A teenager suffering from Cystic Fibrosis is looking forward to a bit of normality after builders’ charity Band of Builders built him a dream cabin where he can be home-schooled and spend time with friends. Kyle Sisson, 15, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when he was just three days old and has spent most of…
A teenager suffering from Cystic Fibrosis will finally get a much-needed haven as a group of volunteer builders prepare to build him a dream cabin at his home. Kyle Sisson, 15, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when he was just three days old. Since then the teenager, from Hereford, has been on medication and in…
Band of Builders, the charity that helps UK tradespeople in their hour of need, has helped the family of a plumber who lost his battle with cancer by finishing the home renovation he never could. Steve Dunphy had started work on his home in Lennoxtown, Glasgow, but was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, aged 59….
A group of kind-hearted tradesmen and women are travelling to Scotland to help the family of a plumber left living in an unfinished home after he lost a battle to cancer. Steve Dunphy had started work on his home in Lennoxtown, Glasgow, but was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, at the age of 59. He…
A group of volunteers from national charity Band of Builders swapped building sites for the driving seats in an ambitious challenge to raise money for good causes. Four volunteers from Band of Builders drove from Reims in France to Italy’s Lake Como in four days – in a car worth less than £500. The group…
A wheelchair-bound plasterer has spent time in his garden for the first time in years thanks to a band of kind-hearted tradesmen and women. The group from charity Band of Builders spent five days making changes to help John Coburn move in and out of his home freely for the first time since December 2012,…
A group of kind-hearted tradesmen and women have descended on Holland-on-Sea to make changes that will allow a wheelchair-bound plasterer to finally get in and out of his home freely for the first time in years. The project by Band of Builders, a charity that helps tradespeople in their hour of need, started on Bank…
A plumber who was left unable to walk after falling from a ladder has become the latest person to get help from Band of Builders as the organisation completed its first project as a registered charity. Peter Cape, from Pen-Y-Garnedd, Wales, found himself wheelchair-bound after suffering serious injuries in December 2018. The 46-year-old is a…
A plumber who was left unable to walk after falling from a ladder is the latest person to benefit from help from Band of Builders, the charity that helps UK tradesmen and women in their hour of need. Peter Cape, a 46 year old plumber from Pen-Y-Garnedd, Wales, is a longstanding supporter of Band of…
Band of Builders, the organisation that helps tradesmen and women in their hour of need, has become a registered charity. The organisation was granted charity status after assessment by the Charity Commission, marking a huge milestone just three years after it was first formed. Affectionately known as BoB, Band of Builders carries out projects and…