Big hearted Chester business Dandy’s Top Soil have got involved in a BBC project to transform a street in north Manchester into a veterans’ village.

The project which sees presenter Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS crew renovating empty properties specially designed for veterans with specific needs and their families launched last Monday and is due to be completed by the end of this week.

After seeing a tweet from the presenter asking for soil for the project, owner of the Sealand Road business Adam Dandy arranged for 20 tonnes of topsoil to be delivered to the Manchester site yesterday (Tuesday, September 22).

DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles tweeted his appreciation to Dandy's

He said: “Dandy’s are proud to support such a great cause and to help honour and thank our nation’s true heroes.

“After I saw Nick Knowles’ tweet asking for topsoil I called our sales director, Simon Hughes, to see if there was anything he thought we could do to help out.

“Simon immediately arranged for a 20 tonne load of our best quality Lawnmix Topsoil which is perfect for laying turf on, to be sent up to the DIY SOS team.”

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The project has seen many famous faces helping over the last few days including Princes William and Harry who were on hand today (September 23) to help with the final stages and meet with volunteers.

Prince Harry prepares to lay paving slabs during visit to the BBC's DIY SOS Team for The Big Build: Veteran's Special at a street in Manchester

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