#EndOurCladdingScandal: campaign launch sees cladding stories go viral
Inside Housing’s latest campaign, End Our Cladding Scandal, launched on Friday. Here’s how it broke on social media
On Friday, Inside Housing’s new campaign End Our Cladding Scandal, which we are running along with residents of affected blocks up and down the country, created a storm on social media. Here’s how it unfolded:
Introducing our new campaign #EndOurCladdingScandal #ukhousing Read more here t.co/h5JUhReUhO pic.twitter.com/xktmRwV8ep
— Inside Housing (@insidehousing)Introducing our new campaign #EndOurCladdingScandal #ukhousing Read more here https://t.co/h5JUhReUhO pic.twitter.com/xktmRwV8ep
— Inside Housing (@insidehousing) April 25, 2019
Backers included the Chartered Institute of Housing:
While the government has pledged to fund the replacement of dangerous cladding in the social housing sector, there’s no such promise for residents in private flats, which is why we’re supporting @insidehousing’s campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal now. t.co/tmMfdj6fBy
— Chartered Institute of Housing (@CIHhousing)While the government has pledged to fund the replacement of dangerous cladding in the social housing sector, there's no such promise for residents in private flats, which is why we're supporting @insidehousing's campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal now. https://t.co/tmMfdj6fBy
— Chartered Institute of Housing (@CIHhousing) April 26, 2019
Grenfell United:
22 months after #Grenfell people should not be living in fear in homes covered in dangerous cladding. That’s why we’re backing @ukcag & @insidehousing campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal.
— Grenfell United (@GrenfellUnited)
Help by RT-ing #EndOurCladdingScandal stories today. t.co/b91AiZsGTJ pic.twitter.com/dvIgiHAehl22 months after #Grenfell people should not be living in fear in homes covered in dangerous cladding. That's why we're backing @ukcag & @insidehousing campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal.
— Grenfell United (@GrenfellUnited) April 26, 2019
Help by RT-ing #EndOurCladdingScandal stories today. https://t.co/b91AiZsGTJ pic.twitter.com/dvIgiHAehl
The Fire Brigades Union:
It’s completely unacceptable that, nearly two years on from #Grenfell, residents are being asked to pay to remove flammable cladding from their homes. #EndOurCladdingScandal t.co/siplNHQfmG
— Fire Brigades Union (@fbunational)It's completely unacceptable that, nearly two years on from #Grenfell, residents are being asked to pay to remove flammable cladding from their homes. #EndOurCladdingScandal https://t.co/siplNHQfmG
— Fire Brigades Union (@fbunational) April 27, 2019
The Fire Protection Association:
The Fire Protection Association is proud to support @insidehousing’s cladding campaign. We believe this will make buildings safer for their occupants and ultimately save lives.#EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/tjNMWQ1qm4
— FPA (@FPA_tweets)The Fire Protection Association is proud to support @insidehousing's cladding campaign. We believe this will make buildings safer for their occupants and ultimately save lives.#EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/tjNMWQ1qm4
— FPA (@FPA_tweets) April 26, 2019
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Celebrity backers included a Game of Thrones actor:
The results from the @ukcag mental health survey make it plain to see the mental health crisis the cladding scandal is having on leaseholders across the country…which is why I’m backing the #EndOurCladdingScandal @insidehousing t.co/GPDwZalgsM
— Ross Mullan (@rossmullan)The results from the @ukcag mental health survey make it plain to see the mental health crisis the cladding scandal is having on leaseholders across the country…which is why I’m backing the #EndOurCladdingScandal @insidehousing https://t.co/GPDwZalgsM
— Ross Mullan (@rossmullan) April 29, 2019
And one from Hollyoaks (who lives in an affected block):
Neighbours in my block @City_Gate_Mcr are stressed & not sleeping !! Government needs to hear us @ukcag @insidehousing still NOTHING from developers #BELLWAYhomes #EndOurCladdingScandal t.co/jtKY6Mlhdw
