Gerflor supports BBC DIY SOS Mildenhall

After supporting his local football team at an away game, football fan Simon Dobbin was set upon by a gang of men in an unprovoked, vicious attack. The attack took just 90 seconds to change his life forever as the husband and father of two was left fi ghting for his life in intensive care following a massive stroke and bleed on the brain.

Press Release

Tragically his injuries caused Simon to be permanently brain damaged, unable to walk and talk and in need of 24 hour care. As a result, his family’s lives were also upturned with his wife Nicole, a Senior Care Worker at a nursing home, becoming Simon’s carer when he returned home from hospital. However, their home in Mildenhall, Suffolk, was unfit for Simon’s needs placing a huge strain on family life until BBC DIY SOS, its volunteers and generous companies like Gerflor stepped in to lend a hand.

Read the full press release here