Big Birthday Support Raises Over £200!
/Thank you to Clare and Peter for their kind support of the JTYAF at their joint Big Birthday Party.
Read MoreNews stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
Thank you to Clare and Peter for their kind support of the JTYAF at their joint Big Birthday Party.
Read MoreThe Ladies Captain at Ferndown Golf Club has kindly chosen the JTYAF as her charity of support for 2023 and has organised a Triathlon Challenge with a difference as a fundraiser.
Read MoreThe Amphibious Lodge 9050 chose John’s Foundation as their recipient charity for a donation of over £1000. We were absolutely thrilled.
Read MoreThe JTYAF Vintage Afternoon Tea with the fabulous Land Girls, raised an amazing £1504!
Read MoreThe Junior Leaders on Course 23 organised an incredible range of fundraising activities. From 10,000 pull ups to paddling from Glasgow to Edinburgh, from mountain climbs, runs, walks, cycles, bag packs to football matches. Their innovative ideas were endless.
Read MorePaul has been a great friend of the JTYAF for many years and his 6th Curry Night at the Cinnamon Indian Restaurant in Ferndown was another huge success.
Read MoreThe JTYAF is honoured to have been selected by Wimborne Model Town as their charity of support for the next 2 years.
Read MoreHuge 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 MoreAt our meeting on Saturday the Trustees of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) allocated £85,000 for awards in 2023
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 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.
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.