Closed Beta — Founding Phase
Aiming to close late 2026 · After that: monthly membership only · No lifetime access  ·  No Founder badge  ·  No numbered membership  ·  No founding pricing
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Families & Home Education

Your family.
Their future.
Built for generations to come.

Get your children off corporate platforms that harvest their data, build advertising profiles on them, and treat their childhood as inventory. A place to connect. A space to grow. A home you can trust. A future worth building — that is what your family deserves. ETC is a Private Members Association — a community where your whole family belongs, under your care and no one else's.

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Cost to add your children to your membership
18+
Age they convert to full members with your vouch
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Data shared with advertisers. Ever.
Henderson Household
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Claire
Full member · Vouched
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Sophie, 14
Teen access · Guardian-controlled
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Tom, 10
Younger offspring access · Guardian-controlled
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Lily, 6
Household-only · Guardian-controlled
All included in one £99 membership
Why families are leaving the corporate platforms

Your children deserve
better than this.

The platforms your family currently uses are not neutral tools. They are advertising businesses that need your children's attention, data, and behaviour to function.

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Your offspring's daily life is advertising inventory

What's happening right nowEvery message your offspring sends on WhatsApp, every photo shared in a household group — processed by Meta's advertising algorithms. Your offspring is not the customer. They are the product. What your household generates should stay with your household.
On ETCYour offspring's conversations and photos are end-to-end encrypted. No advertising profile is built on them. No algorithm optimises for their attention. Their data belongs to your household.
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Home education coordination scattered across corporate platforms

What's happening right nowYour home ed network runs across Facebook groups, WhatsApp chains, and email lists. Every part of your offspring's education passes through systems that profit from tracking them.
On ETCYour home ed collective has one encrypted home. Curriculum resources, group coordination, field trip planning, and mums-and-dads communication — all in one place, owned by your community.
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No platform thinks about how your offspring grow up

What's happening right nowYour 7-year-old and your 16-year-old have access to the same internet. Age controls are an afterthought, easily bypassed, and not genuinely designed for mums and dads.
On ETCEach member of your offspring has an age-appropriate account under your guardianship. You control what they see, who they can message, and when. At 18, their account converts to full membership — with your vouch as their first community introduction.
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Your household is isolated from the real community around you

What's happening right nowFacebook and WhatsApp connect you to everyone and no one. Anonymous groups, unknown participants, no accountability. You do not actually know who is in your offspring's online world.
On ETCEvery member is vouched for by a real man or woman. Your offspring interact only with men and women who trace back through genuine relationships to the founding members. Real community. Real accountability.
How your household uses ETC

From your first day.
To your offspring's adulthood.

One membership. Your whole household. Every stage of your offspring's lives accommodated.

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Join through a personal introduction

A man or woman who knows you and is already on ETC invites you in. You join as a known man or woman — not an anonymous account. This is what makes the community safe enough to bring your offspring into.

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Add your offspring free of charge

Any offspring under 18 can be added to your membership at no extra cost. You set their access level — what they can see, who they can message, what groups they can join. All under your guardianship.

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Set up your household space

Create a private household group — end-to-end encrypted, visible only to members you choose. Share photos, coordinate schedules, communicate securely. Your household's digital home, not rented from a corporation.

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Connect with your home education community

Find other home educating households in your area through the community map. Join existing home ed groups or create your own. Share curriculum resources and coordinate group learning days.

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Your offspring learn, participate and grow

Offspring accounts have age-appropriate access to courses, household messaging, and community content. As they grow, you adjust their access. At 18, their account converts automatically to full membership.

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Your vouch becomes their foundation

When your offspring turns 18, your vouch counts as their first community introduction. They do not start from scratch — they start as a man or woman already known and trusted by the community that watched them grow up.

A real home education collective

Claire's network.
40 households. Off Meta entirely.

Claire Henderson home educates three offspring and coordinates a network of over 40 households. Their community existed across Facebook, WhatsApp, and email — meaning everything from field trip photos to her offspring's daily routines was being processed by Meta's advertising algorithms.

Moving to ETC meant her offspring got their own accounts under her control. Her 7-year-old sees only household content. Her 14-year-old has progressively more access. All three accounts convert automatically to full membership at 18.

The collective built a curriculum library of 300+ resources, runs weekly group learning days, and exchanges sessions using LETS credits. A household strong in science and weak in languages swaps directly with a household whose strengths run the other way.

I teach my offspring to think carefully about who they give their information to. And then I was sharing their entire daily routine on Facebook. The hypocrisy had to stop.
What changed
Offspring data completely off Meta's servers
300+ curriculum resources — searchable, private, collectively owned
Weekly group learning days self-organised through events
Hundreds of LETS credits exchanged — zero platform fees
40+ adult members all personally vouched — no anonymous access
Modules used
Household AccountsSecure MessagingEducationEventsMarketplaceLETS Economy
What you get

Every tool you need.
In one place.

