London: Singer Amy Winehouse’s home is set to become the headquarter of a proposed rehab center. The tragic singer’s loved ones believe it “makes sense” for the 2.5 million pound property in Camden, North London, to be the focal point of the new Amy Winehouse Foundation, reported Sun online.
It will be boosted by profits from a new single which Amy, 27, made with music legend Tony Bennett.
Amy’s father, Mitch, who is making efforts to build the center to help youngsters after he lost his daughter to probable substance abuse, said the foundation will boost a wide range of “causes close to her heart”. “It could include help for children in trouble, kids suffering health problems, children’s hospices and more. We want to make a positive difference,” said Mitch.
Earlier the Winehouse family discussed selling the ten-room, three-storey property. “They think it’s too precious to give up, hence the new HQ idea. They don’t want to rent it out and if they sold it they think it could attract the wrong kind of buyer as it was where Amy passed away.
They may sell one day but that would be some way off,” said a source. The mission statement of the Amy Winehouse Foundation is due to be formally announced on September 14, which would have been the ‘Back To Black’ singer’s 28th birthday. (PTI)