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Robert Dalling

DIY SOS needs unwanted surf boards for its project in Swansea's Caswell Bay

The DIY SOS team is hard at work building a new base for a charity in Swansea.

Since Wednesday morning, Nick Knowles and his team have been at Caswell Bay building a new home for Surfability, the UK's first-fully inclusive surf school, which currently supports more than 500 people from across the UK, and gives disabled people the opportunity to take to the waves.

The nine-day effort, being filmed for a special DIY SOS: The Big Build broadcast for BBC Children in Need in November, will offer a significant improvement for the charity, which currently operates out of a disused bus shelter often flooded, with no electricity, running water or ventilation.

And now, producers are appealing to the public for their help in making the facility extra special for those who are going to be using it.

A call has been put out for people to donate any old, unwanted surfboards to be used as decoration for the new centre.

Anyone who may have one they are willing to offer for the show is encouraged to e-mail diysoscaswellbay@bbc.co.uk.

DIY SOS series producer Hamish Summers said: "DIY SOS is so pleased at the generous turnout of volunteers and the build is progressing well to finish next Friday.

"One request remaining is if anyone would like to donate unwanted surfboards it would appreciated as part of the decoration of the new centre for Surfability."

How the site looked on Thursday (Gayle Marsh)

The project follows the team's efforts in September 2017 when they built a new support centre for The Roots Foundation Wales which supports children in care.

In an interview with WalesOnline earlier this week, Nick Knowles, who presents the show, praised the city and the efforts of trade volunteers who have devoted their time to the show.

" Swansea. is a big city on the up and up and there is a lot of development going on in the city, but it is not all commercial," he said.

"The fact Swansea is helping build this facility, and the Roots facility, says the city is looking to take people with them and ensure nobody is left behind."

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