Be More Frank

Be More Frank

Philanthropic Fundraising Services

We provide grants to families with children with cancer

About us

We provide grants to the family of every child with cancer in Herefordshire, Powys, Worcestershire, Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire. Be More Frank is a named charity fund set up in honour of Frank who died from a rare bone cancer, he was 13. Are you part of a business, school, club or other organisation with a charity budget or events and if so, would your organisation consider supporting #BeMoreFrank in any way? Our vision is to be a guaranteed source of financial assistance to the family of every single child with cancer in the 5 counties we cover and beyond. We invite you to join us to help families during their darkest times. If you would like support us, we would be happy to answer any questions. Be More Frank is a special named fund of the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust registered charity 1167783. Be More Frank was set up in memory of the glorious Frank Cleal who at the age of 11 was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer named osteosarcoma. After 9 months of chemotherapy, 9 surgeries, and 2 legs full of metal replacing bone, he died 2 years later at home with his family in June 2021 aged 13. Frank was funny, sarcastic and charming. During his illness he had a ‘get on with it’ attitude - he had no time for cancer and was cracking jokes until the end. His friends and family try to take a little of this forward in his honour: seize the day. Be braver. Be kinder. Be More Frank. Frank’s family were overwhelmed by the support they received during Frank’s illness. One of the things they found most beneficial was financial support. The additional costs - particularly living so far from Birmingham Children’s Hospital - added up quickly. Food, fuel, parking, … one parent giving up work and the other limping through trying to hold down a job. They feel it is important to help others in a similar position therefore the #BeMoreFrank fund has been established. So far we have raised over £115k. With your help we can sustain the support we provide. Thank you!

Website
www.bemorefrank.org
Industry
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Company size
1 employee
Headquarters
Wye Valley & Wales, UK
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2021
Specialties
Charity, Fundraising, Children's Cancer, Family Support, Charitable Events, Fundraisers, and Financial Assistance

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Updates

  • HOLIDAY LET AUCTION IS LIVE NOW 🎊 - to fundraise for childhood cancer families within our community. Well what else is there to do this time of year? 😂😎🤷🏻♀️ 😂). 13 properties from Herefordshire to Snowdonia, Sherwood Forest, New Quay, Forest of Dean, Trecco Bay… this auction has it all. Here’s the link… https://lnkd.in/ePfJ52pD (insta ppl, link in bio) - see if there’s something to suit you 👀 Set up your chill time for 2025 whilst supporting families living with childhood cancer - win/win, no? 😊 The hugest thank you to our wonderful property donators - sincerely, look at what you are doing… incredible work, humans ❤️🩹 #BeMoreFrank #childhoodcancer #kidsgetcancertoo #2025holiday #kindness

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  • There’s a holiday let auction coming and it’s gon’ be big. If you’re looking to treat your employees, or family… A dozen lots. That’s 12 UK getaways with fabulously low starting bids for your 2025 holidaying pleasure. It’s going live on Christmas Day because we don’t like to stand still too much here in Be More Frank towers 😂 Keep em peeled 👀 It’s not too late to add your property, we’re down for it if you are. DM us if you’d like to get involved and help out our families facing Chrimbo with the unwelcome childhood cancer visitor at the table. #BeMoreFrank #ukholiday #holidaylet #airbnb #childhoodcancer

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  • THANK YOU to this team, honestly they’re incredible .

    🎉 We Did It! Our Charity Book has SOLD OUT raising over £2,500! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share some amazing news – our first-ever Christmas children’s book, The Magic of a Christmas Gift, has completely sold out, raising an incredible £2,515.29 for two wonderful causes: #BeMoreFrank and the Ewing’s Sarcoma Research Trust. This heart-warming story, written by our talented Matt Lewis and beautifully illustrated by Amy Willis, has not only brought joy to so many readers but also made a real difference in honouring the memories of Frank and Eif. ❤️ #Community #Charity #TheMagicOfGiving #FundraisingSuccess

    £2,515 Raised for Charities Thanks to Your Support!

    £2,515 Raised for Charities Thanks to Your Support!

