An actor from Wimbledon has been leading public volunteers, who he says 'feel like family', in the Grenfell Tower relief effort.

Abraham Chowdhury was one of the first on the scene as the blaze devastated the tower block on June 14. When they arrived at the Westway Sports Centre, he said it became clear that donations and help had not been organised.

Around 100 people had arrived to provide help, but there was no single figure to coordinate them, he claims.

He said: "It was complete mayhem. It just opened up and no-one took the lead. People were just arriving and dropping off stuff."

Mr Chowdhury, who lives in South Wimbledon with his wife and 16-month-old daughter, has event management experience and took over coordination of donations and volunteers in the first 72 hours. He has been back to the site every day since.

The Wimbledon native says local charities and members of the public formulated the initial assistance to victims, as local authorities scrabbled to organise an official relief effort. The sports centre has since become the key assistance centre for victims and survivors of the fire which killed at least 79 people.

In the initial setting up, air beds were brought into the main hall for victims who no longer had a home. Mr Chowdhury said: "We put out more air beds than we needed. There were people in the cordon who lost their homes because of the debris and smoke and these were big families, with lots of children.

"By the afternoon we realised there were too many beds, as not that many people in the tower had survived."

In a bid to feed, clothe and shelter the victims, the 33-year-old says they probably "broke every single protocol there is."

Since the catastrophe, Mr Chowdhury has welcomed members of the Royal Family, the Mayor of London and various celebrities such as Adele to the centre to meet volunteers and victims.

The succession of London borough councils that have taken turns providing assistance to victims has created some disillusionment with volunteers and survivors, Mr Chowdhury says.

He says his current focus is to rebuild trust in a handover of services from public volunteers to official staff, as there is a gap that needs to be bridged between authorities and the volunteers and local community. He also wants to campaign for counselling for volunteers that have been helping out from the start.

In an ironic twist of fate, the former Rutlish High School pupil says he also faces being homeless, as the tenancy on his flat is almost up. But Mr Chowdhury has vowed not to give up returning to the site until all victims are rehoused.

Speaking about the Grenfell relief effort, he said: "To hear those stories has broken me. It's heart-breaking. But I would never take it back. I love them and feel like they are my family."