— Andy Moss (@AndyMoss)Neighbours in my block @City_Gate_Mcr are stressed & not sleeping !! Government needs to hear us @ukcag @insidehousing still NOTHING from developers #BELLWAYhomes #EndOurCladdingScandal https://t.co/jtKY6Mlhdw
— Andy Moss (@AndyMoss) April 26, 2019
As well as TV architect George Clarke:
This newly formed group of residents campaigning to have combustible cladding from their residential tower blocks have my FULL support. Please follow them at @McrCladiators and let’s end the cladding scandal that exists across Britain. There can never be another #Grenfell
— George Clarke (@MrGeorgeClarke)This newly formed group of residents campaigning to have combustible cladding from their residential tower blocks have my FULL support. Please follow them at @McrCladiators and let’s end the cladding scandal that exists across Britain. There can never be another #Grenfell
— George Clarke (@MrGeorgeClarke) April 29, 2019
Politicians tweeting in support of residents in dangerously clad buildings include David Lammy:
How are you supposed to sleep at night knowing the cladding that surrounds your home is a fire risk? The government must urgently intervene to make sure no resident - in social or private housing - has to live like this.t.co/acZqZhMnXp
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy)How are you supposed to sleep at night knowing the cladding that surrounds your home is a fire risk? The government must urgently intervene to make sure no resident - in social or private housing - has to live like this.https://t.co/acZqZhMnXp
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 26, 2019
Rushanara Ali:
The government must move fast to replace flammable cladding on every building, no matter who owns it, and it must do it now, says @rushanaraali MP #GrenfellTower t.co/aiK5TPqTTM
— PoliticsHome - Central Lobby (@CentralLobby)The government must move fast to replace flammable cladding on every building, no matter who owns it, and it must do it now, says @rushanaraali MP #GrenfellTower https://t.co/aiK5TPqTTM
— PoliticsHome - Central Lobby (@CentralLobby) April 29, 2019
Emma Dent Coad:
Nearly two years after Grenfell, 166 private blocks are still covered in deadly cladding. The government is risking another preventable disaster and causing a mental health crisis. It is time to #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/8GoMuFZ2Jv
— Emma Dent Coad (@emmadentcoad)Nearly two years after Grenfell, 166 private blocks are still covered in deadly cladding. The government is risking another preventable disaster and causing a mental health crisis. It is time to #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/8GoMuFZ2Jv
— Emma Dent Coad (@emmadentcoad) April 26, 2019
Manchester councillors:
All @McrLabour Councillors are backing @insidehousing campaign calling on Government to Fund post Grenfell remediation works in private blocks. The nightmare for our residents needs to end now t.co/sRB0eG4eOF #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/uSt9InoNKM
— Suzanne Richards (@CllrSuzanne)All @McrLabour Councillors are backing @insidehousing campaign calling on Government to Fund post Grenfell remediation works in private blocks. The nightmare for our residents needs to end now https://t.co/sRB0eG4eOF #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/uSt9InoNKM
— Suzanne Richards (@CllrSuzanne) April 26, 2019
Mayor John Biggs:
The government’s attempts to solve the crisis for private blocks clad with Grenfell-style cladding have failed. Residents are suffering and it is time for real action #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/5tGHtKjjkk
— Mayor John Biggs (@MayorJohnBiggs)The government’s attempts to solve the crisis for private blocks clad with Grenfell-style cladding have failed. Residents are suffering and it is time for real action #EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/5tGHtKjjkk
— Mayor John Biggs (@MayorJohnBiggs) April 26, 2019
The campaign received national coverage, including on ITV News, talkRadio, BBC Radio 4 and the national press:
Pls watch @jameseoates and I live last night on @itvnews talking about our campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal!
