This May, a few of the COAT team are taking on the Hackney Half Marathon in support of Furnishing Futures.

Furnishing Futures is an incredible organisation that transforms empty social housing into fully furnished healing homes for women and children escaping domestic abuse.

Many abuse survivors are rehoused with nothing - no flooring, no beds, no curtains and no basic furniture. We've seen it first hand, and the state of these properties is so bad it can often leave women wondering whether escaping was worth it at all. An unimaginable place to be.

Check out this short film to learn more.

Furnishing Futures steps in as a force for good to change that. Their team creates safe, healing homes, working alongside the interiors industry to source materials that would otherwise go to waste.

As a team, COAT believes so much in the power of "home", and the strength it can have in transforming lives. That's why we work with Furnishing Futures as our official charity partner, supplying paint and our time.

We're aiming to raise £1,000 through this run - but with your support we'd love to go even further for this amazing organisation.

To give you an idea of what your donation could help provide:

£50 - A wellbeing kit for a woman beginning again

£100 - A Baby & Children’s Bundle, to replace treasures often left behind

£150 - A Kitchen Essentials Bundle, to ensure meals can be prepared

£300 - A Full Home Bundle, to cover the basics of a functioning home

Please consider sponsoring us - every penny will help create a safe, comfortable, healing home for a mother and family that need it.