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Energy, water, broadband and home services

Reach household decision-makers in places built around community trust.

Use club environments to build awareness for switching, saving, smart tariffs, water efficiency, broadband, home energy and practical household services.

Best suited to switching, saving, home energy, water, broadband, public information and community-value propositions.

Octopus Energy campaign displayed inside a grassroots sports club.
Octopus Energy campaign activity inside a club environment.

Why the category fits

The category is practical, local and relevant to everyday life.

Club members are homeowners, bill payers, families, older adults and local decision-makers. A useful saving or service message can sit naturally alongside the practical conversations already happening in the club.

Household relevance

Reach people making decisions about bills, connectivity, energy use and home improvements.

Community alignment

Campaigns that also return value to clubs can feel consistent with the category promise of helping people save or improve.

Longer consideration

Repeat exposure supports categories where people may need time before comparing, switching or acting.

Best audience routes

Choose the sports where the category logic is strongest.

These are planning starting points, not mandatory packages. The final sport mix should follow the audience, geography, timing and campaign objective.

Bowls

Older active adults with strong household decision-making roles and time to consider practical offers.

Cricket

Families, homeowners and broad community audiences through the summer social season.

Rugby

ABC1-leaning social audiences and club leaders responsible for facilities and suppliers.

Football

Large active adult audiences, families and volunteers across local communities.

Recommended campaign roles

Use each format for a specific job.

Posters, screens and club amplification work differently. A stronger plan gives each element a clear role rather than adding formats for the sake of it.

Clear switching or saving proposition

Posters

Use a simple benefit-led message that can be seen repeatedly across the campaign window.

Seasonal or changing messages

Digital Screens

Refresh tariffs, public information, service messages or home-efficiency creative quickly.

Club and household value

Club Amplification

Explore relevant member information, club referrals or practical venue initiatives where appropriate.

Campaign ideas

Useful starting points for energy and utilities.

Switching and tariffs

Build familiarity before the household reaches a comparison or renewal moment.

Smart energy and upgrades

Explain solar, insulation, heating, EV charging or smart-home benefits in plain language.

Water and efficiency

Support seasonal saving, leakage, resilience or community information campaigns.

Broadband and connectivity

Reach households and club leaders with service, coverage and switching propositions.

87%Brand recall for Octopus Energy in bowls clubs.

Relevant evidence

Use proof to shape the next commercial decision.

A sustained Octopus Energy campaign showed how strongly an energy brand can be remembered among older active adults inside familiar, social club environments.

Energy and Utilities campaign planning

Start with the objective. We will build the club route around it.

Tell us the audience, timing and commercial task. We will recommend the sports, formats and campaign window that make sense.