Partner Hub

A more connected way to deliver support

When someone needs help beyond what's available through your own services, it can be difficult to coordinate the extra help they may need.

Partner Hub lets you manage applications and support delivery while making warm referrals to organisations across your network, all on one platform.

Get in touch
Partner Hub

The cost of disconnected systems

People miss out on support

People often need support from more than one organisation, but disconnected services make it hard to find and coordinate the help available.

Organisations lack visibility

When referrals, applications and case updates sit across different systems, it's difficult to see what support someone has received, where gaps exist and what should happen next.

People repeat their story

People are often asked to provide the same information multiple times to different organisations, creating frustration and barriers to support.

Introducing Partner Hub

Manage every stage of support delivery through one platform. From applications and assessments to awards, referrals and reporting, Partner Hub gives teams the tools they need to administer support more efficiently.

Built-in tools such as Open Banking, ID verification and tailored application forms help reduce admin, while referrals to trusted partner organisations help people access additional support when needed.

Get in touch
Person using Lightning Reach

How it works

01

Administer your own scheme

Run your support schemes through one system for applications, eligibility and delivery, while creating a better experience for the people you support.

02

Refer to your partner network

When people need support beyond your organisation, make warm referrals across your network.

03

See the full journey

See where people have been referred, what support they've accessed and where gaps exist.

Built for connected delivery

Faster support

Give your team the tools to process referrals faster and support more people with less manual work.

Help more people

Empower individuals to find and apply for support through a simple, connected experience.

Save time & resources

Reduce manual applications, eligibility checks and follow-ups, so your team can spend less time on admin.

Deeper insights

Access reporting and track engagement to better understand your impact and support delivery.

Case studies

Discover how organisations are using Lightning Reach to reach more people, reduce admin and improve delivery.

OVO: a new blueprint for delivering support in the utilities sector

See how OVO uses Lightning Reach to deliver £7.6m in direct support, simplify referrals and help customers access financial support in just 1-2 days.

Lambeth Council: Transforming access to housing and financial support

Discover how Lambeth Council is transforming access to housing and financial support with Lightning Reach. Learn how Lambeth Council is improving resident support.

Support Partner Spotlight: The RAF Benevolent Fund

We spoke with our Support Partner the RAF Benevolent Fund about their experiences using the Lightning Reach portal. The RAF Benevolent Fund started to use the portal in summer 2022 to administer their grants to help their service users access support available from their charity quickly and easily.Tell us about your charity and who you supportFor more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of our RAF Family. We provide lifelong support to serving and ex-serving RAF p

Support Partner Spotlight: ABTA LifeLine

We spoke to our support partner ABTA LifeLine about how they have found working with Lightning Reach and using the portal. As a smaller charity established to support people who work or have worked in the travel industry, we heard from their Director Trudie Clements about how they have benefited from being on the portal.Tell us a little about your charity, who you support and what support you offer?ABTA LifeLine is ABTA’s (The Travel Association’s) charity for past and present employees of ABTA.

Support Partner Spotlight: Racing Welfare

We spoke to our support partner Racing Welfare about how they have found working with Lightning Reach and using the portal. Racing Welfare provide support to the workforce of the British horseracing industry and have several of their grants available for people to apply for on the Lightning Reach portal. We heard from Regional Welfare Manager Brian Watson about how they have benefited from being on the portal.Briefly tell us a little about your charity. Who do you support and how do you support

Partner Spotlight: TSB

We spoke to our partner TSB about how they have found working with Lightning Reach and using the portal. We heard from Partnerships & Open Banking Lead Adam Betteridge about how they have worked with Lighting Reach in delivering additional vital support to their customers.Briefly tell us a little about your company.TSB is a retail bank with a heritage stretching back to the start of the savings bank movement 200 years ago, that provides full banking services to more than five million customers.

