News stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
Huge thanks to Paul and Alam for the 8th JTYAF Curry Night at the Cinnamon. These curry nights are a big favourite with our supporters and this one was another resounding success
Read MoreJoe Barnett, Co-Headteacher at Beaucroft Foundation School & College, told us, "It was a wonderful event - an amazing team taking on a marathon challenge for a wonderful charity that has a long-standing connection with Beaucroft."
Read MoreThe 40 for JT Challenge has inspired some incredible activities, and Paul, a former British and European Powerlifting Champion, certainly rose to the occasion. As the head of the Purbeck Powerlifting Club, Paul and his team of dedicated powerlifters took on the ambitious challenge of bench pressing 40 tonnes in just 30 minutes.
Read MoreThe JTYAF Vintage Afternoon Tea was a truly fantastic community effort and a hugely successful event raising almost £2,500 for John’s Foundation
Read MoreCouncillor Terry Cordery, the Mayor of Ferndown, cycled 40 kilometers for John’s Foundation on his 87th birthday!
Read MoreWe are thrilled to share the incredible success of the Quiz Night organised by Terry Cordery, the Mayor of Ferndown, in support of John’s Foundation. Terry, a great friend of the JTYAF, chose our foundation for his mayoral year, and we couldn't be more grateful.
Read MoreOur 40 for JT Challenge has kicked off with remarkable enthusiasm.
Read MoreWe are immensely grateful to Councillor Toni Coombs, a great friend of the JTYAF, for selecting John's Foundation as the beneficiary charity for the fabulous Twelfth Night Celebration at Crane Valley Golf Club.
Read MoreWe had an absolutely wonderful evening, and we couldn't have done it without the help and support of so many incredible people and businesses!
Read MoreTerry 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 MoreOur Alternative Quiz Night, organised with our great friends at the Steve Bernard Foundation raised an incredible £1335.60 for the two charities.
Read MoreOur 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 MoreCentre 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 MoreCongratulations 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIt 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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.’
Read MoreA 15 year old from Weymouth received a bursary to support her enrolment onto the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and we recently received a lovely letter from her.
Read MoreThe JTYAF was chosen as the charity of support for 2023/24 by the President of Ferndown and Parley Rotary Club . The JTYAF had a fantastic year with Bill at the helm and his generous donation of £3000 will make a huge contribution to the opportunities that John’s Foundation can provide for local young people in the year ahead
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.
