Charity Furniture Store ~ Helping to turn your house into a home Essential Needs is a registered furniture re-use charity. It provides quality used furniture, appliances and other household items to those who need it the most, diverts re-usable goods from landfill and provides volunteer placements. We are open to all. To provide furniture and household items to people on low incomes and state benefits for a modest charge.To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation), the re-use and recycling of goods and their component parts and materials as a means of waste reduction.