Purpl Discounts

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.