A Knaresborough ice cream shop has raised £300 for local charity Frank’s Fund.
Castle Creamery is beginning to slow down ready for hibernation in the winter. As one of its final activities, it gave all proceeds from sales between 2pm and 5pm yesterday to the local charity.
Frank’s Fund was set up by the parents of Frank Ashton who died last year from Ewing sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. The money it raises goes towards to Bone Cancer Research Trust.
Simon Lee, owner of Castle Creamery, was introduced to the charity through his daughter who attended St Aidan’s with Frank. He said:
“We’re coming to the end of the season and wanted to do something to raise a bit of money with the stock we have left over. Frank’s Fund is a local charity that we’re happy to support. It was great to see lots of local regular customers who came especially to support Frank’s Fund.
“We opened for three hours and raised, through donations and takings £260, which we rounded up to £300.”
The money will offer the charity a starting point to recover from the amount it lost during lockdown.
Frank’s family are committed to raising money to prevent other families facing what they did. But lockdown has had a huge impact on the charity’s ability to fundraise.
Louise Ashton, Frank’s mother and charity organiser, said:
“We’ve been hit really hard by lockdown – we had lots fundraisers planned that unfortunately had to be cancelled. We had the FiveForFrank challenge recently which was great because we’re raising money and keeping him in people’s memory.
“All the small things really help even just £30 pays for one hour of research. It also helps more people to learn about us in Harrogate.”
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