[cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2010/11 Round 2

Tue Mar 1 23:15:25 GMT 2011

Hi,

In answer to your question. 

From Swindon:-  We were encouraged to apply for funding last year... wrote an 
application... then were turned down beause "priority was being given to new 
licencees".  

It does seem very sad to us that community stations are licenced because of the 
commitment they show to the local communities they serve and deliver immensely 
strong local programming involving so much of that local community, then to have 
to justify themselves each year through reporting as well as have to pay for the 
priviledge, through annual licences to Ofcom and the Wireless and Telegraphy 
licences.   A huge service is provided - and our Local Authority has recognised 
that.

I would like to apply again to Ofcom, as we deliver a considerable amount of 
programming and training with all ages, abilities, disabilities, in schools, ex 
graduates, early-retired, neighbourhood renewal area, a new programme with ex 
offenders... and the list goes on.   It is pretty tiring work, but something I 
personally believe in very strongly and am thrilled when students go to 
university (after time with us),  find work (after time with us) - giving a 
voice to local people (that makes Local Authorities and regional and 
international television, as we've found, want to cover us).  

We will look again at an application - and fingers crossed that the time spent 
on this will be worth while.

 Shirls

Shirley Ludford
Mob: 07951 366289

Station Manager.   Trainer
SWINDON 105.5
www.swindon1055.com

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From: "FRANCIS, Carol (Policy & Planning)" 
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To: CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>; "comradio-l at commedia.org.uk" 
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2010/11 Round 2

It would be interesting to know if any stations have been able to secure funding 
from the Community radio fund more than once and if so how many paid staff they 
have. 

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Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2010/11 Round 2

Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Monday 24 January 2011 to
consider applications for the second round of grant awards for
2010/11.

In summary:

- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) allocated
£463,000 towards the Community Radio Fund for 2010/11
- In the first round of funding in June 2010, the Panel made grants
totalling £208,634,leaving £254,366 for the second round
- A further £2,500 was returned to the fund from a previous grant recipient
- 64 applications were considered
- Funding applications totalled £1,196,138.46
- 15 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £256,866
- 49 applicants were not awarded a grant

The average grant in this round was £17,124; the average grant for
individual station awards, that is excluding the grants benefiting
more than one station, was £14,833. A table setting out the awards may
be found here:

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2

The Panel notes that two grants, for £30,769 and £30,768 respectively,
were for substantially higher amounts than the average and were
awarded to bids designed to benefit more than one station. The Panel
wishes to record that the first of these grants was for a joint
application that will fund a Project Manager and other support for a
pilot data collection and analysis project. The project aims to
develop an affordable way for UK community radio stations to assess
their audiences and community impacts and provide data for grant
funders, service delivery clients and others. The aim is for a project
that will benefit all community radio stations in the future. The
second of these grants was for a Regional Account Manager /Commercial
Fund Raiser post benefiting three individual community radio stations
in south west England.

Source: 
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2

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