Need Help With DIY??
Want to make your house feel more like home,but lacking the skills and tools ?
SHELTER can help.
Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home.
Thanks to our partnership with B&Q, the support and advice provided through our team of DIY SKILLS ADVISERS help turn a house into a comfortable home.
DIY Skills Advisor (DIYSA) Service
WHAT IS IT FOR?
- To support clients and develop practical skills to help them resettle in their home or sustain their tenancy.
- To improve the client’s sense of ownership and investment in their home.
- To ensure the client’s home is safe for them to live in.
The DIYSA service will do this by:
- Supporting a client to carry out work themselves by teaching planning and practical skills to complete the task.
- Where it is not possible for the customer to undertake work themselves the DIYSA will try to accommodate reasonable request while maximising customer involvement.
WORK THAT CANNOT BE COMPLETED BY THE DIYSA SERVICE
- Any gas, plumbing or electrical work (including removing sockets while decorating).
- Flooring or carpeting rooms.
- Removal’s (emergency or small moves may be authorised by a team leader in advance).
- Plastering whole walls.
- Tree surgery and ongoing gardening work.
- Any aids or adaptations including grab rails.
- Work higher than a 6-rung ladder.
WORK THE DIYSA SERVICE CAN DO
- Fit curtain poles, blinds and curtains.
- Decorate including wallpaper 1 room only subject to individual client’s needs (due to H&S we cannot decorate halls, stairs and landings).
- One off garden tidy work – grass and hedge cutting (height restrictions).
- Installing additional locks bolts and chains.
- Assembly of flat pack furniture.
- Fitting of child safety items & safety gates (door frames only).
- Fencing repairs and single wooden gates (requires team leader approval)
- Connect washing machines (if pipework already installed)
This role is to work with the client to skill share and empower the client to feel confident about doing DIY tasks around the home.
Email: merseysideasg@shelter.org.uk
Call 03445151900