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title: Requesting and managing partnerships | TimeBank Ireland
description: Ask another community to partner with yours, answer their requests and choose what members can share.
canonical: https://hour-timebank.ie/help/admins/admin_federation/admin_federation_partnerships
generated: 2026-11-12T17:07:50.061Z
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# Requesting and managing partnerships

Ask another community to partner with yours, answer their requests and choose what members can share.

You manage partnerships in **Partner Timebanks** . Open it from **Overview** in the admin menu.

## Asking a community to partner

1. Press Partner directory, then the Browse partners tab.
2. Search for the community.
3. Press Request Partnership.
4. Add a short message if you like, then press Send Request.

The button changes to **Request Pending** . The other community can accept, decline or suggest different terms.

## Answering a request

1. Press Partnerships, then the Incoming Requests tab.
2. Press Approve or Reject.
3. Or press Suggest different terms. Choose the Partnership level and What members can share, then send it back.

## Changing what members can share

Open an active partnership and choose the **Permissions** tab. Change what members can share. You can only do this while the partnership is active.

## Ending a partnership

Open the partnership and press **Terminate** . Members of both communities lose access to each other's profiles, messages and exchanges.

## How your community appears to others

Press **Partner directory** , then **Our listing** . Check your community name, description, contact email, website and topics, then save your changes.

[Go to this page](/partner-timebanks/partnerships)

## More guides in this topic

[Connecting with other communities](/help/admins/admin_federation/admin_federation_switch_on)

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