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Keith Ellick
Keith Ellick was Addam's employee - and friend. In early 2016 Keith broke the news that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer that had spread from his oesophagus to his liver and blood. He had been given just 12 months to live. When Addam offered to help, Keith said all he needed doing was a fence putting up at his home in Lincoln. But when his boss shared his heartbreak about his friend's plight on Facebook, he was inundated with offers of help from people up and down the country to chip in.
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Dan McIntosh
Dan was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour in 2017 - at the same time his wife found out she was pregnant with their third child - and was given just 18 months to two years to live.As Dan’s tumour is in his brain and behind one of his eyes, as time passes it is anticipated that his mobility will decrease, his vision will be impaired and his stability will lessen. The anticipated effects of Dan’s tumour meant that there would likely come a point when he would be unable to access the family’s garden or to spend time there safely.
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Sadie Jenkins
Sadie Jenkins, who turned two in February 2018, was born with a range of complications including a hole in her heart and a narrowing of the aorta, as well as Pierre Robin sequence - a set of abnormalities affecting the head and face including a small lower jaw and blockage of the airways. Sadie underwent surgery within weeks of being born and was also diagnosed with tracheobronchomalacia, effectively a ‘floppy’ trachea, and had to undergo an emergency tracheotomy.When Sadie finally came home, her tracheotomy meant she couldn’t sleep upstairs with the rest of her family but had to sleep in a makeshift bedroom in the front room. Without toilet facilities downstairs, her parents and carers had to go upstairs, leaving Sadie alone in a potentially dangerous situation. Sadie had also never had her own bedroom and was unable to play in the garden due to safety concerns.
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Ipswich Project
When a painter and decotator from Ipswich received the devastating news in January 2018 that the beneficiary had a terminal brain tumor, Band of Builders wanted to help the family by transforming the families bathroom into an accessible wet room. The project was lead by a skilled Multi-trade who managed the project over 10 days with a small team due to the size of the project.
The entire bathroom was ripped out back to brick to allow the team to transform the room into a Wet room!
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Pippa Atkinson
Pippa, who was born with an incurable skin condition, is the latest person to get help from the Band of Builders, a group of volunteer tradespeople who help those in need across the UK.Born with 90% of the skin on her hands and feet missing and spent the first 23 days of her life in a Special Care Baby Unit where she was diagnosed with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an incurable condition that means her skin blisters at the slightest touch.