The ultimate aim of a free will offer is to get supporters to leave a gift in their will to charity. Using the legacy proposition as a hook makes sure that the charity is front and center from the very start.
An online will writing service: guardianangel.network 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
Although the wording needs to be specific the way you talk about it should feel upbeat, engaging and heartfelt. Feel free to add in an additional section on why that the work they do is important to you personally (we may have to edit this out if the charity isn’t happy but this personal touch will really bring it to life!).
Script #1:
Have you heard of St Giles Hospice? Leaving them a gift of just 1% would have an incredible impact on patients and their loved ones, ensuring that their services are available not just now, but for generations to come.
Inspiring right?
Scene #2
Relate to the audience. Look at the camera. Tone: should be relatable, acknowledging that life isn’t the easiest at the moment in a cost of living crisis.
Script #2
I don’t know about you, but it’s been a bit of a struggle to support the charities I love in the way that I used to.
But I’ve found a new way to support St Giles Hospice without costing me a penny today…
This autumn St Giles Hospice are running an offer so that you can write your will for free online. There’s an option to include a gift to them.
Scene #3
Walk through the process. Tone: Informative, and relatable. You should sound surprised about how easy it was.
Script #3
It’s not actually as hard as you think, especially with this Autumn free will offer. It helped me tick off something that I’d been putting off for ages. And it allowed me to support a cause I care about.
[SHOW THEM WHAT YOU DID IN THE DIVIDE YOUR ESTATE SECTION> ADD [CHARITY NAME] with voice over saying “You can just choose who you want to leave everything you own too, as well as SHOWING HOW EASY IT IS TO ADD A CHARITY IN THE GIFT SECTION - NEEDS TO BE THE RELEVANT CHARITY]
I wish I’d heard of it sooner!
Do:
Don’t:
Replace 'St Giles Hospice' with 'Alder Hey Children's Hospice' and replace ' Leaving them a gift of just 1% would have an incredible impact on patients and their loved ones, ensuring that their services are available not just now, but for generations to come.' with 'they transform children’s lives at Alder Hey Hospital and go the extra mile for babies, children and young people who are poorly and need hospital care.'
Replace 'St Giles Hospice' with 'Headway - the brain injury association' and replace ' Leaving them a gift of just 1% would have an incredible impact on patients and their loved ones, ensuring that their services are available not just now, but for generations to come.' with 'They provide vital information and services to brain injury survivors, carers and their families. Brain injury can happen to anyone at any time. A fall, a road traffic collision, an assault, a tumour or a stroke. Headway enables people to rebuild their lives after brain injury.'
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:
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