DIY SOS: the big build – Telford
24 March 2017 :: About More Handles
DIY SOS: the big build – Telford
Yes we’re at it again!
DIY SOS: the big build – Telford
The team of ‘Purple Shirts’ are coming to Telford in Shropshire from February 28th – 9th March 2017 to help a local family rebuild their home and their lives.
The Family:
Matthew was a typical active boy with a love of Doctor Who and sport. He has three best friends at school (Emily, Luke & Gabriel) and is loved beyond all else by his parents Leigh and Sue. At age 10 Matthew started to develop episodes of headaches and nausea – it was being monitored by doctors but they didn’t have big concerns.
The Story:
During a family holiday in Devon, Matthew suddenly struggled to walk – within 48 hours he was rushed into hospital for scans and emergency surgery to treat a brain tumour. After an operation to remove 90% of Matthew’s cancerous tumour; the family were given a positive prognosis by consultants. What then should have been the road to recovery soon became a relentless living nightmare!
When Matthew was transferred from intensive care back to the ward, his blood pressure became unstable resulting in two massive strokes and paralysis. Parents Leigh and Sue said “it felt like a lottery win when Matt could open one eye.” Fourteen months later Matthew was due his final chemo round and was finally given the greenlight to get home – but Sue and Leigh couldn’t make it happen. The community have come together to do their own DIS SOS inspired mission but it’s exhausted the communities resource’s.
Work Needed:
The house needs a downstairs extension with space for a carer to stay and all the bespoke care provision Matthew will need; physio space, wet room, social space and the ability to access the entire ground floor. If the Coopers don’t get this work done, they will have to stay at the hospital until alternative accommodation can be found for Matthew. This could mean the couple would have to return home without him – something they swore they would never do to him.
Wrockwardine Wood Junior School and the wider community managed to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds towards renovating the Cooper’s home for when Matthew is well enough to be discharged from hospital – and Matthew’s head teacher Julie Henry was the person in charge of leading the major fundraising campaign and applied for DIY SOS to come to transform their home.
So when we were approached to help out, we were both happy and honoured. To know that we support DIY SOS and it’s cause 100% but also to know that we are requested for help time and time again gives us all the boost in company moral to know our products and services are relied upon by such a great programme is truly an honour.
About DIY SOS:
The Big Build is the BBC’s flagship home renovation programme; it has been running for 16 years, and attracts up to 9 million viewers per episode in its prime time slot on BBC One. The ambitious show presented by Nick Knowles and his team of ‘Purple Shirts’ takes on extremely big builds in just nine days. They completely rely on the support and generosity of the local community of tradespeople and suppliers to carry out the work, to help truly deserving families transform their homes.
Products provided by More Handles:
1 pair x SARAH BEENY HOME HARPA CUPBOARD HANDLE - 11034
6 x 223mm length HERITAGE BRASS METRO CABINET PULL HANDLE - C0337 96
4 x 172mm length HERITAGE BRASS METRO CABINET PULL HANDLE - C0337 96
5 x 38mm diameter HERITAGE BRASS ROUND STEPPED CUPBOARD KNOB - C3624 38-PB