Under One Roof
If you, or someone you are supporting, doesn’t have available funds then the Lancashire County Council’s Essential Household Goods Support Scheme is a non-statutory service that provides support for the people of Lancashire. (The scheme operates under the brand: Under One Roof.)
Under One Roof provides
- Support for residents who need help to maintain or establish a home.
- Free essential household items to those individuals/families who do not have access to sufficient income or funds to meet their immediate needs.
- Help and advice in seeking additional support.
The overall aim of the Service is to support people to meet their immediate needs and to help them feel more secure and live more independently in their community.
Under One Roof is available to people that live in the administrative boundary of Lancashire County Council.
To access an award for essential household items Applicants must:
- be aged 16 years or over
- live within the administrative boundary of Lancashire County Council
- have no income or be on a low income, such as means tested benefits
- be in a priority group
- not have access to sufficient funds to meet their immediate needs or those of their dependents; and
- need access to essential household items to help maintain or establish a home.
Open Door Furniture Recycling is not the body that takes applications, or assess award, this is always done by Under One Roof.
Details of who the Burnley and Pendle referral agencies are can be found here.