Last Wednesday (September 14th) I went with some workmates and 2 friends (Kate and Soraya)to work on a Children in Need Special DIY SOS Norris Green Youth Centre. It was a ten day project to rebuild and refurbishment of their building. This was 10 times larger than any of the building projects undertaken by the DIY SOS team in their previous series.
We joined in to help paint, dig, construct fences, clean, move vast amounts of building material and generally get covered in wet plaster (which then set on my knees) and window foam and dust.
The food they made us was immense, and we sat next to Billy from DIY SOS for our dinner. The spirit and atmosphere was really cracking to see everyone there giving up there time to help a place which has become " a beacon of hope within the community, committed to offering young people from the area an equal chance to achieve and gain positive life experiences".
It will be shown during Children in Need, and as I couldn't go back for the reveal day I am really looking forward to watching the show to see what it looked like finished.
We then had a couple of drinks down at Rigbys, 3 girls - looking like a bunch of dusty builders - we got some hilarious looks from people - mainly men!
As they say you have to be the change you want to see in the world. Simple.
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