Prayers as answered as church leaders help DIY SOS hit deadline

A Lancashire church is celebrating answered prayers after the BBC's DIY SOS successfully transform the home of a disabled teenager and his family.

- by Gazette Reporter

As reported by the Gazette last week, presenter Nick Knowles and his colleagues recruited volunteer builders, craftsmen and helpers to transform a new family home for disabled Freckleton teenager Daniel Flemen.

The outcome delighted local Vicar, Rev Tracy Swindells, of Holy Trinity Freckleton, and members of her church who have been part of a big local support network for the family.

Daniel had a lifesaving operation to remove a brain tumour when he was 13, but it left him severely disabled and unable to return home to Freckleton.

Daniel, now 16, is currently on a respiratory ward in Manchester but is now coming home to a house the Flemen family bought in the village which needed to be extended and adapted.