Daniel McCarrey, aged nine, is registered blind, attends Isobel-Mair school for kids with special needs, and has no sense of danger, due to his complex disabilities.

His garden was a minefield of jagged rocks, an asbestos stuffed garage and debris from extensive construction works.

However East Renfrewshire Good Causes and Neilston Community Repair, with the help of some local companies, stepped up to the mark to help out.

Daniel’s dad, Stephen McCarrey used his fabulous general knowledge to win £121,000 for East Renfrewshire Good Causes on the TV game show “Holding out for a Hero” almost three years ago.

ERGC founder Russell Macmillan said: “He is a very hard working man within the financial sector, and Daniel’s mum Sinead, works for a local third sector organisation which supports disabled people and their carers.

“As the family own their own home and are both working, they privately funded extensive home adaptations to make the home more suitable for Daniel’s disability with East Renfrewshire Council contributed 80 per cent of the cost towards a wet room to help with Daniel’s personal care needs.

“However, this did not cover fixing of the heavily wooded, rock strewn uneven back garden containing an old asbestos garage, which was all preventing Daniel from playing safely in the garden.” A dedicated local care worker approached Russell to help pull together the resources to form a work team to help transform the back garden.

He added: “We live in a fabulous community, where so many companies and individuals gave their skills for nothing, and local business A.Brown Timber Products donated more than £600 worth of top quality fencing materials and Thornbridge Timber Merchants also donated a generous amount of decking wood for free. “The project that would have cost approx. £5,000 plus was completed for £1,000, ERGC matched the family contribution of £500.

“The transformation as seen in the pictures, has been such a testament to ‘neighbour loving neighbour’.

“If we ask the state to do as much as they can, funding permitting, we as a community can pull together and do a bit more on top, then this will raise the local standard.” Sinead McCarrey said “It was like having our own ER Ground Force team, and we as a family would like to thank all involved. I would appeal for more readers to become a friend of ERGC by signing up to a monthly standing order, in the way that we have, as this will enable ERGC to help more families like ours.”