‘DIY SOS’ are calling for local tradespeople to come together to help the transformation of a young carers’ centre in Blackpool.

On Wednesday June 8 the BBC One show will be hosting a ‘Trades Day’ event in order to bring together volunteer trades and businesses to support the regeneration project as part of a special episode for BBC Children in Need.

DIY SOS – ‘The Big Build’, which will be hosted by Nick Knowles, will be trying to complete one of its most heartfelt and ambitious projects ever which will require the assistance of volunteer tradespeople and businesses from the Blackpool region and Lancashire in general.

The young carers’ centre is currently a neglected and run down Victorian house and the DIY show is going to attempt a huge transformation to make it a supportive, safe and fun environment in which young carers will be able to make the most of their childhood.

Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen, who was a young carer himself, is designing the project and is going to raise funds for Children in Need projects throughout the UK.

To realise the centre’s dream, the show is looking for material donations along with the help of tradespeople such as landscape gardeners, decorators, plasterers, carpenters, plumbers, and electricians who are able to offer their services in support of the project.

Mark Millar, build manager at DIY SOS, is to host an event that will last all day on June 8 at Blenheim House in Blackpool where businesses and tradespeople will be invited to weigh up the task and look at ways they can contribute to the project either by donating materials or trade volunteering.

June 28 until July 7 are the building dates coming up and will help to improve the standards for Blackpool Carers, a charity that gives practical and emotional support to carers as young as five years old.