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# Joining a federation on LiveHeats as a child account

If your organisation is part of a federation that uses LiveHeats' [federation model solution](https://liveheats.crisp.help/en/article/overview-of-liveheats-federation-solution-for-multi-level-organisations-dg3n66/), please follow this guide for joining the federation's account on LiveHeats.

|| *Note: this guide is written for the child organisation's themselves. If you are the parent organisation and wish to add your child organisations to LiveHeats yourself, please contact us at community@liveheats.com.*

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# What happens once we join a federation on LiveHeats?

* Your organisation appears in the federation's public directory, for example:
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/4/8/7/1/48714ddcbf925400/screen-shot-2022-10-04-at-4553_2z9eqf.png)
* You will have access to the parent organisation's [custom fields](https://liveheats.crisp.help/en/article/creating-custom-fields-10xsble/)
* Athletes in your organisation's database will be available for other child organisations to add to their events
* Athletes in your organisation's database will appear on the **Athletes & teams** area of your parent organisation (they will not appear in the other child organisation's **Athletes & teams** area

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# How do we join the federation on LiveHeats?

1. Firstly be sure to note down the public url (e.g. [www.liveheats.com/surfingnsw](http://www.liveheats.com/surfingnsw)), of:
* the parent organisation (e.g. the national or world federation you are joining on LiveHeats)
* your own organisation. Note: you can find them in our directory here: [www.liveheats.com/organisations](http://www.liveheats.com/organisations)
2. Fill in the details into this form: [https://forms.clickup.com/26411634/f/t60kj-3302/782PA7BT957XWQPSCF](https://forms.clickup.com/26411634/f/t60kj-3302/782PA7BT957XWQPSCF)
3. We'll then add your federation account and let you know once set up