Westﬁeld Corporation | Sustainability Report 2018 | 49

GRENFELL TOWER

Westﬁeld employees worked hard to respond to the ﬁre

at Grenfell Tower close to Westﬁeld London, and support

those sadly impacted by this terrible event in June 2017.

On the day of the incident, Westﬁeld helped to set up a

drop off point within the centre where a large number

of items had been donated by customers, retailers and

residents including clothing, food, medical supplies,

blankets, children’s items, phones and chargers. Westﬁeld

employees also visited local community centres to drop

off items as well as providing boxes for storage to create

much-needed ﬂoor space for accommodation.

With the overwhelming generosity of donations across

the borough, Westﬁeld joined forces with retailers, the

British Red Cross and the Royal Borough of Kensington

and Chelsea to act as a consolidation centre for donation

points around the area. Employees spent the weekend

sorting through a vast number of donations and loading

them onto lorries to provide much-needed storage until

the affected residents could be rehoused. We were also

able to provide more targeted support to individuals and

families directly affected by the tragedy, visiting those in

need and providing speciﬁc items such as new clothes

and other essentials to allow them to get back to work

and school.

Westﬁeld also made signiﬁcant donations to The

Kensington and Chelsea Charity Fund and to the Evening

Standard fund, which was further supported by our

employees who assisted with bucket collections to help

raise additional funds.

Westﬁeld was honoured by His Royal Highness Prince

Harry for being a key stakeholder that had supported

the response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Prince Harry

thanked Westﬁeld London and its partners for the retail

response to the tragic incident including the logistical and

community support that Westﬁeld and retailers provided.

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