*AGE RECOMMENDATION: 14+*

Join us for an incredible evening of fundraising, featuring stand-up comedy from some of the best names on the scene, musical treats, a raffle with a whole host of amazing prizes (listed below!) as well as a once-in-a-lifetime prize you can bid for in our virtual auction, with the winner being announced at the end of the night.

Tickets are £10 and will provide you with the link to join us in the Zoom Room, where donations will be encouraged and gratefully accepted throughout the night, or you can buy a ticket plus 1 raffle ticket - or, if you're a total legend, a ticket plus 2 raffle tickets.

PRIZES

Tickets to a James Acaster virtual show on the 17th of December.

A box of beautiful moisturising handmade soaps. 100% natural, 100% vegan, palm free and eco-friendly packaging. Donated by Soakk.

A mixed case of 24 Cold Bath Brewing Company beers. Donated by Cold Bath Brewing Company.

A year’s supply of Yorkshire tea. Donated by Taylor’s of Harrogate.

A bumper selection of coffee. Donated by Taylor’s of Harrogate.

M&S Classic Festive Hamper with Fizz worth £75. (Contains: Clementine & Cranberry Bucks Fizz, Apple & Fig chutney, Berry Medley soft set jam, Classic Tea, perfectly matured Christmas Pudding, iced Fruit Cake bar, milk/dark/white chocolate Selection Box, Rudolph munch, all-butter Mini-Shortbread Trees, Cookies & Cream, and honey-roast parsnip Crisps) Donated by Sweco.

M&S Christmas Collection Gift Box worth £40. (Contains: Côtes du Rhône la Grande Voute (75cl), milk chocolate Florentines, perfectly matured rich Fruit Cake, intensely fruity Christmas Pudding, Mixed Nuts, Marc de Champagne Truffles and a Gift Box) Donated by Sweco.

M&S Santa’s Sack of Christmas Treats worth £30. (Contains: Cookies & Cream, Solid Milk Chocolate Coins, Reindeer Button, Christmas biscuits Baking Kit, milk chocolate Bubbly Santa, Solid Milk Chocolate Sprouts, Christmas jokes, Fabric Pen and Cotton Sack. Donated by Sweco.

AUCTION PRIZES

You will also have the chance to bid for one of our very special Auction prizes, with the winners being announced at the end of the night. Bid the highest amount, and you could be in with the chance of winning:

One week in a newly-refurbished French holiday cottage in the Charente Maritime. (Sleeps 4, with private outdoor dining area, log burner fireplace, and access to pool. Child friendly, pets welcome. 25min drive from Cognac. Excludes July/August and does not include flights.)

OR

Donation by Chelsea FC Foundation:

Your chance to own an official shirt from the 2020-21 season signed by members of the first team squad.

ACTS

JAYDE ADAMS

Award-winning comedian and proud Bristolian Jayde Adams is one of the most exciting names in British comedy. Her debut show was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2016, whilst her hugely successful, critically acclaimed 5-star show 'Serious Black Jumper' was filmed and released worldwide on Amazon Prime. A regular on our screens, Jayde is also the host of Channel 4's 'Crazy Delicious' and co-host of the channel's culinary entertainment series 'Snackmasters', while she bought her cult live musical comedy show 'Amusical' to the screen with Comedy Central.

ANGELA BARNES

TV favourite Angela Barnes is a regular face on Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo and Hypothetical on Dave, as well as the host of the iconic BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz - where she also hosts Newsjack and had her hit series 'You Can't Take It With You'. Her 'Home Safe Collective' campaign won the Panel Prize at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and in that same year she was named as one of the hardest working comedians, having driven 30,000[2] miles, visited 91 venues and performed over 100 shows. She is also the only guest to have won every episode of Richard Osman's 'House of Games'!

RUSSELL KANE

Multi-award-winning comedian Russell Kane made history as the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Comedy Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in one year, and has since gone on to storm the comedy world with appearances on Live At The Apollo, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Celebrity Juice and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here Now! He is the host of the flagship BBC Sounds podcast 'Evil Genius', and he continues to keep the nation entertained with his ever-popular topical online "Kaneings".

About Frank's Fund:

Frank's Fund was set up by the family of Frank Ashton, who was diagnosed with the bone cancer Ewing Sarcoma in April 2016 aged just 11.

He went on to face 14 cycles of chemotherapy, 2 months of proton therapy, and an 8-hour operation to remove the tumour and a substantial part of his pelvis. Despite this, Frank showed incredible positivity, resilience, and courage as he learnt to walk again following the operation and got about rebuilding his life and getting back to school.

Then, after just 5 months in remission, the disease returned and Frank was confronted with further endless cycles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with just a tiny chance that it could cure him. Somehow, he found the strength to keep going and the spirit to remain cheerful, but his short life ended on 9th February 2019. He was just 14 years old. His family are left devastated but immensely proud.

Ewing Sarcoma most commonly affects children and young adults aged 10-25 years old and makes up about 1.5% of all childhood cancers. A child, teenager or adult is diagnosed with primary bone cancer every 10 minutes somewhere in the world, but primary bone cancer received just 0.028% of funding from the major UK cancer charities in 2018/19 and shockingly their investment in the disease dropped by 17% to a 17-year low. Treatment protocols are out of date and gruelling. It’s a scandal that the lack of investment means that neither treatment nor survival rates have improved in over 30 years and that there’s so little chance of survival if it returnsm as it did in Frank's case.

Therefore, Frank's Fund aims to raise much-needed funds for the vital research and will continue to do so until there's a cure, so that no one has to go through what Frank did.