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For any copyright, please send me a message. A penniless girl shivering in a doorway after attempting suicide and a teenage boy sleeping by a canal are among the desperate young people viewers WON’T see in tomorrow night’s DIY SOS. The girl and the boy, who heartbreakingly wants to sprinkle salt around himself before sleeping to keep slugs at bay, are the focus of the Children In Need special episode but presenter Nick Knowles says they are too vulnerable to be shown on TV. Nick, 57, says: “Normally we introduce you to the people we’ll build for so you can get to understand them. But these homeless kids between 16 and 18...for their own wellbeing we can’t show them. “But they still need a place to live. So should we just walk away because we can’t show them on TV? Of course not.” Not seeing their faces does not dilute the emotive power of the stories told by homeless youngsters supported by the charity Nightsafe in Blackburn, Lancs. Hearing what they have endured makes the whole crew tearful. Nick says: “They are kids who’ll be at school and very often their teacher won’t know they’re homeless. A lot of them have been in care and the care system looks after them until they’re 16 then they get bounced out into society. “The youngsters who have had the toughest start in life then find themselves homeless. “We should be helping those who have had the toughest start and I don’t think we do. There are up to 50 kids sleeping rough in Blackburn ever night. Multiply that around the country and you’ve got 100,000 – more than enough to fill Wembley stadium.” Luckily, there are people to help. The DIY SOS team and an army of 100 volunteers, who travelled from as far as Cornwall and South Wales, take on the immense task of transforming an 1830s church hall into a brand new home for six homeless young people. A female vicar joins the crew to push a wheelbarrow full of bricks and two brothers who lose their mother during the project carry on working because they know their mum would have wanted them to help children. “That makes me genuinely proud,” says Nick. “All credit should go to the people who work for nothing and the suppliers who give us materials knowing they’re not going to get any publicity. “What a generous, empathetic, supportive and community-led group of nations we are. “It’s important we remember that and don’t allow politicians to convince us of the narrative of negativity towards each other.” In a TV world where so many shows pit people against each other, DIY SOS is a life-affirming hour of kindness. Over its two decades, it has built homes and respite centres worth £16million. This year it will receive a Bafta Special Award. “It’s a really lovely congratulations to all the people who ha
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