The 72-hour household kit
The Government's advice is blunt: every home should cope on its own for at least 72 hours. No power. No heating. No shops. ReadyHome packs that kit into one box, delivered to your door. Sort it once. Forget about it.
of households are only slightly - or not at all - prepared for an emergency
UK Public Survey of Risk Perception, Resilience and Preparedness 2026 (GOV.UK)expect food disruption severe enough to empty supermarket shelves within two years
UK Public Survey 2026 (GOV.UK)expect a power cut of 3 days or more in their area within two years
UK Public Survey 2026 (GOV.UK)properties in England are at risk of flooding from rivers, sea or surface water
Environment Agency, NaFRA 2024Panic buying clears shops in hours. No tills. No card machines. No cash machines. When the power goes, the system that feeds your family goes with it.
42% of people expect empty-shelf food disruption within two years - UK Public Survey 2026 (GOV.UK)
The first 72 hours
Scroll through the first three days. This is the window every household is told to be ready for.
Lights, heating, Wi-Fi and chargers all die at once. The house goes dark and silent.
Your phone - your map, your news, your lifeline - is draining fast.
Supermarket shelves are empty. Card machines and cash machines stop working.
No hot food. No hot water. The cold starts to bite - especially for children and the elderly.
Emergency help goes to the most vulnerable first. Everyone else waits.
The households still coping are the ones who prepared before it happened.
Illustrative scenario, not a prediction.
Twenty items, a weekend of research, one more thing on the list. Or one box on your doorstep this week.
Choose your pack - from £149One box. One plan. Done.
Every pack follows the Government's household kit guidance at prepare.campaign.gov.uk. We did the research, found the gear and packed the box - the day you need it is the wrong day to start.
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Every pack includes free delivery, the printed household plan, the preparedness checklist and an emergency contact card, ready to fill in and stick on the fridge.
What's inside
Pick a pack to see exactly what's in it. Nothing vague, nothing hidden.
The official checklist
In a power cut, dial 105 to report it (England, Scotland and Wales). Write important phone numbers down on paper - your mobile may be dead.
Warm. Lit. Fed. In touch. Ready for whatever the next 72 hours brings.
Why ReadyHome
ReadyHome exists because the advice is good and almost nobody follows it. Sourcing twenty separate items, checking them against the official list and storing them properly takes a weekend most people don't have. So we did it once, properly, and put it in a box.
Every pack is assembled in the UK from UK-held stock, follows the household kit guidance at prepare.campaign.gov.uk, and ships with a printed plan your household fills in together: where you meet, who you call, what you take.
How it works
Choose your pack and check out securely online
We pack your box to the official household kit guidance
Delivered to your door. Job done.
Half of UK households admit they are not ready. When the lights go out, the shops empty in hours and help goes to the most vulnerable first. The households that cope are the ones that prepared before they needed to.
Be the one who got things ready.
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Contents follow prepare.campaign.gov.uk household kit advice.
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Essential covers one or two people with the full basic 72-hour system. Complete is the right call for most households - deeper power, water, food and warmth. Family adds an evacuation grab bag and child and baby supplies for the whole house.
Delivery is free. We pack to order and deliver to your door - you'll get a delivery window by email as soon as your order is confirmed.
Beyond the kit itself: the printed household plan, a preparedness checklist and an emergency contact card, ready to fill in and stick on the fridge. The plan walks your household through where you meet, who you call and what you take if you have to leave.
You can - the official list is free at prepare.campaign.gov.uk. What you're buying is the weekend back: twenty-odd items sourced, checked against the guidance and packed properly, with one delivery and one returns window instead of six shops and a spreadsheet.
That's the best outcome, and the kit still earns its keep - the torch, power bank, radio and grab bag earn their place on any camping trip, festival or long drive. The rest sits in a cupboard until the day it's the most valuable thing in the house.
No. ReadyHome is a private company. We follow the public household kit guidance published at prepare.campaign.gov.uk so you don't have to source twenty items yourself.
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Send the unopened pack back within 30 days for a full refund. Email hello@readyhomekit.com and we'll sort it.