Press Release – Millions of people left without crisis support in England Monday, 7th February 2022 Over 13 million people in England have no access to a local authority crisis support scheme, according to a report published today by End Furniture Poverty. The campaigning charity says there are now 32 local authorities no longer offering […]Autumn Budget Must Provide Adequate Crisis Support Press Release – 22 October 2021 Government is urged to provide a vital three-year £250m funding commitment to rebuild local welfare assistance and ensure there is a safety net for people facing severe hardship and destitution in next week’s Autumn Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review. End Furniture Poverty has […]
Webinar – The Postcode Lottery of Crisis SupportThank you to everyone who came along to our webinar on our latest report, The Postcode Lottery of Crisis Support. In the presentation, we discussed how this research demonstrates the drastic decline in crisis support over the past decade and highlighted the need for urgent changes to be made. If you would like to discuss […]
One in Four People Can No Longer Access Crisis Furniture SupportBudget cuts mean one in four people in England can no longer apply for essential furniture items from their local authority, according to research published by End Furniture Poverty today. ‘The Postcode Lottery of Crisis Support’ also reveals that one in five people now live in an area where there is no local authority crisis […]
£6472 of Social Value Created by Furniture Pack ProvisionProviding a package of essential furniture to someone in need creates £6472 of social value according to a report published today by End Furniture Poverty. We worked with social value experts ‘morethanoutputs’ and Liverpool City Council to carry out the study, which demonstrates the wider benefits of lifting people out of Furniture Poverty. The research […]No Place Like Home Report PresentationThank you to everyone who came along to our report presentation today. In the presentation, we discussed our findings and next steps, along with some new quotes from tenant participants. If you missed it, we have uploaded a recording of the presentation below. This research builds on other reports which have shown that furnished tenancies […]
Too many people find social housing provides ‘No Place Like Home’We are delighted to finally be publishing our research into the provision of furnished tenancies today, which reveals that only 2% of social rented properties are let as furnished or partly furnished (i.e. floor coverings/curtains) in comparison to 29% of private rented properties. These figures, (from Understanding Society data, an annual UK survey of 40,000 […]
End Furniture Poverty’s Christmas Advent – Week ThreeAfter our third week of tweets looking at furniture poverty and what can and is being done to tackle it, here’s our final round up. We’ll still be tweeting next week so do keep looking out for our festive houses. In the meantime, we hope you all have a peaceful Christmas and we are very […]End Furniture Poverty’s Christmas Advent – Week TwoIt’s the end of week 2 on our End Furniture Poverty Christmas Advent Calendar so here’s another round up of what our houses revealed! We didn’t want our calendar to be full of doom and gloom and while it was a challenge to find the bright sparks of good news, there are many reasons to […]End Furniture Poverty’s Christmas Advent – Week OneThis is our first weekly End Furniture Poverty Advent Calendar blog where we wanted to give you a little more detail behind the facts revealed on twitter this week. December 1st On December 1st we started by setting the scene: · The real value of wages and benefits have dropped in recent years but sadly […]
