BAND OF BUILDERS HELP CANCER PATIENT
A South Shields woman who hit the national news headlines after her dog alerted her to ovarian cancer will have an outside space built by volunteer landscapers from the charity Band of Builders to help as she recuperates from chemotherapy.
Friends of Tess Robison told her and husband Paul – who is a plasterer – about the support offered by Band of Builders (BoB), a registered charity that completes practical projects to help members of the UK construction industry who are battling illness or injury.
The charity has stepped in and offered to landscape the Robisons’ back garden to make it a more peaceful and relaxing space forTess to continue her recovery from chemotherapy.
Half a dozen tradespeople – who are part of the BoB community – have answered the call and volunteered their time for free to complete the project. The main element of the project will be to build a new decked area in the garden so that Tess can sit outside and enjoy the sunshine.
BoB has more than 10,000 supporters from across the construction industry and is backed by major names within the industry, including DEWALT, Jewson, Tarmac, Gibbs & Dandy, V12 Footwear, Talasey, Resideo and Haemmerlin. These big names and local suppliers will donate materials for the project.
This will be the 23rd project to date by the charity, and project lead Kent Taylor said that is another great example of how the construction industry looks after its own.
