Heartbroken Boyfriend Tom Frankenburg To Give Away Holiday On YouTube (VIDEO)

PA/The Huffington Post UK  |  Posted: 10/05/2012 09:58 Updated: 10/05/2012 10:04

A heartbroken teacher who bought a holiday to Malta for his girlfriend has decided to give it away for free after they split up.

Tom Frankenburg, from Nottingham, posted a video on YouTube called "Tom Goes Crazy and Gives His Holiday Away" in which he says he will give the trip away to the most deserving person.

The 22-year-old guitar teacher says in the video that he is donating the trip as a way to get over his break-up and to make the world a better place.

"We live in a broken world - a place where people get hurt, where war happens, where equality just doesn't exist, and I want to fix it," he says.

"Obviously I can't fix everything but I can fix it a little bit and hopefully this video will inspire you to do the same, even if it's just a little thing.

"Like sitting next to that lonely kid at school or buying a homeless person a sandwich for lunch on the streets.

"It all counts and together we can make this place a better place to live in."

The holiday, from July 3 to July 10, includes return flights to Malta from East Midlands Airport, a stay at a four-star hotel and car rental.

Mr Frankenburg said he will even chip in towards the £35 bmibaby charges for changing the names on the plane tickets.

He told the BBC he asked his ex-girlfriend before offering to give away the £1,000 holiday and has had about 30 email responses and more than 2,000 views since the video was uploaded on Saturday.

He said: "The majority of responses are not people nominating themselves. It's actually people nominating other people, which is really nice actually, that people are doing that."

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11:17 AM on 05/10/2012
It brightened my day in this selfish world to see a young person behave in this way. May life bring you much happiness.