Add
Private Notes
On the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, Garry and Kyle first fostered then adopted four vulnerable children because they wanted to give them the best life possible. Unfortunately their tired, crammed three-bed bungalow now threatens their family's future. Nick Knowles and the team take on a DIY SOS first - and one of their most ambitious home builds ever. The team are going to demolish the bungalow and in just nine days build an entirely new bespoke five-bedroom home for this inspiring family.
Kidney failure has meant that midwife Sascha has to endure intensive dialysis at hospital just to stay alive. This intense dialysis for hours on end, five days a week, places her body under immense stress with the constant threat of life-risking blood clots. If this continues, Sascha, a mother to four children, has a life expectancy of just a few years. However, Sascha could do self-dialysis daily from her home, and the increase in frequency and the decrease in intensity would mean her life expectancy and lifestyle would improve dramatically. So that is where DIY SOS and the generous volunteers and trades of Billy's home turf, Welwyn Garden City, step up to help one of their own. In an emotionally charged episode, Sascha's family home is completely renovated and extended to include a dedicated home-dialysis room for Sascha, which offers her a lifeline and extra years with her loving family.
The building crusaders come to the aid of 12-year-old Matthew from Telford, who has been stuck in hospital for three years after suffering cancer and a stroke. The youngster's head teacher and school friends have been fundraising to get him home, so now, Nick Knowles and the team - with the help of hundreds of volunteers - set out to make Matthew's home suitable for his complex medical needs.
The team helps a couple whose 24-year-old son Ryan has been living in hospital for the last five years, as they renovate the downstairs of their three-bedroom house in Bristol so he can move back home. The house needs a downstairs extension with all the bespoke care provision that Ryan will need, including physio space, a wet-room, a family area and the ability to access the entire ground floor, and if the family doesn't get this work done, Ryan will remain in hospital 50 miles away.
Nick Knowles and the team return to Veterans Street in Manchester, where, two years ago, with the help of Prince William and Prince Harry, DIY SOS launched their most ambitious project yet - transforming a derelict street into a vibrant community for veterans and local people. This time they build the final home for decorated former soldier and single dad Simon Flores, whose foot was blown off by a roadside bomb during a patrol in Iraq.
The DIY SOS team descend on Swansea to tackle one of their biggest challenges to date, as they build a centre and supported housing for young people in care and leaving care. This special programme also shares the stories from some of Wales' most vulnerable young people as well as the founder of the Roots Foundation Wales, a charity that supports young people in and leaving care. The team, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, build a bespoke new centre and transitional flats from the ground up for Roots, a charity, part-funded by BBC Children in Need despite storms and a tight 11-day build schedule.