— Amy Du Quesne (@AmyDuQuesne)
If everyone could #RT this video, we might be able to spread the awareness of this #nationalscandal & get the @UKGovTweets to step up and help! t.co/v3MVfMeecBPls watch @jameseoates and I live last night on @itvnews talking about our campaign to #EndOurCladdingScandal!
— Amy Du Quesne (@AmyDuQuesne) April 27, 2019
If everyone could #RT this video, we might be able to spread the awareness of this #nationalscandal & get the @UKGovTweets to step up and help! https://t.co/v3MVfMeecB
BBC Radio 4’s #YouandYours will be discussing #EndOurCladdingScandal in around 10 minutes, featuring appearances from our deputy editor @PeteApps and Alex DiGiuseppe from @City_Gate_Mcr
— Inside Housing (@insidehousing)
Tune in here from 12.18 ⬇️t.co/PchVEBq7ykBBC Radio 4's #YouandYours will be discussing #EndOurCladdingScandal in around 10 minutes, featuring appearances from our deputy editor @PeteApps and Alex DiGiuseppe from @City_Gate_Mcr
— Inside Housing (@insidehousing) April 26, 2019
Tune in here from 12.18 ⬇️https://t.co/PchVEBq7yk
Listen to leaseholder Rachel Guy @Northpoint20 and others sums up this mess perfectly t.co/oyhZ1k5g6G #EndOurCladdingScandal
— William Martin (@willmartin88)Listen to leaseholder Rachel Guy @Northpoint20 and others sums up this mess perfectly https://t.co/oyhZ1k5g6G #EndOurCladdingScandal
— William Martin (@willmartin88) April 26, 2019
Good to see the new #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign making the headlines today
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps)
We will be helping residents keep the pressure up on ministers to announce funding to remove dangerous cladding before the second anniversary of Grenfell on June 14. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/k7VA4uZ05VGood to see the new #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign making the headlines today
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps) April 26, 2019
We will be helping residents keep the pressure up on ministers to announce funding to remove dangerous cladding before the second anniversary of Grenfell on June 14. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/k7VA4uZ05V
People weren’t too impressed by James Brokenshire’s response:
Here is @JBrokenshire’s response to our call to #EndOurCladdingScandal.
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps)
22 months on from Grenfell is too long to still be at the stage of ’considering measures’. pic.twitter.com/wdpixkd0JFHere is @JBrokenshire's response to our call to #EndOurCladdingScandal.
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps) April 26, 2019
22 months on from Grenfell is too long to still be at the stage of 'considering measures'. pic.twitter.com/wdpixkd0JF
Hurtful. @JBrokenshire this is by no means an adequate response. Anyone who understands the asks and the rationale of the campaign will be able to see this.
— UK Cladding Action Group (@ukcag)Hurtful. @JBrokenshire this is by no means an adequate response. Anyone who understands the asks and the rationale of the campaign will be able to see this.
— UK Cladding Action Group (@ukcag) April 26, 2019
Hi @kitmalthouse, we at Northpoint have been waiting patiently to hear how you’ll resolve the #CladdingScandal for nearly 18 months, while trapped in unsafe homes & being forced to pay life changing sums for your interim safety measures. Will you #EndOurCladdingScandal tomorrow?
— Northpoint_Kent (@Northpoint20)Hi @kitmalthouse, we at Northpoint have been waiting patiently to hear how you'll resolve the #CladdingScandal for nearly 18 months, while trapped in unsafe homes & being forced to pay life changing sums for your interim safety measures. Will you #EndOurCladdingScandal tomorrow?
