Partnerships

Build something meaningful with SPEAK.

Strategic partnerships connecting construction, workforce support, media and measurable action.

SPEAK works with organisations that want to contribute more than a logo. Together, we create practical workforce activity, responsible storytelling and credible evidence of participation across construction and the communities surrounding it.

A partnership built around participation - not placement

A partnership built around participation - not placement.

SPEAK operates at the intersection of construction, workforce engagement, organisational health, community, media and storytelling, events, social value, and evidence and measurement. One partnership can create value across several of these channels while remaining rooted in real activity.

“The strongest partnerships do something useful before they say something impressive.”

Real activity→ Storytelling→ Participation→ Responsible reporting
Asset 02 DIAGRAM PLACEHOLDER - RESPONSIBLE PARTNERSHIP MODEL - ACTIVITY, STORYTELLING, PARTICIPATION AND REPORTING

Five routes

Five ways to partner with SPEAK.

01

Strategic partner

For organisations seeking a broader, longer-term relationship across SPEAK's work.

  • Multi-channel campaign planning
  • Workforce or industry initiatives
  • Co-created responsible content
  • Event participation
  • Leadership engagement
  • Agreed evidence and reporting
  • Long-term programme development
A partner in a suit presenting workforce and warehouse planning at a whiteboard to a construction team member on site.
02

Workforce and site-activation partner

For organisations helping enable practical activity in real construction environments.

  • Support for site activations
  • Appropriate equipment or resources
  • Workforce materials
  • Approved giveaways
  • Delivery logistics
  • Staff volunteering where appropriate
  • Content from completed activity
  • This does not provide unrestricted access to workers.
  • Site activity requires client and site approval - including any product placement.
  • Product promotion must remain proportionate.
  • No identifiable disclosures or workforce data are shared.
  • The partner cannot influence engagement findings.
A SPEAK-branded hoarding on a London construction site, with the SPEAK logo, social icons, a 'Prevention starts with a chat' message, and a photo of two SPEAK team members talking in a van.
03

Media and storytelling partner

For organisations supporting SPEAK's podcast, documentary development or construction storytelling.

  • Podcast sponsorship
  • Episode partnership
  • Documentary development support
  • Short-form content
  • Behind-the-scenes material
  • Approved brand integration
  • Social amplification

Current media opportunities may include the SPEAK Up Podcast, the proposed 10-part documentary series, construction-site storytelling, campaign films, and founder and expert conversations. The documentary has not been commissioned, completed or distributed.

A construction worker in a hard hat and hi-vis, holding papers, standing in front of a digger on site - documentary-style construction storytelling.
04

Campaign and event partner

For organisations supporting public challenges, industry events and participatory campaigns.

  • When One Falls
  • Industry expos
  • Community challenges
  • Employee participation
  • Travel and logistics
  • Equipment
  • Food and hydration
  • Recovery support
  • Challenge-specific sponsorship
  • Approved content and communications
A team of SPEAK supporters in SPEAK hoodies holding a SPEAK banner at the summit of a misty mountain, part of a When One Falls community challenge climb.
05

Community and access partner

For organisations supporting the public-facing SPEAK community and access routes.

  • Community sessions
  • Expert-led content
  • Skills and education
  • Digital access
  • Appropriate resources
  • Community challenges
  • Responsible signposting
  • Long-term engagement

SPEAK's public-facing community platform is join-speak.com.

A laptop screen showing a live SPEAK community video session, 'The Rest Effect with Max', with several participants on camera.

How it works

A three-step journey.

01

Choose a route

Select the partnership area that best fits the organisation.

02

Define the opportunity

Agree the purpose, audience, contribution, activity, content, boundaries and measures.

03

Build the partnership

Confirm scope, ownership, approvals, timeline, investment and reporting.

Ready to build a partnership that does something real?

Tell us what your organisation can contribute, what you want to achieve and where you think SPEAK could create value with you.