Partner Spotlight: PA Housing

We spoke to our support partner PA Housing and heard from members of their Tenancy Sustainment Team about their experience working with Lightning Reach and how they have benefited from being on the portal. PA Housing is a registered provider of social housing offering more than 23,000 homes across the Midlands, London and the South East. PA Housing offers a support fund which residents can apply for through the Lightning Reach portal, and also assist tenants in applying for other support they ma

Partner Spotlight: Royal British Legion

Digital applications through the Lightning Reach portal have transformed Royal British Legion's (RBL) ability to provide support to individuals quicker and more efficiently, speeding up their processes and reaching a broader range of beneficiaries amidst the cost of living crisis.Increasing application numbers via the Lightning Reach portalRBL created their cost of living grants to help veterans, armed forces personnel and their families pay for everyday essential costs such as energy bills, foo

Enhancing support: innovative digital applications for RNBT

Discover how the Royal Naval Benevolent Fund innovated their digital applications with Lightning Reach, streamlining support for RNBT beneficiaries.

Teaching Staff Trust: “Our defining moment was partnering with Lightning Reach”

Since 2021, Teaching Staff Trust (TST) has partnered with Lightning Reach to streamline and enhance its financial support application process. TST provides vital assistance to individuals working, or who have worked, in various education roles, including nursery staff and teaching assistants.Improving efficiency with seamless application managementBefore partnering with Lightning Reach, TST faced challenges in securely accessing applicants’ bank statements, leading to delays in processing applic

Link Housing: engaging hard-to-reach social housing tenants with Lightning Reach

Discover how Link Housing transformed tenant engagement in social housing with Lightning Reach. Learn how social housing tenants found support independently.

How Lightning Reach transformed grant-making at The Salespeople’s Charity

We spoke to grant-making charity, The Salespeople's Charity, about how Lightning Reach has enabled them to triple their average grant awarded.

Lightning Reach & YES Energy Solutions: Scaling energy support with a smarter, faster digital pathway

Discover how Lightning Reach & YES Energy Solutions revolutionised energy support, offering a faster, smarter digital pathway for energy support.

Plus Dane: Empowering tenants to find support through data driven outreach

Discover how Plus Dane Housing empowers tenant support with data-driven outreach, ensuring tenant support is accessible and efficient.

The front line team using Lightning Reach to find financial support for Sunderland resident

Discover how Sunderland City Council's Lightning Reach to save time and connect residents to more financial help.

Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund: instant grant delivery with Lightning Deliver

Discover how the Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund revolutionised grant delivery with Lightning Deliver. Elevate your grant delivery process today!

Sunderland City Council: Lightning Reach is a “game-changer” for financial support

Discover how Sunderland City Council and Lightning Reach are working together to transform access to financial support.

CDER Group strengthens social value reporting and customer support with Lightning Reach

Discover how CDER improved their social value reporting and customer support with Lightning Reach.

Simpler applications, faster support: how South Tyneside Council is removing barriers to financial help

Discover how South Tyneside Council improved access to council financial support, accelerated crisis assistance, and connected residents to wider help with Lightning Reach.

How organisations are using Partner Hub

Built for organisations managing complex support journeys, Partner Hub brings referrals, reporting and support delivery together to help teams work more effectively.

Features built for connected support

Lightning Reach brings together the tools and workflows your team needs to deliver support more effectively.

Features

Helping partners reach more people, faster

25%

Of OVO customers found additional support.

1 - 2 days

For OVO customers to receive support.

62%

For referred OVO customers had a recorded outcome.

Bring your support network together

Get in touch to see how Partner Hub can help your organisation create clearer pathways to additional support.

Get in touch
Partner with Lightning Reach illustration
Support worker account
/support-worker-sign-up
Plus Dane: Empowering tenants to find support through data driven outreach
The front line team using Lightning Reach to find financial support for Sunderland resident
Local authorities
Housing associations
Utilities
Charities
Homelessness pathway
/homelessness-pathway
Lambeth Council: Transforming access to housing and financial support
Local authorities
Housing associations
Utilities
Charities
Crisis & Resilience Fund
/crisis-resilience-fund-councils
Sunderland City Council: Lightning Reach is a “game-changer” for financial support
Simpler applications, faster support: how South Tyneside Council is removing barriers to financial help
No items found.
Budget Checker
/budget-checker-income-and-expenditure
Link Housing: engaging hard-to-reach social housing tenants with Lightning Reach
Simpler applications, faster support: how South Tyneside Council is removing barriers to financial help
Utilities
Local authorities
Housing associations
Charities
Partner Hub
/partner-hub
OVO: a new blueprint for delivering support in the utilities sector
Utilities
Local authorities
Housing associations
Charities