About
Our story
How we’re tackling furniture poverty
Meet the team
The people behind our work
Our partners
Collaborating to drive change
Press and media
Furnishing Futures in the press
What we do
Supporting survivors
Healing homes
Trauma informed fully furnished homes for survivors
Refuges
Transforming institutional spaces into healing environments
Specialist support
Wraparound support tailored to each woman’s individual needs
Service user advisory board
Our beneficiaries are at the heart of everything we do
Access to work
Supporting our beneficiaries on their journey into employment
Influencing change
No Place Like Home
Take action and help us raise awareness of furniture poverty
Making an impact
Our impact
The positive change we create for people and the planet
Read stories
Stories
Real stories from the women we support
Influencing change
No Place Like Home
Take action and help us raise awareness of furniture poverty
Making an impact
Our impact
The positive change we create for people and the planet
Read stories
Stories
Real stories from the women we support
Get involved
Partner with us
Corporate partnerships
Join a community of like-minded companies working to make a positive impact in the world
Donate products
We rely on brands, designers & stylists to donate beautiful, high quality furniture for the women we support
Studio partnerships
Create a healing home with us for a survivor of domestic abuse who is starting again.
Raise funds
Fundraise for us
Every penny you raise will support our work to create healing homes for survivors of domestic abuse
Active challenges
Whether you want to run, cycle or get muddy, your support will help to furnish a home for a family in need.
Volunteer
Volunteer with us
We value regular volunteers who can help out at our warehouse or at our events and sales
Corporate volunteering
Hands-on team building days at our HQ in Leyton
Events & Sales
Fundraising sales
Shop well and do good - next sale 21st June
The Atrium
Our new events and sales space - coming soon
Donate
PRESS AND MEDIA
In the press
For media enquiries, please email
comms@furnishingfutures.org
Featured
House and Garden
25 May 2025
House & Garden Design Awards winners for 2025
The World of Interiors
24 Apr 2025
Domestic violence survivors across the UK are facing an underreported crisis: furniture poverty
Big Issue
27 Jan 2025
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
BBC Crimewatch
15 Oct 2024
Emily Wheeler, CEO of Furnishing Futures, appears on BBC Crimewatch live
Dezeen
21 Mar 2024
Children in social housing "sleeping on a blanket on a concrete floor"
Sky News
25 Feb 2024
Meet the woman furnishing homes for domestic abuse survivors given empty flats with no beds
All press
BBC
26 Jun 2025
Title of the article
Inside Housing
21 Feb 2024
A fully furnished new start for domestic abuse survivors
Surface Design Show
06 Feb 2024
Last week we were at Surface Design Show 2024 as the show’s charity partner
BBC
15 Jan 2024
Emily Wheeler on BBC Morning Live
London Fabric Magazine
07 Jul 2023
On design: Emily Wheeler
The Modern House Magazine
10 May 2023
Full page in The Modern House Magazine
BBC London Radio
24 Jan 2023
Make a Difference Awards 2023
Reclaim Magazine
15 Dec 2022
Furnishing Futures: Natalie’s story
The Home Page
08 Dec 2022
Homes Heroes: Emily Wheeler, Founder of Furnishing Futures
Positive News
05 Oct 2022
Furnishing the futures of women fleeing domestic abuse
BBC London
30 Sep 2022
Emily Wheeler on BBC London
BBC
28 Sep 2022
Make a Difference Awards Winners 2022
BBC Radio London
27 Sep 2022
Make a difference awards: Environmental
The Independent
30 Aug 2022
Happy List 2022: The Independent celebrates 50 inspirational people making life better for others
Evening Standard
25 Aug 2022
‘Your sense of home roots you in everything’: meet the woman fighting London’s furniture poverty problem
Waltham Forest Echo
03 Aug 2022
Turning emergency housing into homes
Points of Light
09 Jun 2022
Points of Light award
Waltham Forest Echo
15 Sep 2020
Sofa, so good
