Sepheo Co-op
Self-Employed Professionals Helping Each Other
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Financial Contributions
Top financial contributors
Luke Arnold
£50 GBP since Apr 2024
Nick Stokoe
£15 GBP since Apr 2024
John Evans
£15 GBP since Apr 2024
Ken
£15 GBP since Sep 2024
5
Rohit
£15 GBP since Sep 2024
Robert
£15 GBP since Sep 2024
Paula M. (Pau&Company)
£15 GBP since Oct 2024
8
Artemis Shlesberg
£5 GBP since Nov 2024
Sepheo Co-op is all of us
Our contributors 8
Thank you for supporting Sepheo Co-op.
Luke Arnold
Admin
£50 GBP
Nick Stokoe
Admin
£15 GBP
John Evans
Admin
£15 GBP
Ken
member
£15 GBP
Rohit
member
£15 GBP
Robert
member
£15 GBP
Paula M. (Pau...
member
£15 GBP
Artemis Shles...
member
£5 GBP
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
Credit from Artemis Shlesberg to Sepheo Co-op •
+£5.00GBP
Completed
Contribution #805582
Hetzner server fees
from Nick Stokoe to Sepheo Co-op •
-£8.87 GBP
Approved
Reimbursement #230601
+£5.00GBP
Completed
Contribution #795259
£
Today’s balance£88.41 GBP
Total raised
£142.77 GBP
Total disbursed
£54.36 GBP
Estimated annual budget
£720.00 GBP
About
Sepheo is the working title for a project which aims to become a mutual society for self-employed professionals. We aspire to the Rochdale Co-operative principles, and the Solidarity Economy principles.
The problem: whilst employment in a typical company can be alienating for reasons well understood to the co-op movement, co-ops are not a widely accessible alternative for most people. Their relative rarity, low visibility and unfamiliarity mean they're often not perceived as existing, yet alone as a possible alternative - even then they may be dismissed. In the other direction, co-ops often require a much higher degree of trust to grant membership than they would employment.
Freelancing is another way to attain more autonomy, and is becoming more common in the contemporary "gig economy", but can be precarious and isolating. It requires various legal, business, and social expertises outside the core skills of a professional - not to mention the confidence to attain these.
The hope is that we can help to bridge that gap, making co-operatives more visible, and easier to access through the intermediate step of freelancing within co-operative contexts. Likewise, to make freelancers more visible and easier to access for co-operatives.
In the long term we want to act as a generative force in the coop economy, multiplying the efforts of others beyond what they thought possible.
The problem: whilst employment in a typical company can be alienating for reasons well understood to the co-op movement, co-ops are not a widely accessible alternative for most people. Their relative rarity, low visibility and unfamiliarity mean they're often not perceived as existing, yet alone as a possible alternative - even then they may be dismissed. In the other direction, co-ops often require a much higher degree of trust to grant membership than they would employment.
Freelancing is another way to attain more autonomy, and is becoming more common in the contemporary "gig economy", but can be precarious and isolating. It requires various legal, business, and social expertises outside the core skills of a professional - not to mention the confidence to attain these.
The hope is that we can help to bridge that gap, making co-operatives more visible, and easier to access through the intermediate step of freelancing within co-operative contexts. Likewise, to make freelancers more visible and easier to access for co-operatives.
In the long term we want to act as a generative force in the coop economy, multiplying the efforts of others beyond what they thought possible.