Heartbroken Brit giving away £1000 holiday to Malta on YouTube

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A British man left heartbroken after splitting up with his girlfriend is giving away a holiday he booked for them - to make the world a "better place".

Tom Frankenburg, from Nottingham, uploaded a video to YouTube called "Tom goes crazy and gives away his holiday", inviting people who think they deserve the holiday to Malta to email him or film themselves explaining why they should go.

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

According to the BBC, the 22-year-old guitar teacher and photographer said: "I had this holiday that I couldn't go on. I couldn't sell it. I couldn't get a refund. I was pretty stuck."

"I'm spreading this message of taking control of your life. If things go badly it's not the end of the world."

In the video, he says: "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.

"Obviously I can't fix everything but I can fix it just 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."

And, according to the Mirror, Tom said many of the people who had responded had done so on behalf of other people, which he said was "really nice".

He will decide who goes on the holiday at the beginning of June, and it will be the person who deserves it the most, whether "you've had a tough month, or perhaps haven't been abroad before".

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