Q's about making a collective

What if there are multiple collectives in my area?

That’s great! If there are multiple collectives in your local area that are working towards the same cause it may be that you decide to form one collective in order to pool resources, financial contributions and increase impact. Or not, it’s up to you.

We suggest you get in touch with the other collective in your area to collaborate on how best to work together. You can become a sub-collective of theirs.

I would like to start a collective for my ward, but my borough or city already have a collective, what should I do?

You could contact the collective admin for the borough or city group to see if starting a sub-collective group within the wider borough or city group would be beneficial to organise members more locally. However, that is entirely up to you.

Would the server be able to cope if this becomes huge?

Open Collective is already hosting 1000s of collectives around the world and has dedicated servers. They will be able to handle the extra traffic.

Is Open Collective the same as crowdfunding?

We get that question a lot, so here's a visual that explains the main differences between the two: