Freelancing

[Cob Life]

Does anyone do some freelancing on the side of another job?

work can’t give me enough hours (well they COULD they just don’t want to) so just looking for some possibilities of doing some freelancing, what insurance is like etc.
I considered going back to doing weekends at a riding school but there just aren’t any riding schools around here and I’d never go back to working for my old boss

 

[Red-1]

Yes, I used to do equine confidence coaching, it was quite well paid and very enjoyable. I could fit it round work, but it was a bit frustrating to get the diary to work as I worked rotating shifts that could be changed at short notice.

A lady near us has just started a business cleaning dog's teeth! She says she has an ultrasonic toothbrush. You can get those on Amazon! I don't think she is qualified, but she is good with dog and I would consider using her.

 

[Mule]

I do some petsitting and also diy livery.

 

[Goldenstar]

I usually have two or three freelancers that I use and often have one that’s doing what you describe making up hours when they have another main job .
Theres usually good demand for services coming into and over winter .
If you have clippers and are good at clipping you can probably get work doing that easily.
If you decide to do the horse route you need to get your name out there in as many ways as possible .
However I find mine through word of mouth.

 

[Gloi]

I used to do some pet/horse sitting.

 

[chaps89]

I've done various bits of freelancing alongside my main job over the years.
Sometimes groom's work (aka, sh*t shovelling!) And occasionally riding or teaching - though I'm always up front about lack of qualifications for the latter.

You do need to think about liability/care & custody insurance though.
If I'm just mucking out I don't unless the YO requests, but any handling of horses and I set some up. It's a couple of hundred pounds a year from memory so you need to be confident of doing enough work to make money on top.
In theory you should also do your taxes on the additional income too - though most freelance jobs seem to be cash in hand so how many people actually do that who knows!

 

[Cob Life]

I've done various bits of freelancing alongside my main job over the years.
Sometimes groom's work (aka, sh*t shovelling!) And occasionally riding or teaching - though I'm always up front about lack of qualifications for the latter.

You do need to think about liability/care & custody insurance though.
If I'm just mucking out I don't unless the YO requests, but any handling of horses and I set some up. It's a couple of hundred pounds a year from memory so you need to be confident of doing enough work to make money on top.
In theory you should also do your taxes on the additional income too - though most freelance jobs seem to be cash in hand so how many people actually do that who knows!

I’d have to be earning a lot from freelancing to pay taxes at all

I’d ideally like to look for an insurance that will cover me for dogs, rabbits, reptiles etc as well as I have experience with all these

 

[Cob Life]

I usually have two or three freelancers that I use and often have one that’s doing what you describe making up hours when they have another main job .
Theres usually good demand for services coming into and over winter .
If you have clippers and are good at clipping you can probably get work doing that easily.
If you decide to do the horse route you need to get your name out there in as many ways as possible .
However I find mine through word of mouth.

I would happily clip, I’ve done dogs for family/friends in the past. I just don’t have much experience with horses and only have access to one to practice on.

ive got general animal qualifications so can do dogs, cats, small animals and exotics as well

 

[chaps89]

Sorry, you said it was in addition to another job, so I presumed that you are already over the tax free threshold. Therefore any additional income should be declared, though you can obviously put expenses against it.
Some of the insurance brokers offer policies which cover house sitting/dog walking as well as groom's work too now I believe but I haven't looked into that specifically. It will certainly give you more options if you can house sit, dog/cat sit etc too I imagine.

 

[Cob Life]

Sorry, you said it was in addition to another job, so I presumed that you are already over the tax free threshold. Therefore any additional income should be declared, though you can obviously put expenses against it.
Some of the insurance brokers offer policies which cover house sitting/dog walking as well as groom's work too now I believe but I haven't looked into that specifically. It will certainly give you more options if you can house sit, dog/cat sit etc too I imagine.

I get paid very very little for my other job, I can afford to run my car and that’s about it