A SEVERELY autistic teenager has been making and selling bird boxes in order to raise money for a charity that has supported him for the last eight years.

Dominic Hall, who has severe autism and learning difficulties, has worked with his carer Michael Taylor to produce more than 25 bird boxes and feeders for Warrington Disability Partnership.

The 19-year-old has been involved with the charity for eight years and has raised more than £150 through the bird boxes so far.

His creations have proved so popular that a growing waiting list has now formed.

Mum Sarah Hall said: “Everybody’s been fantastic and we’ve got orders to fulfil now, although we’re not a big production – we make one a week.

“I want Dom to grow up and try to be part of the working world but we needed something that Dom could do that isn’t too tricky.

“It’s great because he’s done something and he’s got a product at the end of it which he is able to raise money from.

Great Sankey resident Dominic’s bird boxes are being sold as part of the charity’s 25th Anniversary Legacy Appeal, which aims to raise £150,000 throughout 2016 as it celebrates a quarter of a century since its birth.

The money raised will help to employ young disabled people in Warrington.

Dave Thompson, founder and chief executive, said: “Of our 52 paid staff today at least 40 came through as volunteers – I’m not suggesting that this time next week Dom will get a job working at Warrington Disability Partnership but we’ve got to start somewhere.

“We’re hoping that as an extension to doing the bird boxes we will get other production-type work for Dom to do and that’s the future for me.

“For me this is a great way of Dom supporting a charity that has supported him in the past – it’s really great.

“Dom can be productive and he can also contribute to society – it’s about finding that individual’s ability and what they can do, not what they can’t.”