TEFL Diploma
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A student at Ferndown Upper School who aims to work overseas teaching English as a foreign language, has received a bursary to cover the cost of a Level 5 TEFL Diploma.
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Solo Dress for the Irish Dancing World Championships
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The JTYAF has made it possible for a young dancer to look forward to starting her World Championships journey with a costume that will last her many years.
Read MoreKeyboard Lessons for Young Musician
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A 12 year old student from West Moors Middle School who has a passion for music will receive keyboard lessons for the coming year, thanks to the JTYAF.
Read MoreStudents take on the Army Ten Tors - Jubilee Challenge
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The Army Ten Tors challenge is aimed solely at young people and the JTYAF is delighted to support 6 students from the Compass Learning Centre to take part. The event takes place every year on Dartmoor.
Read MoreMayor of Ferndown chooses the JTYAF as His Charity
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Terry is a great friend of the JTYAF, and we were honoured to be chosen as his Mayoral Charity for 2024/25. He is always ready to help at our events and is planning a fundraising event of his own too. Working together we can make a real difference to young people’s lives.
Read MoreAlternative Quiz Night - Charity Head to Head
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Our Alternative Quiz Night, organised with our great friends at the Steve Bernard Foundation raised an incredible £1335.60 for the two charities.
Read MoreBursaries Support DofE Expedition Costs
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The JTYAF was delighted to award bursaries to seven students at Poole High School to help with the cost of essential equipment for their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Expedition.
Read MoreSoldiering On Awards - Family Values Winners!
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The JTYAF was absolutely honoured to be announced as the winners of the Family Values Award at the recent Soldiering On Awards grand finale on Wednesday 16th October.
Read MoreF..Abba..Tastic Show with the Land Girls
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Our Abba/70’s tribute show with the Land Girls at the Barrington Centre was a really successful event, raising over £1000 for John’s Foundation.
Read MoreTap Dance World Championships
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The JTYAF recently received an application for a brother (17 years) and sister (14 years) who will be competing in the Tap Dance World Championships in Prague later this year.
Read MoreTop Fundraising Performance by Centre Stage
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Centre Stage School Principal, Zoë Mather, recently presented the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation with a fantastic £1500, which was raised by all the students and their friends and families.
Read MoreLean Mean Pulling Machine Smashes it for the JTYAF
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Congratulations to all members of the Lean Mean Pulling Machine, who spent their August Bank Holiday Monday pulling a Boeing 737, weighing in at 35,000 Kg, a distance of 50 metres for charity at the Dorset Plane Pull.
Read MoreAmphitheatre for West Moors Middle School with Help from the JTYAF
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The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) was delighted to support an exciting project at West Moors Middle School, providing funding towards the building of a multipurpose Amphitheatre in the school’s grounds.
Read MoreDonation of a Fabulous New Gazebo!
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The fabulous brand new gazebo pictured above, was recently presented to Linda and Pete Thornton by Cllr Coombs and had it’s first outing at the Dorset Plane Pull on Bank Holiday Monday.
Read MoreAir Cadet Junior Leaders Raise £29,000 for John’s Foundation!!!
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It is hard to believe that 60 young people could raise almost £29,000 for charity in just a few months, but the Air Cadet Junior Leaders on Course 24 have done just that!
Read MoreScholarship for Talented Swimmer
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A talented 14 year old swimmer has recently received a scholarship to support his continued training at Swim Bournemouth.
Read MoreOffroad Buggy Makes a Difference
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An offroad buggy will make a huge difference to this little boy and the JTYAF was delighted to make a contribution towards it.
Read MoreJTYAF - Finalist in Soldiering on Awards
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The Soldiering On Awards 2024 finalists have been revealed and the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation has been selected as one of the three finalists for the Family Values Award!
Read MoreTeam Bath takes Bronze!!
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Congratulations to JTYAF Award Winner and Team Bath after taking to the podium in the U17 Netball Performance League (NPL) Tournament in Nottingham.
Read MoreVerwood Rotary Club Donates £2000 to the JTYAF!
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The President of Verwood Rotary Club selected the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation as his charity of the year for 2023/24 and Linda and Pete were delighted to recieve a cheque for £2000 at the recent ‘Handover Dinner.’
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