THE BBC's flagship renovation programme DIY SOS is set to rebuild a community hub and boxing gym that was once located at the foot of Grenfell Tower in an upcoming episode.
Called one of the BBC renovation programme's "morally most important projects", the reconstruction will see the Dale Youth Boxing Academy and hub re-housed under the A40 Westway, just metres from the derelict tower.
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What is the DIY SOS Grenfell Project?
DIY SOS: The Big Build is the BBC's flagship renovation programme which has been running for 17 years in a primetime slot on BBC One, attracting five million viewers an episode.
Fronted by Nick Knowles and a team of industry experts, the programme takes on extremely big builds for communities and people who need this kind of help.
In the past DIY SOS have built a centre for a children's charity in Peterborough in 2013, a respite centre for young carers in Blackpool in 2016 and even Princes Harry and William helped volunteers renovate an entire street in Manchester and homes for injured service veterans in 2015.
This time however, the team will undertake the which will see the construction of a shared site for both the Dale Youth Boxing Academy - which was once based in the tower - and a community hub under the A40 Westway, just metres from Grenfell Tower, located on St Marks Road and known as Bay 20.
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: "It is the biggest and morally most important project we have done in a long time."