A firm providing kitchens for social housing schemes has taken part in a television DIY show.
Rixonway helped the team at DIY SOS transform two streets of disused houses in Manchester into homes for veterans and local residents.
The company worked with Haig Housing, which provides housing assistance to ex-service people and their dependants, to deliver a kitchen for one of five specially renovated veteran homes.
Rixonway features in the second of two programmes on the project, which will be screened tomorrow on BBC One and documents the creation of the five specially adapted homes for veterans. There was also a surprise visit from Princes William and Harry who helped out with the renovations.
The homes will be part of a mixed development of residential adapted homes and a hostel which will be home to students on construction courses at local colleges, alongside a support and advice centre run by national charity Walking With The Wounded, which was established in 2010 to raise funds to re-train wounded servicemen and women.
Dave Anderson, sales and marketing director at Dewsbury-based Rixonway, said: “We were delighted to take part in the project. As a company, we provide kitchens to more than 50,000 social properties every year, including around 500 adaptation projects and as such, we understand the importance of having a kitchen that suits a tenant’s lifestyle.
“The kitchen is one of the main rooms in the house and we were so pleased to be able to play our part in supporting this great project and importantly, helping the veterans who will call this community home.”
