Purpl Discounts

Autism_at_40

Hello,

I just came across purpldiscounts.com and wondered if anyone had heard of it/use it?

Apparently you can get discounts as a disabled person, I saw some as much as 20%.

Rosie_Scope

Hi @Autism_at_40, I've very recently come across this too.

I can't vouch for the website myself as I haven't tried it, but there are some interesting discounts on there for people who are eligible 😊

Albus_Scope

I've actually tried to sign up, but I need to find my PIP award letter to do it. I'm definitely interested in the Pooch and Mutt savings. 😆

funkygeorge76

Hi all, not sure if I am allowed to respond? But I am the founder of Purpl - I am disabled with MS and also recently diagnosed with ADHD. I launched Purpl as I am know how expensive it is living with a disability and I wanted to help my community offset those costs.

Lots of other groups get discounts but there was nothing for us - so I decided to change that. It's really important to me that once we start making profit we give back to disabled charities. Long term I want to start my own foundation so I can give grants to those people who need extra financial support to get access to equipment/therapies etc that will make a difference to their day to day lives.

Below is a newspaper article from my local paper that went out a couple of months ago

https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/24480469.purpl-launches-offset-disability-costs-discounts/

Please bear with us, we are a startup and have limited funds. We are constantly working on improving the site and have lots of plans that will come with time.

You can sign up with many different documents including disability letters, reverse side of blue badge, CEA card, Access card, National Disability ID cards, disabled bus or train passes. Make sure you read our upload guide to ensure successful upload - we are working currently on improving the sign up process as we appreciate it's not perfect.

I always email people when their document fails but often people don't see the reply so always check your junk folder and/or add help@support.purpldiscounts.com to your email list as well as georgina@purpldiscounts.com as that's where are weekly discount roundup email comes from via Mailchimp.

You can always reach out to us on social media @purpldiscounts - thank you for your support.

Adrian_Scope

Hello @funkygeorge76 and welcome to the community. 🙂

Thanks for joining in and telling us a little bit more about Purpl and the history behind it!

funkygeorge76

Hi Adrian, thank you. I appreciate people are always wary of new things so hoping that being here and answering any questions will help.

Also worth mentioning that if people google 'Purpl Disabled Discounts' they will find we are listed on several brand websites including big names like Hoover, Poundland, Accessorize, Moss Bros etc - hopefully as we become more well known everyone will start looking for the 'Disabled Discount' link in the footers of brand websites as well as on our website.

Always open to hearing feedback as we are learning as we go, and we would love anyone who wants to share their story to get involved in our blog. Truly believe we can learn so much from each other's experiences.

Albus_Scope

Heya @funkygeorge76 I just wanted to say thank you for starting up Purpl discounts, I'm hoping it'll help tonnes of disabled folk, myself included. Such a brilliant idea, best of luck with it. ❤️

(I'll complete my sign up later today haha)

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907593#Comment_907593

Thank you so much, it was when I was out shopping and realised that my son gets a student discount yet, there was nothing for disabled people. Just seemed wrong given how expensive it is being disabled and also as a community it is hard to get employment and as such we don't have the luxuries of pensions and benefits. It's about building awareness now so we can grow - as we grow we will be able to secure better discounts and more brands so I just need our community to help by sharing the website with all their friends and community groups etc.

Albus_Scope

I'll make sure I share it with my friends too. My dogs say thank you for the cheaper dog snacks. 😊

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907635#Comment_907635

Aww he's welcome, I should order my dog some just haven't got round to it yet 😂

JessieJ

Well done, @funkygeorge76, for coming up with an idea to fill that gap. I hope it is a great success. It isn't cheap being disabled, so any savings we can make help greatly.

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907815#Comment_907815

Thanks Jessie, really appreciate the support. I spend a small fortune due to my MS! Didn’t seem fair that others got discounts without having the extra financial burdens we all face x

Autism_at_40

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907501#Comment_907501

I thank you too (and of course, being a purple person, appreciate the name 😀).

I actually only came across it because I was scrolling a website and noticed disabled discounts at the bottom, I had no idea about it. It's always nice to hear about extra things we can get.

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/910137#Comment_910137

You are welcome - we have a members only group on Facebook where you can here about new discounts as soon as they go live. Please spread the word as we need to grow the community as that's important for our survival. So wherever you connect with disabled people please share, share, share 😃

Thank you for your support and happy savings

Georgina x

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907593#Comment_907593

Hi Albus - I was wondering if there was anyway of getting more exposure for Purpl within the community? Perhaps we could have a chat about it on email? Thanks Georgina

Albus_Scope

Heya @funkygeorge76 I was just thinking the same thing. I'll have a chat with the powers that be today and get back to you asap. 😊

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/910214#Comment_910214

Great minds (must be our neurodivergent magic!) thanks

Wibbles

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907455#Comment_907455

Hi,

Just seen this post and am interested - your website also is interesting - but needs a search box on it - to allow users to search for specific items……..

Also, I do not like the idea of sending a copy of proof of receiving PIP to just "anybody" - so perhaps you need to rethink this ? That could raise all sorts of issues with personal security/safety/privacy ?

GDPR / data protection

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/910243#Comment_910243

Hi Wibbles, as a start up we have a very small team so search is something we absolutely have in the plan but dynamic search is actually very complicated and will take up a lot of developer time. At the moment we are focused on improving the sign up process and fixing other important parts but it will come in time so please bear with us.

On the plus side, we do have a brand index page coming very soon which will help make finding brands much quicker.

We love feedback to please let us know any other thoughts you might have and I will pass them to my dev team.

Thanks Georgina

Wibbles

@funkygeorge76

Its a real shame that you are unable to get a cheap deal from Sky - on Q rather than stream

I have been a Sky subscriber for 22 years and was really hoping for a good deal this time - but no, because I chose to remain on Q - they will not offer me any deal at all……..despite never having gone into arrears or anything else.

funkygeorge76

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/910303#Comment_910303

Let me have a look, they send us loads but due to being such a small team we don't have the resources right now to add them all. Will have a look and come back to you.