Connected humans=
happier humans
United Local Communities is a free platform for small independent businesses to connect with customers, and for customers to find and support their local sellers.
Our Mission
We believe that humans need connection and belonging to thrive, that we are happier, healthier and more powerful when we are united.
Our view is that independent businesses offer an essential service to our community – whatever it is the business does combined with personal connection.
United Local Community was created to do what it says on the tin … unite local communities.
A platform designed to offer local micro businesses a place to list their services without needing a website, or needing to pay for ads so that local customers to find them without needing to wait for the markets.
Our Principles
Support Local
Support local small businesses whenever you buy things
Know your Neighbours
Get to know your neighbours, Meeting those around you helps to foster a sense of community on your street or local area
Pay Cash
Pay cash whenever you can - even if not with small businesses
Build Relationship
Build relationships with the people you buy from (also helps to arrange delivery/pickup if markets /stores are closed)
Make Connections
Make real connections with real people and get their contact details
Our Why
Over the last few decades big business has taken over making it more and more difficult to make ends meet as a micro business.
At the same time, our communities have become more and more fragmented, people don’t even know their neighbours. And in the process we’ve seen the cost of living, unemployment, loneliness, depression, disconnection and even anti-social behaviour rise sharply.
It won’t surprise you that we believe these two things are directly linked.
So many people have so much to offer, but often can’t see how to turn their value into a ‘real business’ and if they do, with non-existent budgets and wearing 17 hats as the owner-operator, everything else it’s near impossible to get much traction.
You can’t get enough awareness to bring customers to your own website, advertising is out of reach and so friends, family and markets have been the way to go.
This has been difficult for years but COVID-19 has made it near impossible, separating market stall holders and their customers.
The world is now even more disconnected. People are scared of those they don’t know and face relentless uncertainty because of the constantly changing rules.
Add to that the ‘no cash accepted here’, closed borders and working from home and we feel like we can see the writing on the wall … even more lonely people, even more disconnection and psychological isolation, a drive towards a cashless society where only big corporates survive.
This sounds pretty awful to us, and so united local community was born.
email@unitedlocalcommunity.com
