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Watch 2 year-old Cooper’s heart rending DIY SOS

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Cooper has cerebral palsy and after his family was ripped off by a builder he's been left without vital support

A Forth Valley family has sent out a heart rendering appeal to the BBC's DIY SOS to help their two-year-old disabled son after a cowboy builder ripped them off.

Cooper Keen, who has cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus, needed an extension built to support his specialist needs.

But after paying a builder £15,000 to complete the work, he left them with a home in disrepair.

Now Cooper’s parents have launched a video and crowd funding page to get Cooper the facilities he so urgently needs after being left penniless.

See the inpirational video of Cooper's journey so far, and his bid to get the equipment needed to make him walk.

You can nominate the Keen's to be on DIY SOS by emailing the show's production team here.

 

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Mandy Lawson
over 8 years ago
please TFN guys get the English right! - the phrase is 'heart rending'( ie tearing/causing pain to) ..... rendering is something else... look it up..( it means 'give' - ie services rendered.) Who says the internet isn't educational...!
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