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Support Hub: Making essential service access universal

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Challenge

16 million people in the UK have a disability, yet are overlooked by essential service provision.

Experian created Support Hub to tackle this inequity, a game-changing ‘tell-it-once’ portal that makes communicating access needs to essential services easier for people with disabilities – 25 % of the UK population. We needed to help recruit service providers and raise awareness of the Hub platform to at least one million people via earned media, organic social and influencer activity so that people with access needs knew about it.

Approach

Driven by insights, Brands2Life saw the need to harness a demand among the disabled community to tell their stories – and so delivered a creative platform that would give them the opportunity to do so.

We focused on a campaign mission of: “Getting the support you need to get on with your life”. We produced a film featuring creators with access needs, who shared their difficulty in accessing essential services. Their emphasis on the need for action launched the portal to the disabled community, as well as encouraged service providers to sign up as well. Stories from the community and the creators in our film provided real life anecdotes to take to media and share on social platforms, while third party research also provided the headlines to drive media headlines.

Awards
The Drum Social Purpose Awards 2024: B2B for Good (Silver)
PRCA UK Awards 2024: Technology Campaign of the Year
B2B Marketing Awards 2024: Best PR Campaign (Silver)
The Drum PR Awards 2024: Finance (Gold)

Impact

  • Since its launch, 15 companies have signed up to Support Hub, alongside founding members such as HSBC and Lloyds. We also worked with organisations such as STAMMA and StepChange to make it easier for vulnerable customers to communicate with providers.​
  • The campaign had over 220 pieces of coverage, including a ten-minute segment on BBC Morning Live that featured @blindtobes – who was also in our hero film.
  • Experian customers shared the film and content across their social channels, further amplifying Support Hub as an innovation able to support those with access needs communicate with essential service providers.