[cma-l] Government response to petition 'allthevoices'

[Julian Mellor]

The reported comment made by Richard Hilton at the CMA conference "The  
quality of applications had been surprisingly poor" does not bode well  
for the future of the fund.

Why would anyone keep a fund going when it's a struggle to find  
projects that are good enough to fund?

The campaign to keep the fund will need to address this, perhaps  
explaining why recent applications have been poor and drawing  
attention to the quality and outcomes of previous grants.

Julian
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On 21 Jul 2010, at 16:41, jaqui devereux wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Many of you will have received this from HM Government today  
> regarding the Allthevoices campaign.  We have checked with DCMS and  
> this is the current position of the new government.
>
> However, a major caveat though - the new government cannot confirm  
> that this would be their position following the Comprehensive  
> Spending Review in the autumn, so not quite time to jump for any  
> joy.  The CMA Council is meeting on 31st July and will be devising a  
> major campaign to feed into the CSR to try to ensure that the  
> Community Radio Fund is both maintained and expanded and we will  
> need your help in that.  Let us know if you have particular ideas on  
> the best approach for the campaign.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jaqui
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: HM Government <petitions at hmg.gov.uk>
> Date: 21 July 2010 14:42
> Subject: Government response to petition 'allthevoices'
> To: e-petition signatories <petitions at hmg.gov.uk>
>
>
> You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to support the
> sustainability and growth of community radio by substantially  
> increasing
> the resources of the Community Radio Fund.
>
> Her Majesty's Government has responded to that petition and you can  
> view it
> here:
>
> http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=allthevoices
>
>
> Her Majesty's Government
>
> Petition information - http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/allthevoices/
>
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