THE JOINED / PARTNERSHIPS
GREAT THINGS
RARELY HAPPEN
ALONE.
Creative communities grow when people work together. So should the platform that brings them together.
We want to work with organisations that help creative people meet, learn, make, perform, exhibit and find opportunities. Real collaboration, not a collection of logos.
01 / THE IDEA
CONNECT THE
ECOSYSTEM.
WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD EVERYTHING IN ISOLATION.
Universities have students. Venues have audiences. Festivals have filmmakers. Studios have talent. Community groups have local knowledge. Companies have resources and expertise.
The Joined does not need to replace those communities. We want to help connect them — making it easier for people, organisations and ideas to find one another.
A good partnership should create something useful that wouldn't happen quite so easily alone.
02 / WHO WE WORK WITH
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SHARED PURPOSE.
UNIVERSITIES
& COLLEGES.
Help students meet collaborators, discover professional opportunities and find a creative community beyond the classroom.
VENUES.
Theatres, cinemas, galleries, studios and music spaces where online connections can become real ones.
FESTIVALS.
Film, music, theatre, art and cultural festivals with people and projects worth bringing together.
STUDIOS &
PRODUCERS.
Creative businesses seeking collaborators, emerging talent, audiences and stronger links with communities.
COMMUNITY
ORGANISATIONS.
Charities, local groups and independent organisations already doing valuable work on the ground.
THE UNEXPECTED.
Don't fit one of these boxes? Excellent. Some of the best ideas start with an unusual introduction.
03 / WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
MORE THAN A
LOGO SWAP.
EVENTS.
Co-host meetups, screenings, performances, talks and creative networking sessions.
OPPORTUNITIES.
Connect members with projects, jobs, commissions, placements and useful work.
COMMUNITY.
Introduce existing creative networks to people, facilities and resources they might not otherwise encounter.
EDUCATION.
Support training, mentoring, practical workshops and industry conversations.
CONTENT.
Make editorial stories, interviews, showcases and creative resources together.
EXPERIMENTS.
Test a new idea together. Keep what works. Learn from what doesn't.
04 / BRISTOL & BEYOND
LOCAL ROOTS.
GLOBAL REACH.
Bristol is a natural starting point for The Joined's partnership network, with universities, studios, festivals, venues and creative organisations working across many disciplines.
We want to make meaningful connections in our home city and build outwards — connecting local knowledge and communities with opportunities further afield.
Being global should help local creativity travel, not erase what makes it special.
LOCAL.
CONNECT
EVERYWHERE.BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM
05 / EDUCATION & NEW TALENT
FROM STUDYING
TO DOING.
Education teaches skills. Creative communities help people discover where those skills can go next.
Universities and colleges can connect students with collaborators, projects, events, mentors and professional networks that continue beyond graduation.
Working together, educational organisations and creative communities can make that transition more welcoming and more practical.
06 / VENUES & REAL-WORLD EVENTS
THE INTERNET NEEDS
PLACES TO GO.
A creative community becomes much more interesting when people can actually meet.
Venues and event partners can give members somewhere to screen work, perform, exhibit, learn, talk and collaborate. The Joined can help bring interested creative people into those spaces.
DON'T ADD
NOISE.
07 / COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
BUSINESS CAN BE
PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
Creative people need equipment, software, training, services and professional support. Relevant businesses can bring genuine value to their work.
But there is a difference between useful commercial participation and turning a community into a giant advertising board.
Commercial partnerships should be transparent, relevant and worthwhile for members.
08 / WHAT MAKES IT WORK
SHARED VALUES.
USEFUL OUTCOMES.
RELEVANCE.
It should make sense for the people using the platform.
RESPECT.
Creatives are people and professionals, not just leads or audience data.
TRANSPARENCY.
Commercial relationships should be clearly identified.
USEFULNESS.
If nobody in the community benefits, why are we doing it?
09 / PROFESSIONAL BACKING
SUPPORTED BY
LEVLAN.
The Joined's partnerships sit within the business and operational structure provided by Levlan International Marketing.
This brings professional support to partnership discussions, commercial arrangements, communications and international collaboration — while The Joined remains focused on its creative community.
PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTBRISTOL+ INTERNATIONAL
10 / HAVE AN IDEA?
LET'S TALK.
If your organisation could help The Joined community, or you think we could build something useful together, tell us about it.
QUESTIONS, IDEAS OR SOMETHING WE SHOULD KNOW?
The Joined is still growing, and hearing from the people it is being built for is part of that process.
SHARE IDEAS.
BUILD BRIDGES.
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
The right connection can change everything.