Welcome to the Orchard Legal Membership for Small Businesses

The easy and cost-effective way for you to get your client contracts and other essential legal protection in place…

setting you free to get on with your best work!

In The Orchard Legal Membership you follow a step-by-step path:

To take you from:

the insecurity of not knowing what you need, or

having something in place you don’t feel you can rely on

To:

knowing exactly what you need for your business

getting your essential legal protection in place (including the most important document for your business – your client contract)

understanding and implementing all the new legal documents you need as your business grows and evolves, so you can make the most of all the opportunities that come your way.

Here are all the ways we can support you to get your legal foundations in place:

Templates for all your legal documents + video and audio guides + regular Q&As + a private, supportive Facebook community

Get your legal foundations in place with ease.

Easy to complete templates with audio & video guidance

Private Facebook group with weekly live Q&A

Follow the Orchard Path, where we support you every step of the way in taking action and implementing all our great resources

For the first 3 months, we release content monthly to hold overwhelm at bay and keep you accountable in dedicated Q and A sessions in the members’ Facebook Group.

Within a short space of time you will have your client contract and/or terms and conditions sorted, your website documents and GDPR consents in place and a roadmap for the next steps you need to take for where you are on the entrepreneurial journey

My story – and what makes the orchard so special

I am Natasha Minchella and I am a small business owner on the entrepreneurial journey – just like you.

I completely understand that feeling of helplessness and overwhelm when you know you need to get something crucial in place for your business but you just don’t know where to begin or how you are going to find the budget.

Even when you are in the flow and working on your wonderful services you have a nagging feeling which stops you from doing your best work and from sleeping soundly at night.

That is why I have taken all my experience from more than 20 years of helping small businesses with their contracts and other legal protection and used it to develop a system for lightworkers like you to get your legal foundations in place: without breaking the bank and without tying up all your precious cash flow.

Good News Alert! Now you no longer have to choose between promoting your business OR getting your all-important legal protection in place – we are making a stand for the ‘and’.

With The Orchard Legal Membership we are making it possible for you to allocate the resources you need to your website, marketing and promotional activities AND still get your crucial legal protection in place. Which will help to ensure you can go all in and do you best work and your business survives and thrives. And all in a way that feels in alignment with your business and values.

Don’t worry if you have been put off by traditional legal documents you have come across before: so stiff, one-sided and completely out of touch with your values and brand – you are worried a contract like that will scare your clients off! All our documents have been created specifically for businesses like yours. They have all the protection you need but are written in plain English and are simple to understand.

The entrepreneurial journey has many twists and turns, and we are on that path with you supporting you all the way.

Here’s what some of our happy members from our sister membership have to say…

Thank you so much for the support you have given me during this journey.

Four months ago, when I did not even know how to open my business – I was in fear and feeling overwhelmed and in addition to all of this, I saw my legals as a big scary monster!!!

Your kindness, calm and fun made me shift completely to a person that now loves legals, and contracts and I understand everything that is written in them!

I now have confidence in my business and I actually enjoy reading my contracts.

Raissa Coelhoo

I’ve just emailed out my very first Client Agreement and I’m buzzing! I’d been holding back chasing new clients because I knew I didn’t have my legals in place, but now I do, I feel so much more confident, like a ‘real’ coach. I never thought I’d ever feel excited by legals.

— Orchard Member

I opened everything an hour ago – and filled in the gaps, and I now have a client contract created just by filling in the gaps. This woman is a WHIZZ… She makes the small print simple and easy to understand.

— Zariya Lufu

I have found everything really helpful and have already got the terms of use, cookie policy and the privacy policy on my website, along with the terms and conditions for my online checkout and the 1:1 coaching contract sorted – I’m so glad to be part of your community!

— Lucy Goldring

you can get started today for just £89…

Your investment includes all of these benefits:

Templates for all your legals

Easy to follow audio and video support

Supportive community

Regular legal Q&A sessions

No minimum sign-up

You can join the Membership from just £89 per month:

Monthly Payments of £89

You can subscribe to the membership for just £89 per month.

Content is made available on a monthly basis, and there is no minimum subscription length.

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12 months' access for £890

12 month's access for the price of 10!

Pay for the full year in advance, and you receive all the benefits of the membership with immediate access to all content, PLUS a quarterly group call with Tash

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FAQ

Can’t I get these documents for free online?

Look – we know it is tempting! But we have been given countless contracts to review that clients have tried to put together themselves from examples they have found online (and clients have spent hours and hours trying to cobble together those documents.) In every single case, there were really crucial sections missing or wrong. Often the contracts are out of date and/or do not comply with relevant legislation. They are also often old-fashioned and full of legal jargon. Although it is tempting to copy what is out there online, in our experience it is a false economy and your business honestly deserves better.

If I am a Member, are you my lawyer?

As we make very clear in our terms, The Orchard is not registered with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. It is a platform for you to obtain help and guidance to get your legal foundations in place from an expert but it does not constitute one to one legal advice. If you would like regulated legal advice, please contact us at hello@the-orchard.uk and I can provide you with a quote for my services on this basis through a law firm which is registered with the SRA.

The ideal for any business is to have bespoke legal documents drafted specifically for it by a solicitor who is familiar with their type of business. However, we have first hand experience of the impossible struggle most small businesses experience to pay for one to one legal advice and the drain they experience on their cash flow of having to pay large legal bills in one go. For many businesses this is just not an option and they end up risking their business and their assets by trying to put together their documents themselves. The Orchard Membership has been created to offer a much more attractive alternative through template documents drafted by an expert in your type of business and with resources to support you in modifying the templates to suit your circumstances.

Do I need it when I am starting out?

This is the best time of all to get your legal foundations in place. You need your client contract or ts and cs in place BEFORE you start to sell your products or services. It will also make you look professional which will give you confidence to get your business going.

Am I tied into the membership for a minimum period of time?

No. This means there is no risk to you in joining – we wanted to make it a complete no-brainer for you to sign up and get your legal foundations in place. The world needs you on your A game! That said, you should count on staying for at least 3 months if you want to make sure your basic legal foundations are in place. Most of our members stay for much longer as they love the feeling of security being in our community brings and it enables them to do their best work AND keep uplevelling with confidence as new opportunities come their way. Many of our members have progressed from getting the basics in place to writing books, hosting luxury retreats, joint ventures with thought leaders, producing TV shows and much more and they have benefitted enormously from having the membership to bounce ideas off and work out what they need to cover when negotiating deals and turning dreams into reality. But the great thing is you know you can cancel your membership at any time if you need to.

Will my membership fees increase in the future?

No. No matter what fees new members pay, as long as you remain a member in good standing (no missed or delayed payments) you will not pay any more than when you joined.