FAQs

As part of its work, the Commission will establish a community-led proposal for how the memorial site will be owned and sustainably managed for the long term.
There is a restrictive covenant on the tower site that ensures that, once it is ready for future use, it will be handed over to an ownership body of the community’s choice.
The Commission recognises the importance of ensuring that the memorial is owned and managed in a way that ensures it will last for future generations, so that Grenfell is never forgotten.
They are exploring how other memorials have been owned and managed long term, including the Aberfan Memorial. It is important that the whole community is able to give their views on future ownership and maintenance and this is something the Commission is exploring with bereaved, survivors and residents at meetings and in other community engagement.

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Voter turnout was 67% among the bereaved families1. Turnout is calculated as the number of families that voted as a percentage of those families eligible to vote.
1In November 2018 we contacted all named next of kin (as determined by the Metropolitan Police) seeking contact information for those who wanted to be involved in the process to establish the Memorial Commission. A small number of families opted out of receiving further contact from us. The remaining families were invited to vote for their community representatives. We also wrote to close relatives to make them aware that voting codes had been sent out, to enable families to come together and agree how to vote.

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