Will writing can be overwhelming and rather gloomy. We want to make it fun and relatable. Most people know they need a will but they haven’t got round to actually writing it yet. When they finally do they wonder what all of the fuss was about.
A free online will writing service.
Guardian Angel is a tech for good company created to make the experience of losing someone easier. It was founded after our founder Sam lost his Mum suddenly in 2016. He experienced first-hand the chaos caused by the absence of a plan when someone dies. It made one of the toughest times in his life even tougher than it needed to be. Guardian Angel was created to make the experience of loss that little bit easier for those left behind.
One of the ways we do this is through our proactive planning tools, including our online will.
One of the ways we distribute our online wills is via our 200+ charity partners. Gifts in wills make up a significant portion of charities income and our online tool help charities offer a clear call to action in the form of a free will writing service.
In Sep & Oct, 2023 weʼre running a campaign for our charity partners to help them promote legacy giving via gift in wills. We will be testing paid social ads across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to encourage our charities potential supporters to leave a gift in their will using our online will writing service.
Which is:
Scene #1
Act out all of the ridiculous things you’ve done (that aren’t that important or urgent) rather than actually writing your will. These things should be comically personal to you but to give you the idea of the tone here are some examples (hoovering under the sofa, sharpening pencils, tidying papers, scrolling through TikTok, watching all of a TV show, hiding from writing your will, matching socks etc.)
Script #1:
The text on the screen (see below) should be clear to read as in this video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClJEfzrIs2f/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
The time I spent procrastinating writing my will - 365 days. 15 hrs. 25 minutes.
{INSERT THE THINGS YOU DID]
Scene #2
A brief shot of you sitting and writing your online will at a laptop. Making it look seamless.
Script #2
The text on the screen (see below) should be clear to read as in this video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClJEfzrIs2f/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Vs. the time it took to write
20 minutes.
Voice over of you saying:
I just choose the people I want my stuff to go to. Gave some money to Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice to support the vital services they offer to children and young adults with life-shortening conditions and their families. Choose who I want to be in charge of carrying out my wishes. And I even picked my funeral song.
Scene #3
You comically celebrating e.g. pina colada on the sofa/dancing in celebration
Script #3
Voice over saying something like “Don’t know what all the fuss was about?”.
Write your will online today.
And… when you do it this Autumn it’s free thanks to Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Leaving a gift in your will can help children and young adults with life-shortening conditions for generations to come.
Do:
Don’t:
Replace ' Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice' with 'Habitat for Humanity Great Britain'. Replace 'to support the vital services they offer to children and young adults with life-shortening conditions and their families.' with 'to support their work building and improving homes for vulnerable people all around the world". And then could the second' Replace 'children and young adults with life-shortening conditions for generations to come. ' with 'continue their important work of helping people in housing poverty. It's a remarkable legacy to leave of changing the world through shelter for generations to come.'
MISSION: Death is tough enough. Our mission is to use technology and real-life experience to make sure that it’s not any tougher than it needs to be.
VISION: To be the UK’s go-to brand when people talk about, plan for, and deal with death.
VALUES:
BRANDS WE ADMIRE & WHY:
COMPETITORS:
ACCESSIBLE VS ANXIETY-INDUCING: We don’t use over-complicated technical jargon. We make conversations around death accessible, not anxiety-inducing or confusing.
STORYTELLING AS A WAY OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER: We don’t talk in blanket statements. Everyone’s experience of death is different. Instead, we can encourage open communication by championing individual stories.
DIRECT: We don’t beat around the bush. As a brand, we use ‘death’ rather than ‘passed away’. We are direct without being crass.
GROUNDED: We know that nothing we say or do will remove the emotional difficulty of death. We will never promise that.
BRANDS WE ADMIRE & WHY:
COMPETITORS: