{"id":530525833,"date":"2020-04-06T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T02:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contently.com\/?p=530525833"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:29:29","slug":"how-we-can-help-freelancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contently.com\/2020\/04\/06\/how-we-can-help-freelancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelancers Are in Trouble. Here&#8217;s How We Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past two weeks, America has seen a previously unfathomable spike in unemployment claims, with 6.6 million alone last week. Hardship is striking much of the country, and there&#8217;s one group facing a perfect storm of damaging circumstances that you might not have thought about: freelancers.<\/p>\n<p>By Gallup&#8217;s estimate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallbizlabs.com\/2018\/08\/gallup-says-36-of-us-workers-are-in-the-gig-economy.html\">as much as 29 percent<\/a> of the U.S. workforce lists freelancing as their primary job. Freelancers power not only Uber and Lyft, but much of the media, marketing, and entertainment we love. According to a new report by Freelancers Union, 76 percent of freelancers have lost work as the result of COVID-19, and 91 percent expect to lose income.<\/p>\n<p>While the $2 trillion CARES Act passed last week intends to extend unemployment benefits to freelancers, it&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/04\/01\/unemployment-for-gig-self-employed-workers-mired-in-confusion-delays.html\">nearly impossible for freelancers to apply for benefits so far<\/a>. I have one freelancer friend who called the New York unemployment line 50 times. The line went dead 47 times, and the other three times, he got a busy signal.<\/p>\n<p>At this moment, freelancers in need have nowhere to turn.<\/p>\n<h2>What we can do to help<\/h2>\n<p>At Contently, helping freelancers has always been a core part of our mission. We&#8217;re officially partnering with Freelancers Union to raise emergency grants for those in need via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freelancersunion.org\/resources\/freelancers-relief-fund\/\">Freelancers Relief Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fund will provide grants of up to $1,000 for freelancers facing economic hardship as a result of COVID-19. Applications are open, and the goal is to get money in the hands of people in need as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re aiming to raise $50,000 for the fund in April. We&#8217;ll be donating $5,000 for every $200,000 that brands pay to freelance creatives on our platform, and an additional $5,000 for every content strategy deliverable we sell. But if you&#8217;re in position to help out, you can chip in <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.workingtoday.org\/?utm_source=workingtoday&amp;utm_medium=button&amp;utm_campaign=workingtoday-donate\">by donating as little as $5 or $10<\/a>. (And if you&#8217;re interested in becoming a partner, email me at lazer@contently.com).<\/p>\n<p>We know there are so many important causes to support right now, but if you&#8217;ve read this far, we hope you&#8217;ll consider making a small donation. 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