They selected the JTYAF as their ‘Charity of the Year’ for 2019 and gave us our very own column in both Mags4Dorset and the Viewpoint magazine.
Read MoreOne of our volunteers recently set up a Christmas Card Competition at her school so that we could have a new design for the JTYAF Christmas Cards this year.
Read MoreTwo students from Ferndown Upper School received JTYAF bursaries earlier this year to help them to buy new ice skates to develop their figure skating and progress to a higher level in their skating exams.
Read MoreFerndown First School are very proud of their Green Flag status. As part of their efforts to help the community and the school become more eco-friendly, they recycle crisp packets, bottle tops, baby food pouches and pens.
Read MoreThe JTYAF was delighted to help a local young lady with travel expenses so that she could take part in a volunteering trip to Zambia.
Read MoreEarlier this year the JTYAF supported an application for funding from 34 local scouts requesting a contribution to help them with the cost of their trip to Switzerland
Read MoreA student from Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne has been selected for a life changing opportunity. She will be taking part in a 4 week volunteering expedition to Cambodia where she will be working with children in the local community and helping to build a school.
Read MoreA very big JTYAF thank you to the Poole Bobbin Lace Circle for their generous donation of £245. A big thank you to Linda for nominating us too.
Read MoreWe are very grateful to JK House Training Centre for all their recent support.
Read MoreBournemouth Rotary Club are kindly fundraising for the JTYAF and other local charities as they approach the end of their centenary celebrations.
Read MoreOur supporters take on all manner of crazy challenges to raise funds for John’s Foundation and Paul Hartley is no exception
Read MoreRecently we helped a young girl to travel to Uganda to explore the country, work on a vital conservation project and also help to make a difference within a school.
Read MoreA young Violinist has recently travelled on tour to Amsterdam with the Wessex Youth Orchestra where she was able to play infront of an international audience.
Read MoreThe JTYAF is delighted to support 3 cadets from Bournemouth Sea and Royal Marine Cadets to take part in an Off-shore Boating Course early next year
Read MoreA young student with an ambition to become a fashion designer has been supported to take those first important steps towards a career.
Read MoreThe Air Cadet Junior Leaders Team made up of 10 Qualified Junior Leaders from Course 20 embarked on a 3 week JTYAF funded expedition to Ghana, to continue the work of the Cadets in 2017 & 2018 in the small rural community of Obom
Read MoreOur biggest event of the year is our VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival and this year’s event was a huge success raising more than £3000 for the JTYAF.
Read MoreWe had two teams for this year’s Dorset Plane Pull and they pulled a Boeing 737 weighing in at 35,500Kg 50 metres against the clock and battling it out against 35 other teams too.
Read MoreA local young lady has now completed her Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Expedition in Sierra Nevada, thanks to a little help from the JTYAF.
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.
