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Grants for furniture and beds
No single national furniture grant — but council welfare funds, charities like Turn2us and Buttle UK, and reuse networks help with beds, sofas and white goods.
Written by the benefitmoney.co.uk editorial team · Last reviewed 10 September 2026
There is no single national grant for furniture, but there is real help — and it is worth trying it in order, cheapest first. Start with your council’s welfare fund, then charitable grants, then low-cost reuse, and only then borrowing.
1. Your council’s welfare fund (a grant)
Most local welfare help is a grant you never repay. In England it is the Crisis and Resilience Fund; in Wales the Discretionary Assistance Fund’s Individual Assistance Payment (beds, sofas, white goods); in Scotland the Scottish Welfare Fund’s Community Care Grant; in Northern Ireland, Discretionary Support. Find your council.
2. Charitable grants
- Turn2us — a free grant search that matches you to charities by your circumstances.
- Buttle UK — grants for children and young people in crisis, including beds and essentials (usually applied for through a support worker).
- Family Fund — for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child; can include white goods and furniture.
- Glasspool Charity Trust — small grants for household essentials.
Many of these need a referral from a caseworker, support worker or Citizens Advice — ask whoever is helping you to make it.
3. Low-cost reused furniture
Not grants, but far cheaper than new: the Reuse Network links around 250 furniture-reuse charities, and British Heart Foundation, Emmaus and the St Vincent de Paul Society sell good second-hand furniture and white goods. If you rent from a housing association, ask — many run their own furniture schemes for tenants.
4. If you still need to borrow
An interest-free Budgeting Advance or Budgeting Loan comes before any commercial credit; a credit union is the cheapest borrowing after that. A broken appliance specifically has its own routes — see white-goods grants.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a grant for furniture?
There is no single national grant, but your council’s welfare fund (a grant), charities such as Turn2us, Buttle UK and Family Fund, and reuse charities can all help — try them cheapest first.
How do I apply for a charity grant?
Many need a referral from a support worker, caseworker or Citizens Advice. Turn2us has a free grant search you can use yourself.
Where can I get cheap second-hand furniture?
The Reuse Network lists around 250 reuse charities; British Heart Foundation, Emmaus and the St Vincent de Paul Society also sell affordable used furniture and white goods.
What if I need a fridge or cooker?
See white-goods grants — there are specific routes for broken appliances, including council schemes and charities.
Where you live changes what you can claim
Several of the schemes on this page stop at a border, and the discretionary fund behind them is a different scheme in each nation with its own rules and its own application route. Start from the one that covers you.
| If you live in | The local crisis fund is | Start here |
|---|---|---|
| England | Crisis and Resilience Fund, run by your own council | Find your council — 141 checked so far |
| Scotland | Scottish Welfare Fund | How the Scottish Welfare Fund works |
| Wales | Discretionary Assistance Fund | How the Discretionary Assistance Fund works |
| Northern Ireland | Discretionary Support | How Discretionary Support works |
Charitable funds worth trying
These are the funds named on this page, in one place. Most want a referral from a support worker, an adviser or a social worker rather than an application straight from you — and a charitable grant does not usually affect your benefits, though a large lump sum held as savings can.
- Turn2us grant search↗ — a searchable database of charitable funds, filtered by where you live and your circumstances.
- Family Fund↗ — grants for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child.
- Buttle UK↗ — grants for children and young people, applied for through a support worker rather than directly.
- Glasspool Charity Trust↗ — small grants for household essentials, by referral.
- British Gas Energy Trust↗ — help with energy debt, open to customers of any supplier.
Sources
- Turn2us — grant search and where to get help with white goods and furniture↗. Checked 10 September 2026.
- End Furniture Poverty — help for individuals and families↗. Checked 10 September 2026.
Other grant guides
- All grants — every scheme on this site, and the order worth trying them in.
- White goods grants — a broken washing machine, fridge or cooker.
- Boiler and insulation grants — ECO4, who qualifies, and the scams to avoid.
This page is independent. It is not run by the DWP or GOV.UK, and we are not a lender. Charity programmes open and close — the organisations named above hold the current position.