Princes William and Harry have visited a street in Manchester that is being transformed as part of the BBC show DIY SOS to create a new community for former service men and women.
The project was featured in August by UK Construction Media in an effort to help find local contractors who were willing to provide their services to help renovate the properties.
The princes are hoping that their visit to Canada Street in Newton Heath will raise awareness of the difficulties facing ex-service men and women when they leave the forces.
The project will provide improvements to the street scene by providing disabled access and parking, introduce planting, give a facelift to all 62 properties and refurbish eight of the 25 empty homes on the streets.
Three larger sized homes will be fitted-out for disabled veterans and their families. A veteran walk-in support and advice centre run by Walking With The Wounded will also be created.
The second phase of the project will see the remaining 17 empty properties refurbished by the charity Haig Housing.
The princes joined the DIY SOS team and the hundreds of volunteers, with Prince William demonstrating his abilities with a paint brush, while Prince Harry laid some paving stones in one of the property’s garden.
The princes also met with a number of veterans who will soon be moving into the new refurbed homes.
The show’s host Nick Knowles paid tribute the princes, saying their visit was “lovely”, adding: “They both served in the military and they fully understand. They came to give our boys on the site a boost.”
The scheme is collaboration between Manchester City Council, the BBC DIY SOS Big Build project, Walking With The Wounded, Haig Housing and Adactus Housing Group.
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