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  • Hi everybody! 👋 We’ve been a little quiet lately we know but fear not campers we’re scurrying away in the background on two projects we’ll be bringing to fruition very soon! 1) TREECYCLING. Our festive volunteers will be collecting Christmas Trees 🎄 for recycling in a responsible manner on 9th & 10th Jan in HR, WR15 & LD3 postcodes. HOW YOU CAN HELP - sign up here! Www.gkcct.org/treecycle 2) HOLIDAY LET AUCTION. We have more than a dozen properties (we know, we’re so blimmin thrilled!) to auction… keep ‘em peeled 👀 as we’ll be launching the auction over the next couple of weeks! HOW YOU CAN HELP - watch out for the auction and bid, share with your network, get involved!! OR it’s not too late to add your property to our little list so we can auction it too! Fundraising provides grants to the family of every single child with cancer in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Powys, Ceredigion, Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire. #childhoodcancer #BeMoreFrank #communityfundraising #kidsgetcancertoo

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  • Sadly we know too many of these children and their parents who have outlived them. Including Master Franko Cleal who features. #childhoodcancer #cancersucks #BeMoreFrank #kidsgetcancertoo #localcharity #workplacefundraising

    As a children's charity we work with the most amazing families who continue to inspire us each day with their strength and resilience, especially the children that we support. Today we would like to honour just some of the children we support here at the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust and to remember the children who are sadly no longer with us. Thank you to our loyal supporters, volunteers and partners who enable us to be here for oncology families when they need us most 💜 #Christmas24 #GraceKellyChildhoodCancerTrust #ChildrensCharity #OncologyFamilies

  • Tough old period in the Team Frank calendar. Five years ago over this couple of day period he had leg 1 surgery which was hands down, with hindsight, the worst for him pain wise. He subsequently had the same to leg 2. These were both at RNOH Stanmore. Four years ago he went into BCH for a lung surgery which didn’t go so well and turned into 3 subsequent lung surgeries seeing us in hospital for most of Dec. Reading the posts and comments from back then is just heartbreaking and everybody was so hopeful. Anyhoo. The last 3 pics are from Ed, Frank’s Dad, 5 years ago and demonstrates the validity and huge need - in our minds - to help people financially who are dealing with the childhood cancer sh*t show. (Frank’s Mum writing this, it really was a sh*t show! But the boy wonder made it all worth it ❤️❤️🩹❤️). #childhoodcancer #helping #kindness #kidsgetcancertoo #forever13 #cancersucks

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  • Looking forward to next year we'd love to offer an auction of fun breaks away. Do you own, manage, or have some other responsibility for a holiday let, hotel, airbnb... cottage, apartment, yurt, pod, treehouse, you get the picture. If so, could you donate a couple of night for us to fundraiser for families living through the nightmare of childhood cancer? We don't like to stand still cos that's a bit, umm, dull and also we like to be busy. Please share 🙏 #holidaylet #airbnb #BeMoreFrank #childhoodcancer #kindness #b2b

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    One of our named funds Be More Frank have now raised a total of £200,000 to support young families facing childhood cancer. Frank's Mum Emma, set a goal of reaching £200k by the end of 2024, but the superb BMF team have gone and done it THIS WEEK!! Emma said: "Thank you thank you thank you sooooo much, this only happens because of YOU believing in who we are and what we do." Monies raised by the Hereford based fund support our financial grants which are issued to families upon receiving a diagnosis to help cover the additional costs a family faces throughout treatment and beyond. Congratulations Team #BeMoreFrank, Frank would be so proud ♥️ #ChildhoodCancer #SupportFamilies #Hereford #CharityFund #FinancialGrants #FamilySupport #LadybirdHeros

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  • H O L I D A Y. L E T. A U C T I O N. Can you help our childhood cancer fund by donating your property? Do you have a holiday cottage/apartment/castle/space with a few days or a weekend available and would you like to donate it to a childhood cancer charity fund that’s big enough to help but small enough to be really extremely very grateful? Is it 🐶 friendly? Doesn’t matter whether it is or it isn’t but, y’know, it’s a big deal nowadays. If we don’t ask we don’t get so we’re being bold and putting it out there. We’ve historically had great success in this field and a holiday let auction is something we’d dearly love to repeat… working to our strengths and all that. If you could help us by donating a stay at your property we’d loooove to hear from you really a lot. You’d be doing a marvellous thing by helping us raise some lovely money which will help families living with childhood cancer. If you’re a business, you may ask what you get out of it? APPRECIATION. I mean, real appreciation and a genuine gratitude. Supporting Be More Frank allows you to demonstrate your genuine commitment to the community. It’s a chance to make a real difference in the lives of local people and show that your business truly cares about giving back. We have a strong local audience, we say thank you on t’social channels, tag your organisation, and shout about our successes. Your business demonstrates itself as an organisation which really cares about giving back and supporting those in need, and wants to make a difference to its community. We’ll also very happily pop your logo & a link to your company on the BMF website which we reckon is pretty cool. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ehVVtwA6 Thank you ❤️🩹💝 #BeMoreFrank #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancersupport #childhoodcancerawareness #cancersucks #childhoodcancersucks #kidsgetcancertoo #b2b

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