'Proper teamwork' hailed as Beverley build aired on BBC

DIY SOS YOUTH CLUB PROJECT REVEALED ON TELEVISION

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

"THERE'S so much hope, it's unbelievable," the organiser of a “lifeline” youth club in Beverley told thousands of BBC viewers who watched as the DIY SOS team built the organisation a new home in just eight days.

Fiona Rainforth told an emotional Nick Knowles and a hordes of volunteers how they had “knocked it out of the park” with the project for Cherry Tree Youth Hub.

The club, which can attract up to 150 kids in Beverley, had struggled operating from a series of gazebos in the windswept Mudhills Park, until the BBC team got to work in May this year. The episode - broadcast on Tuesday, December 30 - showed how an army of volunteers including local tradespeople, major retailers and even TV gladiators pitched in to create the hub.