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Foundation allocates amazing £101,000 Despite continued covid restrictions in 2021, the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation, which inspires children to ‘climb as high as they can dream’ by awarding scholarships and bursaries, had a successful fundraising year thanks to support from businesses, individuals and schools. Proving that every cloud has a silver lining, while government constraints meant that fewer JTYAF awards could be given out since youngsters were prevented from participating in activities, on the upside it means that the charity now has extra funds for 2022. Subsequently, the foundation’s trustees have now allocated a lifechanging £101,550 for awards for young local people that includes a £33,000 Jubilee Fund in celebration of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
ACHIEVEMENT: Trustees at the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation
The pandemic disrupted the life of each child in our community and significantly impacted the mental health of many, so this Jubilee Fund is great news for eight schools in the Ferndown area who have been invited to bid for this extra financial support, allowing recipients to offer enrichment projects that support their pupils’ wellbeing.
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The foundation was set up in 2008 in memory of John Thornton who was killed in Afghanistan, aged 22. Since its inception, it’s given more than £850,000-worth of help to more than 2,000 local schoolchildren and youth organisations. Thanking the charity’s champions, Pete Thornton, chairman of the JTYAF, said: “We continue to be
humbled by the support we receive. Any charity is the sum of its supporters, and we are so grateful to everyone whose generosity has helped the JTYAF. “This is going to be an exciting year and the Jubilee Fund is a really appropriate way to mark the Queen’s Jubilee.” For more information, visit: jtyaf.org.
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