A resident from Kensington donated her council tax rebate to victims of Grenfell tower fire
After the Grenfell fire tragedy, an outpouring amount of emotion and donations went to the victims. The disaster has taken 30 lives, although the police believe a total of 58 deaths will emerge.
While people donated clothes, food and money to those caught up in the tragedy, Ellen, a woman living in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where Grenfell is situated, had a different reason for her offering: guilt. In 2014, Ellen received a £100 bonus from the council as a result of their careful management of finances of the years. Poorer residents who asked for council tax support or discounted bills were exempt from the bonus.
She pointed out that certain services in the area must be doing well since the councils projected reserves of £167 million for the end of 2017 has risen to £209 million, yet no money were invested in sprinkler systems for the Grenfell Tower. After the fire, Ellen gave her £100 bonus to a local church, according to the Independent.
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She wrote a letter to the Guardian that can be read in this tweet:
Assuming the details in this letter to the Guardian are true, this is completely jawdropping pic.twitter.com/DzqKY81JOZ
— Ellen (@Elzorious) June 17, 2017
Twitter was both moved and angered by her story:
It's quite choked me up ?
— Sarf East Caff (@SarfEastCaff) June 17, 2017
Speechless
— A T Duckett ❄️ (@TessAnnette) June 17, 2017
I don't think they were the only council to do this, or something similar. ?
— Bold As Love (@Lloydy_bach) June 17, 2017
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