The 100 Homes Project

Aim

We're working to end furniture poverty + aim to help 100 local households access essential items needed to set up a safe, comfortable home.

The 100 Homes Project is built around helping 100 local households access essential furniture and white goods through HFS.  

...it's as simple as that. We want people in need to get the best start to a new chapter – and this means equipping them with as many essentials as possible. 

'Essentials' in this instance means: a bed (with bedding and mattress), a sofa and/or easy chairs, a wardrobe/chest of drawers, a table + chairs, carpets, and curtains. 

And in terms of appliances/'white goods', it means: a washing machine, a fridge-freezer, and an electric cooker. 

Anything you can donate will be appreciated, and we will share all the updates on the good it does. 

Here's an idea of how far your donation could go* 

*bearing in mind these stats refer to your contribution entirely on its own, without including the automatic match funding + Gift Aid) 

£20 would... 

💚 Contribute significantly in the creation of 1 home

🏠 Provide almost £100 in household savings

🚗 Save around 15kg of CO₂e emissions 

🪧 Create approximately £100 in wider social, environmental and economic value

£250 (the maximum amount we can get matched!)

💚 Support 1-2 households effectively 

🏠 Provide approximately £1,135 in household savings

🚗 Save around 185kg of CO₂e emissions

🪧 Create approximately £1,250 in wider social, environmental and economic value

£800 could... 

💚 Support at least 5 households

🏠 Provide roughly £3,630 in household savings(!)

🚗 Save around 600kg of CO₂e emissions

🪧 Create approximately £4,000 in social, environmental and economic value

£1500, anyone?

💚 Support between 7-8 households

🏠 Provide approximately £6,810 in household savings

🚗 Save around 1.11 tonnes(!) of CO₂e emissions

🪧 Create approximately £7,500 in wider social, environmental and economic value

Right, we're sure you get the picture! 

...oh go on then, let's see what our big target could achieve! 

£25,000 can - 

💚 Support around 125 households

🏠 Provide approximately £113,500 in household savings

🚗 Save around 18.5 tonnes of CO₂e emissions

🪧 Create approximately £125,000 in wider social, environmental and economic value

...and of course, we'll have matched funding for EVERY donation as well as Gift Aid, so your contributions are already guaranteed to go far further than any amount you send us. 

Hastings & Rother Furniture Service (HFS) is an independent local reuse charity that has been serving Hastings & Rother since 1988. 

Essentially, we help people create homes. 

To us, this means providing affordable furniture, appliances and essential household items to people across Hastings & Rother who may otherwise struggle to access them - including those experiencing financial hardship, homelessness, domestic abuse, resettlement and other difficult circumstances. 

A large proportion of the people HFS supports are simply trying to furnish a home affordably at a time when replacing essential household items has become increasingly (and inordinately) expensive. 

What makes HFS unusual (and even more wonderful!) is that the environmental and human side of the work happen together naturally. Keeping furniture and appliances in use for longer not only helps humans and their homes, it also reduces waste, diverts usable items from landfill and prevents the carbon emissions associated with manufacturing and transporting new products. 

HFS sees reuse not simply as recycling, but as part of a wider circular economy approach focused on reducing unnecessary consumption and keeping resources in use for longer.  

Our biggest focuses are:

- stopping good furniture going to landfill   

- making essential household items affordable   

- cutting carbon through reuse   

- creating jobs, skills and volunteering opportunities  

...and most importantly, helping people build safe, stable and manageable homes. 

Between 2025 and 2026, we facilitated the reuse of 3,968 pieces of furniture, which in turn has saved 198.57 tonnes of waste from landfill, and helped hundreds of households. 

And we're not done yet. 

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 27th October 2026 at 2:49pm