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Steady: the UK household resilience manual

When the power goes off, the water stops or a flood warning comes in at 2am, you don’t want to be working it out from scratch. Steady is 77 pages of calm, practical steps for UK homes, with plans you print, fill in and keep in a kitchen cupboard.

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Most households start hereSteady Household Pack

Steady: Household Pack

£14

Founding price £14 until 23 November 2026. From 24 November it will be £19.

The manual, the printables, the card set and the fridge card.

  • The full Steady manual, 77 pages (A4 PDF)
  • Printables: household plan, 72-hour kit checklist, home risk card, claim log
  • The card set: Power Cut, Winter Car, STEADY and Key Numbers (A5, laminate-ready)
  • The Power Cut fridge card
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Steady Family & Parents Pack

Steady: Family & Parents Pack

£29

Everything in the Household Pack, plus a plan for an older parent’s home.

  • Everything in the Household Pack
  • The Parent’s Home Plan (8 pages): a one-hour check you do together, medicines list, bad-weather check-in plan
  • An A5 print version of the manual
  • Free updated editions for 12 months
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Steady Manual only

Steady: Manual only

£12

Just the 77-page manual as a PDF.

  • The full Steady manual, 77 pages (A4 PDF)
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Steady Card set

Steady: Card set

£3

Four A5 cards to print and laminate.

  • Power Cut card for the fridge
  • Winter Car card for the glovebox
  • STEADY: the first few minutes
  • Key Numbers card
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UK-specific. 105, Floodline, the Priority Services Register, Met Office warnings, digital landlines in a power cut.
Checked. Every fact was checked against primary sources in October 2026. Where our advice goes further than the government’s, we say so (we suggest 7 days of supplies; the government says 3).
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What’s in the manual

  1. The Steady Mindset: the first few minutes, and how to talk to children
  2. Know Your Local Risks: a 20-minute home risk check using free UK tools
  3. The 72-Hour Plan: your household plan and kit, room by room
  4. Water: how much you need, how to store it, what to do when it goes off
  5. Power Cuts: the first hour, the first night, the first three days
  6. Storms and Floods: warnings explained, flood plans and insurance
  7. Cold, Heat and the Car: winter, heatwaves and getting stuck on the road
  8. Low Chance, Big Impact: if the whole country is affected
  9. Appendices A to G: printable plans, checklists and cards

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