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BBC News
23-05-2025
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DIY SOS youth club in Beverley recruits 80-year-old volunteer
DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles has hailed the "community spirit" of volunteers in East Yorkshire as hundreds of people joined forces to build a club for homeless young building was finished on Thursday after the team spent eight days transforming a field in Beverley, East Yorkshire, into a new home for the Cherry Tree Youth the crew was 80-year-old retired tradesman John Whelan who volunteered on the project for the BBC programme every Whelan, from Beverley, said he took part "for the kids - for their future - so that they can learn, enjoy something and be taught new things in life". Cherry Tree supports around 90 young people a week aged 10 to18 - and for those with special educational needs and disabilities up to the age of youth club was launched in 2016, but members of the group had been meeting in a gazebo in a park since the pandemic while a permanent home was Whelan's daughter, Angela Oldroyd, urged her father to participate in the community project after his wife said he would have loved to take part if he was Oldroyd said: "He was in the trade for 50 years, he knows his stuff inside and out and what better person to have on site than somebody who knows his stuff?" 'Buzzing' "He's had a tough year health-wise. We thought it would do him the world of good mentally and physically to get out and do something for the community," she Whelan has been sweeping up and helping the joiners. He called the work "good fun". "I'm buzzing just watching it all happen," he said. The single-storey building featured a communal area, a kitchen, meeting room, storage area and toilets. There was also an outdoor gym and a cycle path. DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles said people came from as far as Scotland, Devon and London and "pulled off a miracle"."To be able to build out of the ground with no services in eight days to provide a place for the youngsters around here and let the people who run this amazing place and carry out the amazing work - they're the people that did it," he added."People in the area should be really proud of the community spirit that's alive and well." Gabrielle Blackman, an interior designer who also presents the show, described the project as a "superhuman effort" from "incredibly talented people who really care"."I've been crying for about an hour, I'm so thrilled. Everyone is amazing," she said."They've all made friends, people have been given jobs. It's an explosion of good stuff."DIY SOS is due to broadcast the story later this year. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
14-05-2025
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DIY SOS building new home for Cherry Tree Youth Club in Beverley
Hundreds of tradespeople have gathered to start work on a building for a homeless youth club, as part of the BBC programme DIY group of volunteers has eight days to transform a field In Beverley, East Yorkshire, into a new home for the Cherry Tree Youth Club, which has been without a permanent venue since the Covid Ramsey, the manager of the club, told the BBC: "I still can't believe it. All these people have come together, it's surreal and fantastic."Planning permission for the project, off Burton Road, was granted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council on Monday. Cherry Tree engages with around 90 young people a complete, the single-storey building will feature a large communal area, toilets, a kitchen, meeting room and storage area. The plans also include an outdoor gym and cycle path. The volunteers have given their time or materials for SOS presenter Nick Knowles said: "It's extraordinary, all these people turn up, we give them the plans and within an hour everyone knows what they're doing. It's a magical thing."We've set up a small factory in this field to make this happen. There must be 100 vans, catering tents, offices, it's like a circus that rolls into town."The majority of people working on the site are from the Hull and East Yorkshire area, but Knowles said tradespeople from as far away as Devon and Sheffield were Hulme, from Cheshire, owns a business called Builder Girl. She said: "I saw a shout-out about the job and thought it would be great."We drove over yesterday – the lads slept in the vans and we're ready for action today." The Cherry Tree Youth Club was launched in 2016, but since the pandemic young people have been meeting in a gazebo in a park, while officials tried to find a permanent said the struggles faced by the group had resonated with him. He recalled watching a video taken in the park showing youth workers handing out pizza to children in the rain. He said: "It took me back to the place where I grew up and I knew I had to get involved."Some will say Beverley is posh, what are you doing there? There are two sides of the track, we're on the other side and there's an opportunity to direct young people in the right direction."If we can turn one kid's life around, give them something to eat or give them an ear to listen then it's worth doing the whole build."The fact it [the building] will look after hundreds, possibly thousands, of kids in the coming years makes it extra special."The finished building is due to be unveiled on 22 May, with DIY SOS due to broadcast the story later this year. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
09-04-2025
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Tradespeople sought for TV show DIY SOS project in Beverley
Tradespeople are being sought to take part in a youth club build project for TV show DIY programme is building a new home for the Cherry Tree Youth Club in Beverley, East 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 DIY SOS build will start on14 May. Community spirit 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 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 group had used a meeting room in a community centre but had to leave when it was repurposed as a to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
19-03-2025
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DIY SOS to build new home for youth group in Beverley
A youth club which has been without a venue since the Covid pandemic will get a new home by appearing on the BBC programme DIY group had used a meeting room in a community centre in Beverley, East Yorkshire but had to leave when it was repurposed as a Ramsay manager of the Cherry Tree Youth Club said: "The winter months have been absolute hell for my staff, we can't even imagine what it will be like having four walls and warmth." A spokesperson for DIY SOS said: "We are really looking forward to bringing DIY SOS to the Cherry Tree Youth Club in Beverley. Community is at the heart of what we do." Ms Ramsay said: "It's just been horrendous, and now we just can't imagine what it will be like even just to have the basics."Cherry Tree Community Centre established the youth club in 2016 for children aged between nine and 18 and is used by about 90 young people each October planning permission was granted to create a small base in a local park but estimates of £90,000 meant work was not started. Ms Ramsay explained local parents had told her they would be pleased to know where their children will be when the club is DIY SOS build will take a week from 14 May in Mudhills Park, Burden Road in Beverley. The team has appealed for support from local tradespeople, volunteers and suppliers to donate skills and material to help give a local community "a space they desperately need". A spokesperson added: "We hope that the people and trades of Yorkshire will come out in force to support us. Please get in touch if you would like to help."Ms Ramsay said: "I think it's a bigger build than what we had planned, so any support anyone can offer would be absolutely fantastic." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
