Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation on promoting micro-finance initiatives through their 'Knitting Together Nations' project, helping women refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and with Bibi Russell on her 'Fashion for Development' program in Bangladesh. SEED Whilst in California, Franks developed the idea of SEED, an acronym for Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics, as a model for using principles of femininity, sustainability and social responsibility in business. In 2000, Franks published The SEED Handbook: The Feminine Way to Create Business, a guidebook for female entrepreneurs, and it has since gone on to sell more than 50,000 copies in the UK and US alone. Franks has since published two more books. In 2004, she published Grow: The Modern Woman's Handbook. This was followed in 2007 by Bloom: A Woman's Journal for Inspired Living, an accompaniment to a set of Affirmation Cards released previously. In collaboration with Tribal Education, Franks developed the SEED Women into Enterprise Programme, a blended learning course for self-employment. Aimed particularly at women from marginalised and disadvantaged communities around the UK, the programme has been delivered through local government agencies, training companies and charities—including Croydon Enterprise, A4e and The Prince's Trust—as well as to inmates at Eastwood Park and Styal prisons. The SEED project has continued to grow with workshops and training events held around the UK, online resources and exclusive, week long retreats held regularly by Franks at her home in Deià, Majorca. Local SEED Circles have started up in many areas to provide members with opportunities to network with like-minded business owners in the community, whilst accredited SEED Coaches provide mentoring to new businesswomen starting out. In 2009, she launched the SEED Community Site, a social networking website to connect women entrepreneurs around the world. Strategic advisor Franks has worked as a communications consultant for a number of multinational corporations in recent years, working on their female employee development programmes, and advising on market positioning strategies, particularly for female consumers. She was a member of the advisory board for McDonald's in the UK, helping to initiate their Women's Leadership Development Programme. She has worked with Regus to create and develop the B.Hive network of women's business clubs, launching the flagship Covent Garden location in September 2010, followed by further B.Hive centres in Bristol and Manchester in spring 2011. V-Day campaign Franks is currently the chair of V-Day UK, a charity created by Eve Ensler, that campaigns to