Tradespeople sought for TV show DIY SOS project

Tradespeople are being sought to take part in a youth club build project for TV show DIY SOS.

The programme is building a new home for the Cherry Tree Youth Club in Beverley, East Yorkshire.

It aims to build a new facility in about eight days and is hosting an open day on 16 April in Mudhills Park, Burden Road, for tradespeople to come along to find out more.

The DIY SOS build will start on14 May.

Presenter Nick Knowles told BBC Radio Humberside they were still looking for various trades including decorators, plasterers, landscapers and groundworkers as it was a build from the ground up.

"Basically, we rely on all the materials being donated and all of the tradespeople working for free," he said.

Despite the pressures on people's finances, Knowles said they had probably had a greater response during the latest series than ever before.

"People really want to feel the world is a better place and most people would like to help people given the opportunity.

"The people who come along and join in feel great about themselves and it reiterates the message that community is alive and well.

"It's a really lovely health check for our society that it's much better than it appears in the news," he added.

Cherry Tree Community Centre established the youth club in 2016 for children aged between nine and 18 and it is used by about 90 young people each week.

The group had used a meeting room in a community centre but had to leave when it was repurposed as a pantry.

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