[cma-l] Funding News: ACE Enquiry / UnLtd Awards / Natwest Fund

Tue Aug 10 10:30:09 BST 2010

Dear All

Another three-pennith and further to my recent e-mails regarding funding (or
should I say LACK OF IT?)          all of these grants that we keep reading
about are not really grants, the are more like competitions, auctions, exams
etc ........ as Phil quite rightly pointed out, if someone can't fill a form
in correctly then maybe they are the wrong person or wrong group for the job
?!          However, as I have stated, I don't believe this to be true. In
fact, I would argue that we (CCR) have made some very long, time consuming
applications, that, (even though I say it myself) were very good and quite
commendable ......... they finished up in the bin of course ...... we didn't
tick ALL the boxes ! ............. I think we've almost given up the ghost
??

The sooner this nonsense is curtailed the better it will be for everyone. I
keep reading about this magical word         ''DISTRIBUTION'' in relation to
funding .......... there should be another word in front of it ...... it's
called ''FAIR'' ............... unless we have 'fair, equal and even
distribution' of funding, the whole thing is pointless. Especially in times
of need when as it states in this communiqué, local government funding and
national funding is being axed / cut / stopped etc etc ........... am I
bleating in the wilderness again or will someone at our end actually stand
up in the places that matter and represent ALL of us.

No not-for-profit community group (whatever they supply or do) has the right
to say that they are 'more worthy than another' ????!!!!!

This 'voting' malarkey is another debacle as well ........ clearly the
biggest wins ?!    if I've got more members and more friends that the next
guy then we win ......... simples !       totally, unacceptable. Then again,
I've no chance on this score ...... I've got no friends !    and no wonder !

Just an observation, that's all.

If the Government and the DCMS want a story on how things can go badly wrong
through no fault of our own and entirely down to their rules, their laws,
their inflexibility, their inadequate pot of funds, their inadequate way of
distributing it, then look no further than Canalside Community Radio .....
we are a shining example ........... everything has been stacked up against
us and we are slowly on the slippery slope. That process is now starting to
gain speed due to the economic climate and there ain't nothing we can do
about it.
Our local commercial station has treated us as COMPETITION since day dot ...
but the Government and DCMS have stood idly by with their rule book and
watched us slowly get ground down and then kicked to bits.

We keep fighting ........ sticks and stones aren’t very good though against
machine guns & bombs.

Regards

Nick

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Subject: [cma-l] Funding News: ACE Enquiry / UnLtd Awards / Natwest Fund

Arts Council Enquiry into the Arts and Heritage

An enquiry into the funding of the arts and heritage was announced
recently by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select
Committee. The Committee has stated that it wishes to investigate the
following:

* The impact of recent as well as future spending cuts from central
and local government on the arts and heritage at national and local
levels

* The measures that arts organisations can take to work more closely
together

* What level of public subsidy for the arts and heritage is necessary
and sustainable

* Whether the current system and structure of funding distribution is
the right one

* The impact recent changes to the distribution of National Lottery
funds will have on arts and heritage organisations

* Whether the policy guidelines for National Lottery funding need to be
reviewed

* The impact of recent changes to bodies of the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport. In particular the abolition of the UK Film
Council and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

* Whether businesses and philanthropists can play a long-term role in
funding arts at a national and local level

* Whether there need to be more government incentives to encourage
private donations.

The Select Committee is interested in responses from people within the
sector by 2 September 2010. For more information, visit the Arts
Council’s website here:

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/inquiry-funding-arts-and-heritage-opens/

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UnLtd - Learning in Communities Award (England only)

The social enterprise charity UnLtd is working alongside the National
Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) to support the
engagement of adults in learning.

The Learning in Communities Award is for up to £5,000, and will be
given to a project that engages adult learners (18 or over, or if
under 21, having been out of full time education for at least 3 years)
in a regular learning activity. However, the project must not:

    * Be part of the applicant’s paid employment
    * Involve political or religious campaigning
    * Involve activities outside the law
    * Involve employing people other than the applicants involved to
carry out most of the project work
    * Be used mainly to achieve academic qualifications
    * Be used to fund living expenses.

Individuals and informal groups are eligible to apply. Applicants must
be over 16 and living in England, and must not be applying on behalf
of an established organisation.

The Award will be open to applications from 1 September 2010.
Applications will close on 3 December 2010. For more information,
visit the UnLtd website here:

http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=201&PageName=learningincommunitiesaw
ard

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Natwest Community Fund (UK-wide)

Nominations are open for the Natwest Community Fund, which aims to
support local charities across Britain. Both customers and
non-customers of Natwest are allowed to nominate a local charity, and
can do this by submitting their nomination either online or through a
local branch.

The money awarded from the Community Fund must be used to benefit the
local community. The money cannot be used to pay the bills of a
charity or project. The charity/project will have to provide details
of how the money will be used if they are shortlisted. Additionally
evidence of how the money has been spent will need to be provided
after the awards have been made.

The deadline for nominations is 20 August 2010, and the voting period
will open in October. For more information visit the Community Fund
website here:

https://communityfund.natwest.com/Nominate

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