— Northpoint_Kent (@Northpoint20) April 28, 2019
Neither did the numbers on cladding removal make good reading:
Almost 2 years from Grenfell, just 16% of the residential blocks with similar cladding have had it removed. In the private sector its just 5%
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps)
This is a monumental failure of public policy and speaks of a system which simply does not care enough#EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/nrXxPBTZUjAlmost 2 years from Grenfell, just 16% of the residential blocks with similar cladding have had it removed. In the private sector its just 5%
— Peter Apps (@PeteApps) April 26, 2019
This is a monumental failure of public policy and speaks of a system which simply does not care enough#EndOurCladdingScandal pic.twitter.com/nrXxPBTZUj
And the ministerial team was invited along to pitch in and carry out a fire warden shift:
Hi @kitmalthouse @JBrokenshire - I’d like to invite you to join me or a neighbour on a waking watch shift at @Northpoint20.It would be helpful for YOU to see the "interim measures" put in place to ensure that residents are safe tonight,that you constantly speak of in the press.
— Rituparna (@ritustweets)Hi @kitmalthouse @JBrokenshire - I'd like to invite you to join me or a neighbour on a waking watch shift at @Northpoint20.It would be helpful for YOU to see the "interim measures" put in place to ensure that residents are safe tonight,that you constantly speak of in the press.
— Rituparna (@ritustweets) April 26, 2019
They haven’t yet responded.
End Our Cladding Scandal: campaign aims
- Government provides a fund to cover the cost of cladding removal and remedial works on private blocks
- A firm timescale is set out of no more than two years for the work to be carried out
- Residents are reimbursed for the interim fire safety costs incurred, and funding is to be provided for necessary internal fire safety measures identified by a competent fire risk assessor
- Martin Hilditch, editor, Inside Housing
- Manchester Cladiators
- UK Cladding Action Group
- Natasha Elcock, chair, Grenfell United
- Sadiq Khan, mayor of London
- Kate Henderson, chief executive, National Housing Federation
- Terrie Alafat, chief executive, Chartered Institute of Housing
- Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
- Lord Gary Porter, chair of the Local Government Association
- Polly Neate, chief executive, Shelter
- Jane Duncan, chair of the expert advisory group on fire safety, RIBA
- Andy Dark, assistant general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union
- Christina McAnea, assistant general secretary, UNISON
- Sir Peter Bottomley, Conservative MP and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
- Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP, and member of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
- Mark Amesbury, shadow employment minister and Labour MP for Weaver Vale
- Emma Dent Coad, former Labour MP for North Kensington
- Lucy Powell, Labour MP for Manchester Central
- Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
- George Howarth, Labour MP for Knowsley
- Graham Stringer, Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton
- Rob Ellis, presenter, Capital FM
- John Biggs, mayor of Tower Hamlets
- Paul Dennett, mayor of Salford
- Suzanne Richards, councillor and executive member for housing and regeneration on behalf of all Manchester's Labour Councillors
- Sir Richard Leese, Labour councillor and leader Manchester City Council
- John Leech, Manchester Liberal Democrat leader on behalf of all Manchester’s Liberal Democrat councillors
- Darren Rodwell, executive member for housing at London Councils and leader of Barking and Dagenham Council
- George Clarke, TV Architect
- David Walker, bishop of Manchester
- Graham Tomlin, bishop of Kensington
- John Roberts, founder of AO.com
- Josh Beaumont, professional rugby player, Sale Sharks and resident of affected building
- Bill Beaumont, former England rugby captain
- Jeremy Dyson, co-founder of the League of Gentlemen
- Andy Moss, actor who has appeared on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and resident
- Ross Mullan, actor who has appeared in Game of Thrones
- Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, musician
- Nour-eddine Aboudihaj, spokesperson for Justice4Grenfell
- Mike Leonard, chief executive, Building Alliance
- Kate Kendrick, founder, National Leasehold Campaign
- Martin Boyd, chair, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
- Paula Higgins, chief executive, HomeOwners Alliance
- Mark Henderson, chief executive, Home Group
- Ben Clay, founding member of the Tenants Union
- Hilda Palmer, acting chair of the Hazards Campaign
- Susan Bright, professor of law, University of Oxford
- Gill Kernick, consultant and former Grenfell Resident
- Phil Murphy, fire safety expert and tower block resident
This list will be updated. Please email peter.apps@insidehousing.co.uk if you want to support the campaign
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