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April 10, 2017

Charity Gala Night with Bob Wilson

April 10, 2017/ Guest User
Charity Gala Night with Bob Wilson

The JTYAF was honoured to have been chosen by Wimborne Rotary Club as one of the charities to benefit from a Gala Charity Night with guest speaker, Sportsman and TV Presenter, Bob Wilson.

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April 10, 2017/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
March 30, 2017

Junior Leaders take on Challenges

March 30, 2017/ Admin
Junior Leaders take on Challenges

The Junior Leaders Course XVIII (18) are raising money for the JTYAF.

Activities include completing the grueling Fan Dance SAS selection trek across the Brecon Beacons, cycling, a sky dive and having a full body wax!

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March 30, 2017/ Admin/
Fundraising, Thank you
March 15, 2017

Paul's Cinnamon Curry Night Raises Over £500!

March 15, 2017/ Guest User
Paul's Cinnamon Curry Night Raises Over £500!

Massive thanks to Paul Hooker and all at the Cinnamon Lounge for a fantastic curry evening last night. The food was plentiful and delicious and an amazing £512 was raised.

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March 15, 2017/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
February 17, 2017

Thank You to St James's Place Foundation!

February 17, 2017/ Guest User
Thank You to St James's Place Foundation!

A huge thank you to Colin Fionda and all at St James's Place Foundation for an amazing £1000 donation awarded by the local committee.

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February 17, 2017/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
January 15, 2017

Bournemouth School Combined Cadet Force Band raises £900!

January 15, 2017/ Guest User
Bournemouth School Combined Cadet Force Band raises £900!

Bournemouth School Combined Cadet Force Band raised an incredible £900 for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation with just two performances.

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January 15, 2017/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
January 15, 2017

Festive Fun at Sainsbury's raises £2600!

January 15, 2017/ Guest User
Festive Fun at Sainsbury's raises £2600!

The JTYAF was privileged to be invited into Sainsbury's Ferndown as their Charity Partner on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. It was a fantastic three days which really brought the local community together for one great cause - to help local young people.

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January 15, 2017/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
December 16, 2016

Children release Christmas song

December 16, 2016/ Guest User
Children release Christmas song

'Is it true what they say about Christmas' is a beautiful song released by the children's choir at Wimborne St Giles First School and is available to buy on CD.

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December 16, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
December 01, 2016

Best of British Party Raises £1000!

December 01, 2016/ Guest User
Best of British Party Raises £1000!

The Best of British Party organised by JTYAF Trustee, Joe Barnett, together with his wife Mel and Lucy and Gary Wooding is now an annual event and a great favourite at Parkstone Yacht Club.

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December 01, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
October 21, 2016

Cobham Donates an incredible £5000+!

October 21, 2016/ Guest User
Cobham Donates an incredible £5000+!

Cobham Mission Systems Charity Committee has really helped the JTYAF to make a difference with a fantastic donation of £5128.43!  Huge thanks to Cobham for their generosity which will be used towards the 5 year lease of the JTYAF 16 seater mini bus. 

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October 21, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
October 20, 2016

Peter Just Keeps On Running!

October 20, 2016/ Guest User
Peter Just Keeps On Running!

Peter Lemon is a bit of a machine when it comes to running and we were absolutely delighted when he took on the Bournemouth Marathon for the JTYAF raising a fantastic £125.

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October 20, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
September 30, 2016

Sainsbury's Supporting JTYAF

September 30, 2016/ Guest User
Sainsbury's Supporting JTYAF

The success of the JTYAF has only been made possible by our trustees, volunteers, donors and supporters. It's been a team effort. The support we received at our Sainsbury's collecting day recently, just shows what can be achieved when we all work together. 

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September 30, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
September 20, 2016

Exxon Mobil Charity Award

September 20, 2016/ Guest User
Exxon Mobil Charity Award

The JTYAF was thrilled to be invited to a presentation event with Exxon Mobil at their Fawley Refinery. 

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September 20, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
September 02, 2016

Emily & Simon's Welsh 3000's

September 02, 2016/ Guest User
Emily & Simon's Welsh 3000's

Emily and Simon Brown took on the challenge of climbing all the Welsh mountains over 3000 feet in 24 hours to raise money for charity.  The JTYAF was delighted to be one of them.

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September 02, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
August 30, 2016

JTYAF @ the Dorset Plane Pull

August 30, 2016/ Guest User
JTYAF @ the Dorset Plane Pull

The Dorset Plane Pull 2016 was a great event, definitely the best yet and the JTYAF had an amazing day!  Stig's Boys & Midas Men pulled in 33.25 seconds which made them runners up for the second year in a row for the teams of 20 and Team Tythorn came in a very respectable seventh, with 36.02.

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August 30, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
August 23, 2016

JTYAF Hospitality Raises over £10,000

August 23, 2016/ Guest User
JTYAF Hospitality Raises over £10,000

The sun was certainly shinning on the JTYAF for their 8th VIP Hopspitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival.  Guests enjoyed a fantastic flying programme which included the Red Arrows, the Sally B Flying Fortress, the Typhoon, the Blades, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and many more.

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August 23, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
August 18, 2016

Activate Launch Party Raises £137!

August 18, 2016/ Guest User
Activate Launch Party Raises £137!

A new exciting attraction, the Activate Trampoline Park, recently opened it's doors on the Ferndown Industrial Estate and kicked everything off with a fantastic launch party. A huge thank you to Activate for supporting John's Foundation with this opening event and raising an amazing £137.

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August 18, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
August 16, 2016

Jump Like a Tiger!

August 16, 2016/ Guest User
Jump Like a Tiger!

The JTYAF is extremely privileged to have the support of the Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team and they recently organised a Tandem Skydive Day for our supporters. 

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August 16, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
August 16, 2016

Amazing Support at Sainsbury's Ferndown!

August 16, 2016/ Guest User
Amazing Support at Sainsbury's Ferndown!

We were overwhelmed with the support of all the customers at Sainsbury's Ferndown on our first charity weekend.  We did have a little help from Mickey Mouse and The Stig but raised an incredible £751 in donations! 

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August 16, 2016/ Guest User/
Fundraising, Thank you
July 18, 2016

JTYAF at the British Beach Polo Championships

July 18, 2016/ Guest User
JTYAF at the British Beach Polo Championships

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation was honoured to be chosen as the charity to benefit from the recent British Beach Polo Championships at Sandbanks.

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July 18, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you, Fundraising
June 30, 2016

Thank you to Bournemouth & Poole College Students Union

June 30, 2016/ Guest User
Thank you to Bournemouth & Poole College Students Union

A huge thank you to Bournemouth & Poole College Students Union who chose the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation as their first 'Charity of the Year' for 2015/16 and raised an impressive £450 with their donations.

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June 30, 2016/ Guest User/
Thank you
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JTYAF

The 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.


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Registered Charity Number: 1125277  .  Postal Address:  PO Box 7124  .  Ferndown  .  Dorset  .  BH22 2DB

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