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Find help to find free or low cost furniture, clothing and food.


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Furniture and whitegoods

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Timpson

Free dry cleaning of interview clothes

Free dry cleaning of an interview outfit for those who are unemployed and going for an interview.

UK

End Furniture Poverty

Help to buy furniture and whitegoods

Information on how to obtain furniture and whitegoods if you are on a low income. Provides information as to where you can find organisations which can help you.

UK

NHS

Get help to buy food and milk

If you are pregnant or have children under four, you may be eligible for the Healthy Start scheme. This provides vouchers for certain foods every month. Eligibility requirements are on their website.

England, Northern Ireland, Wales

Family Fund

Clothing for kids with additional needs

Provides clothing grants if a child or young person has additional clothing needs, for example, if they go through clothes quickly, or their clothing is frequently damaged.

UK

Independent Food Aid Network UK Food Bank Map

A map of independent food banks in the UK

Independent Food Aid Network has nationally mapped the locations of food banks across the UK. A useful resource to find your nearest food bank outside the Trussell Trust network.

UK

St Vincent de Paul Society

Practical support for anyone facing poverty

Offers help to people in need such as person-to-person home visits, providing furniture, food or clothes, soup runs and food banks and other support. Christian-run support network helping anyone regardless of faith.

England, Wales

The Trussell Trust

Trussell Trust food bank network

Find a food bank near you on the Trussell Trust website.

UK

Furniture Reuse Network (FRN)

Donated household items supplied to people in need

Household items such as fridges, freezers, beds, sofas are donated to FRN and given for free to people in urgent need, or sold at a very low cost.

England, Scotland, Wales

Freecycle

Locals offering items they don’t need for free

This non-profit website lists items in your local community that are free to have. It keeps usable items out of landfill and helps those who can’t afford everything brand new.

UK