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Children in Need Special 2025

DIY SOS and Children in Need join forces to transform The Joshua Tree, a children’s cancer support charity, in an emotional and ambitious special build.

Nick Knowles, designer Gabrielle Blackman and the DIY SOS team return for a heartwarming Children in Need Special, taking on one of their most ambitious builds to date.

They are in Cheshire to support The Joshua Tree – a children’s cancer support charity founded by Lynda and Dai Hill after their son Joshua was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just five years old. Now a healthy 26-year-old, Joshua gives back by helping with fitness sessions, but hundreds of other families still urgently need the charity’s vital, personalised support.

Currently supporting nearly 400 families, The Joshua Tree is in desperate need of expansion. The DIY SOS team, with the extraordinary help of local tradespeople, suppliers and volunteers, step in to nearly double the size of the charity’s facilities. The ambitious build includes a gym, new therapy and counselling rooms, safe play areas and much-needed accommodation for families travelling long distances for treatment.

This is an emotional and inspiring episode that showcases the power of community, compassion and the life-changing impact that Children in Need has on young lives across the UK.

Release date:

59 minutes

On TV

Thursday 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Nick Knowles
Expert Billy Byrne
Expert Chris Frediani
Expert Gaby Blackman
Expert Radha Sivyer
Expert Asher Edwards
Executive Producer Melanie Leach
Executive Producer Andrew Mackenzie-Betty
Executive Producer Sam Grace
Series Producer Claire Edwards
Director Colin May
Director Matthew Skilton
Production Company South Shore Productions

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