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Read MoreNews stories from the JTYAF about award winners, fundraising activities, sponsorship, events and general good news about what the JTYAF has been doing.
The JTYAF are flying high with a fanastic £500 donation from Aviation Design Engineering Consultants, ATL.
Read MoreAlex Morton and Tom Palmer, completed a gruelling 50 miles along some of the South West's most challenging coastal path, smashing their 24 hour target and finishing in just 22 hours.
Read MoreBilling Manager, Annie Dougall has been praised for her “awesome achievement” after tackling one of the world’s toughest physical challenges.
Read MoreAt Scissors in Ferndown Carolyn Thorpe, pictured above (front left) and her superb team devoted the entire month of November to fundraising for the JTYAF with the aim of raising £1000!
Read MoreHeather Cox is entering the Mizuno Reading Half Marathon on Sunday 17th March in aid of the JTYAF.
Read MoreThe JTYAF is an affiliated charity of the Bournemouth Marathon Festival 2013 and we aim to have as many runners as possible taking part in this event and raising money for the JTYAF.
Read MoreThe John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is delighted to announce that they have been selected as ‘Charity of the Year’ by Ferndown Squash Club.
Read MoreVisitors at Haskins, the Ferndown based garden centre, raised £351.00 for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation by donations in the stores ‘Wishing Well.’
Read MoreThe Southampton Master Mariners’ Club or Cachalots, was established in 1928 by twenty-one Master Mariners and has a long and extremely interesting tradition.
Read MoreThe Committee members of Ferndown Forest Golf Club Seniors Section, turned out in force despite the arctic conditions to present a huge donation of £1,350 to Pete Thornton, Chairman of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.
Read MoreThe Committee members of Ferndown Forest Golf Club Seniors Section, turned out in force despite the arctic conditions to present a huge donation of £1,350 to Pete Thornton, Chairman of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.
Read MoreThe JTYAF were delighted to be able to follow the progress of Rob Foxcroft, Jamie Pottage, Will Lord, Marie Grant and Matthew Leathard, the team of Qualified Junior Leaders who were selected for the 2012 JTYAF Expedition to Nepal.
Read MoreAmberwood House supported the JTYAF as their Charity of the Year for 2012 and what a fantastic year it was.
Read MoreA huge thank you to all the 160 people in the eight teams who pulled for the JTYAF and also to the many spectators who braved the weather on Bank Holiday Monday to come and cheer their teams on.
Read MoreThe former Mayor of Poole, Councillor Graham Wilson donated an incredible £3538.71 to the JTYAF which was raised by the Mayor of Poole’s Charity Appeal 2011/2012.
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.