IN TIMES OF crisis, the authorities are expected to take action to keep people safe and secure. A year on from Grenfell and many local residents still feel as though they are waiting for the official help they expected to arrive.

On the latest count only 32 people had been successfully rehomed since the tragedy. A staggering 55% of those caught up in the event remain in temporary accommodation.

Confidence in Kensington and Chelsea council is all but non-existent on the ground. There have been accusations of incompetence over their management of the incident and the aftermath - the official inquiry into the disaster is ongoing.

Blog posts written by residents to raise the alarm over the risk of a major fire breaking out at the tower date back to 2013 and now read as grimly prophetic predictions over what was to come.

On the morning of the disaster, Grenfell Action Group published a list of these articles.

“ALL OUR WARNINGS FELL ON DEAF EARS,” it read. “We predicted that a catastrophe like this was inevitable and just a matter of time.”

That these concerns were met with such indifference by the local housing authorities has left many mistrustful of a system they no longer have faith in.

Council leader Nick Paget-Browne resigned from his position just two weeks after the disaster

Council leader Nick Paget-Browne resigned from his position just two weeks after the disaster. In his statement he said he accepted a "share of responsibility" for these "perceived failings”.

Prime Minister Theresa May with artist Damel Carayol, who lost his niece in the Grenfell Tower fire. The print of "Grenfell Tower: Eyesore!! Final Straw", painted by Mr Carayol, was presented at a meeting with survivors and families

Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to re-home all of the victims within three weeks – another promise which was never delivered.

Grief has understandably turned to anger but in the vacuum that was created by this lack of leadership and relief the local community continued to try and step up to fill the gap - QPR included.

“As a club we’ve kept our projects going over the year,” said Ferdinand. “We’ve not only done the football side of things but we’ve also helped those with mental health issues – not just the survivors, but the fire service. They needed help and we made sure there were funds available to do that.”

The Trust have also invested in their services to help people deal with the traumas they have faced over the past 12 months.

“We’ve now got two dedicated members of staff,” said Evans. “One is in the local primary schools. If there are children who need particular support because of what they’ve experienced, we go in to help them.

“In addition to this we’ve also been working with the NHS trauma team to see how we can use virtual reality to encourage, in particular, the men to get counselling. Les Ferdinand has kindly offered his support to that.”

On top of the practical support for survivors, the club have continued to try and help to give people opportunities to escape and find relief from their memories of the fire where possible.

“At Christmas we ran a special tour for them at Loftus Road,” said Evans. “Families could attend and all of the children could go home with lots of presents and we tried to remind them that it was Christmas and people were caring for them.”

Players from #GAME4GRENFELL

The most high profile event was Game4Grenfell, a charity football match organised to raise money for those affected, and to keep the cause in the public eye.

It was screened live on Sky One with two teams of celebrities and footballers playing to a crowd of over 17,000 - most of whom came from the local community. Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to match donations. The day generated £454,000. For Evans, the game was far more than a fundraiser.

“I looked round the stadium and our community was inside Loftus Road,” he said. “It was reflective of where we are in West London.

“It was the first time that everyone had come together since the fire, and that sense of support showed the role that a football club can play.”

Rita Ora performs during #GAME4GRENFELL

QPR would go on to win a number of awards for the match. Ferdinand was uncomfortable with the praise. His focus was always on the families and survivors.

“It wasn’t about getting accolades for how brilliantly we’d done, it was just simply to help the community,” he said. “I was at loggerheads as to whether to go to these awards or not because it wasn’t done with the intention of recognition – it was purely to try and help the community.

“There was a lot of talk that no-one did care about what happened to them, but we cared. A lot of people cared. I think the best thing was seeing the survivors attend.

“It’s been a horrendous, horrific time for them, but they had a day where they had completely forgotten about everything and went back to wherever they were staying with a smile on their face. For me, that said it all.

“Millions and millions of people donated and tried to help. It’s not about us because we’re just doing our bit. The Game4Grenfell was our way of helping and I wanted to make sure that when the game was over, that wasn’t it.

“We need to carry on helping the community in any way that we can.”