Route Two: UK & International Partnership

This route is for cultural institutions, broadcasters, producers, festivals, networks, educational organisations, platforms and other potential partners based elsewhere in the UK or internationally.

We want relationships that place Lerwick within wider cultural life while creating new opportunities for Shetland artists, organisations, communities and young people.

These partnerships must do more than bring activity into Shetland. They must create an outward route too, through reciprocal exchange and/or broadcast, digital distribution, touring, presentation, publishing or another meaningful way of taking Shetland-created culture and stories to audiences elsewhere.

We have deliberately kept the first stage concise. We are not asking for a detailed partnership agreement, full budget, confirmed delivery plan or formal references at this stage.

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1. Name/ Organisation (Required.)

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2. Main Contact Name (Required.)

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3. Email (Required.)

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4. Phone number

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5. Where are you based? (Required.)

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6. Are you UK or Internationally based? (Required.)

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7. Website or link to your work, if applicable

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8. Which chapter is your commission for? (Required.)

Exchange can include artist or staff exchanges, residencies, reciprocal performances or exhibitions, cocommissions, skills and professional development, mentoring, placements, youth partnerships, shared research, knowledge exchange, digital collaboration or continuing relationships between organisations.

Broadcast is meant in the widest sense. It can include live or recorded television and radio, documentary, podcasts, streaming, digital commissions, social platforms, publishing, online participation, cultural platforms, gaming or other forms of distribution that help Shetland stories and creative talent reach audiences elsewhere.

For significant projects, these questions should be considered from the start rather than added later as a communications exercise, including the appropriate platform, technical standards, rights and permissions, and whether content could be co-produced with a broadcast or digital partner.

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9. Tell us about you. What do you or your organisation currently do, and what role do you play in Shetland's cultural, community, civic, educational or creative life?(max 150 words.) (Required.)

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10. What partnership are you proposing? In simple terms, what would you like to do with Lerwick 28? Why is Lerwick or Shetland relevant to your organisation, programme or audiences? (max 200 words.) (Required.)

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11. How would this partnership help tell our story? What aspect of Lerwick and Shetland could this partnership help explore or share? How could your organisation help that story reach people elsewhere in the UK and, where relevant, internationally? (max 200 words.) (Required.)

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12. What would the exchange be? What would move in both directions between Shetland and your organisation, place or network? What would Shetland contribute or gain, and what would your organisation or community contribute or gain? A meaningful answer to this question is required for UK and International partnership proposals. (max 200 words.) (Required.)

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13. How would this partnership take our story beyond Shetland? How would the partnership enable Shetland-created work, people or stories to reach audiences elsewhere? This could be through broadcast, digital distribution, touring, exhibition, performance, publishing, existing audience platforms or another form of wider reach. (max 200 words.) (Required.)

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14. What outward route does your proposal include? Select all that apply. The proposal must include at least one credible outward route (Required.)

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15. Who would benefit? Who would participate in or experience the partnership in Shetland and elsewhere? Are there particular opportunities for artists, communities or young people? (Max 150 words.) (Required.)

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16. What would each partner bring? Do you expect to need financial support from Lerwick 28? What could your organisation contribute to the partnership, and what would you need from Lerwick 28? You can include cash, programme investment, people, platforms, venues, production, networks, marketing, technical capability, audience access or other resources.(max 200 words)

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17. Do you expect to need financial support from Lerwick 28? If yes, give us a rough indication of the amount. You do not need to provide a detailed budget at this stage. (Required.)

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18. Why are you well placed to make this happen? Tell us briefly about relevant previous partnerships, exchanges, broadcasts, touring, distribution or projects that give us confidence you could deliver this proposition. You may include the experience of your proposed team or collaborators. (max 150 words.) (Required.)

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19. Previous work. You may provide one optional link to a relevant example, website, programme, broadcast, portfolio or other material.

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20. What might still exist in 2038? If this partnership begins or develops through Lerwick 28, what relationship, opportunity or connection could still exist between Shetland and your organisation, place or network ten years later? (Max 150 words) (Required.)

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21. Anything else we should know? Optional: Is there anything important about the potential partnership that the questions above have not allowed you to tell us? (max 100 words)

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