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An update from the Memorial Commission following our meeting with the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities on 15 November.

See the minutes from all Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission meetings.

Following our statement in response to the media coverage on the future of Grenfell Tower, we have written to the newly-appointed secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to seek clarity about the Tower’s future.

Come to one of our online community meetings and in-person drop-ins. We look forward to meeting you, answering your questions and hearing your thoughts about a future memorial.

Our community meetings are where you can talk to your representatives, find out what we have been doing and ask us questions. Add the dates of upcoming meetings and our informal Saturday drop-ins to your diary. We look forward to meeting you.

The Memorial Commission has released a statement in response to recent media coverage on the future of Grenfell Tower.

In this month's newsletter, read about the Memorial Commission's visit to Aberfan, and community representative Andrea Newton in her blog post. Find out some of the ways you can share your thoughts and ideas with us, when our next community meetings are, and how to join them online.

Meet some of your community representatives in person at our informal drop-in on Saturday 4 September, 12 to 4pm, at the Clement James Centre, 95 Sirdar Road W11 4EQ. Family and children's activities (as pictured above at our July drop-in) and refreshments will be available and everyone is welcome. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your ideas about a memorial.

In July 2021, four of the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission community representatives, Sandra Ruiz, Hanan Wahabi, Susan Al-Safadi and Andrea Newton, visited Aberfan in south Wales as guests of The Aberfan Memorial Charity - the Memorial Garden is pictured above.  Find out more about the visit by clicking below. You can also read Susan Al-Safadi's reflections of the visit in our blogs section.

The Memorial Commission is keen to learn from the experiences of other memorials and in July, visited the Aberfan memorials in south Wales. Susan Al-Safadi reflects on the visit, which she says was 'invaluable'.

This month, find out more about the ideas for a memorial that we've been hearing recently and our drop-in event earlier in the month (pictured above). Sign up to our regular newsletter to keep up to date with the Memorial Commission and learn how you can share your thoughts and ideas with us.

Green spaces, a water feature and a place for reflection, education and the names of those who were lost. These are just some of the things you’ve told us you would like to see in the future memorial.