# D.5 Advance Payment

Keeping in line with the idea of care and the individual need of each member to follow their own rhythm. The collective pot could be used to “help-out” a member that need to “borrow” money in order to survive, live, and/ or work towards their sustainability.

Advance payment is seen as lending a hand to one of the member that takes an engagement to give back the amount to the collective pot.

Each member can ask for an advanced payment of maximum 50,000 EUR.

Please refer to Attaya’s guidelines for the requirements for requesting an advanced payment.


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