Member features are included in both tiers. Builder features are highlighted — they come with the Founding Builder tier.

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Household Accounts

Add all your offspring free. Age-appropriate access configured by you. Guardian controls over who they can message, what they can see, and which groups they can join.

All members · Offspring free
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Encrypted Household Space

A private group for your household — end-to-end encrypted. Photos, messages, and coordination visible only to members you invite.

All members
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Education & Courses

Take any community course free. Home education tools with guardian-managed student profiles, learning paths, and cryptographically signed certificates.

Take free · Create from Vouched+
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Calendar & Events

Coordinate group learning days, field trips, and community meetups. Recurring events, RSVPs, and location sharing across your network.

Create 1 event/month free
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LETS Credits & Time-Banking

Exchange skills and sessions without money. One hour traded for one hour. A household strong in maths swaps with a household strong in languages.

All members · Always free
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Community Map

Find home educating households near you. Discover local resources and regular meeting spots. New households find their nearest groups immediately.

View free · Share from Vouched+
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Emergency Beacon

One press. Nearby members alerted instantly. Whether you are a mum walking home or a household facing an unexpected situation — your community responds.

All members
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Curriculum Builder

Organise shared curriculum resources into structured learning paths. Searchable by subject, age group, and format. The collective's knowledge, owned by the collective.

Builder tier
Founding member access

Lock in lifetime access.
Support the build.

The founding window is currently set to close in late 2026. After that, new members pay from £4/month. Founding membership locks in access for life.

For households & home educators
Founding Contributor
£99one-off
Protect your household. Join your community.
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    All offspring added freeAge-appropriate accounts, guardian-controlled
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    Encrypted household spacePrivate group, E2E encrypted
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    Take any community courseAll community-created courses included
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    Community map & local discoveryFind households and resources near you
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    Emergency beaconOne press, your community responds
Join as Founding Contributor →

+ from £4/month after launch · 14-day cooling-off

For home ed collective builders
Founding Builder
£299one-off
Build the collective your community of households needs.
  • Everything in Founding ContributorAll household features included
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    Create & monetise courses & curriculumUnlimited courses and materials
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    Group learning events with ticketingRecurring events, RSVPs, coordination
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    LETS & time-banking coordinationSkill exchange across the collective
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    Participation analyticsTrack enrolment, attendance, resource usage
Join as Founding Builder →

+ from £4/month after launch · 14-day cooling-off

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Refer a friend, earn £4 cash. Every man or woman you personally vouch for gets their first month free. When they subscribe from month 2, you receive a £4 cash payment. The community grows through trust — and you are rewarded for it.
You are joining a community — not just downloading an app

ETC is a Private Members Association — a community of real, vouched men and women organising together. The platform is the tool we use to do that. Your founding membership funds both: the community and the software that serves it. No outside investors. No advertisers. No data sold.

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Numbered founding membershipYour place in the founding sequence — permanent, on your profile, forever.
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Permanent Founding badgeNo future member can ever earn it. Only you — for being here at the start.
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Quarterly founding member eventsInvited to our quarterly events — AGM-style gatherings where direction is set and your voice counts.
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Every future feature includedEverything built through to full member governance in 2028 — included. No extra charges, ever.
Join the waitlist

A home you can trust.
Bring your household.

No commitment yet — just tell us you are interested. We will reach out when beta access opens for your area.

You are on the list ✓

We will be in touch when ETC opens in your area.
If you know someone who would benefit — tell them.
Your vouch is the most valuable thing you can give them.

⚠ Use your real name. This is the name your community will know you by — once you join, your name and email are permanent identifiers and cannot be changed. False or fake names are grounds for removal from the Private Members Association.
Please do not skip this field if someone introduced you. Without a referral code: you will not benefit from the first month free offer, the man or woman who told you about ETC will not receive their £4 referral reward, and you will join at probationary trust level rather than as an introduced member. If you have lost your code, contact the man or woman who referred you or email hello@etcapp.net before submitting.
There is a lot more

Safety is one part of
everything we are building.

ETC has 23+ modules live in beta — from secure messaging and a community economy to education, governance, podcasting, video, and a community health farm. Most features have basic functionality now, with advanced capabilities added as members request and vote for them.

💬 Secure Messaging 💷 Community Economy 🛍️ Local Marketplace 🎓 Education & Courses 🗳️ Governance 🎙️ Podcasting 📹 Video + much more coming
A place to connect. A space to grow. A home you can trust. A future worth building.

See every feature — what's live, what's coming →
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You are joining a movement built to endure
Not just a platform — a Private Members Association sustained by community, built to carry its own weight, and growing through the trust of every man and woman in it.
What this means →
Your Founding Invitation

Already a member?
Find your community. Help them find theirs.

🔑 Every member has three ways to invite
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💷 Earn up to £4 per founding member you bring in
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📅 The founding door is aimed to close late 2026