The Independent Community Coalition

A new collective project.

I’ve long been frustrated by the duplication of effort across the ecosystem. So many brilliant communities, supporting freelancers, spend time doing the same things: creating resources, running surveys, promoting campaigns, all aligned with their mission to put things in place to help their members.

But what if, rather than 100 communities spending 100 hours creating 100 articles called “How to start freelancing”, we did it once, together, saving time and money, which can be better used on the things which don’t already exist?

In pursuit of reducing effort, I’ve launched the Independent Community Coalition this week, 10 freelancing communities, representing 10,000+ freelancers in the UK - with a shared mission to work together to deliver more impact for our members.

Beyond the improved impact, this creates a collective voice, which allows us to better push for change. 10,000 freelancers speaking at once are louder than 100 small groups vying for attention.

I hope this allows us to unlock doors and push for greater change.

Small beginnings, big ambitions.

Thanks to Doing it for the Kids, Freelancer Magazine, Freelancing for Good, Clear Connect Network, Elsie, Shelance, Blkbk, Outside Perspective, Leapers and Not Your Business for being part of the founding group.

» The project homepage is here.

If you run a UK freelancing community, and you’re keen to join the collective, drop me a note. If you’re a member of a community, feel free to share our details.