[cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2015/16 Round 1

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Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Tuesday 23 June 2015 to consider
applications in the first round of grant awards for 2015/16.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed the total of
£377,000 for the Community Radio Fund for 2015. The amount awarded in this
first round of grants was £160,782, which leaves £216,218 for the second
round of funding later this year.

In summary, at the meeting:

   - 42 applications for grants were considered
   - The total amount of funding requested in these applications was
   £822,034
   - 12 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £160,782
   - 30 applicants were not awarded a grant

 The average grant in this round was £13,398; the size of award ranged from
£4,500 to £21,150. A table setting out the awards is below:

   - *Beverley FM*; Beverley; East Yorkshire; Specialist Funding
   Application Trainer - £4,500
   - *BRFM*; Isle of Sheppey; Business & Development Officer - £5,500
   - *CamGlen Radio*; Cambuslang & Rutherglen; Project Worker and Business
   Development Manager - £19,753
   - *Deveron FM*; Banff; Sales Person / Fund-raiser - £14,540
   - *Gaydio*; Manchester; Digital Manager for an online advertising
   project involving a number of stations around the UK - £21,150
   - *Insanity Radio*; Egham, Surrey; Media and Development Officer -
   £15,702
   - *IÚR-fm*; Newry; Sustainability Officer - £16,000
   - *Moorlands Radio*; Biddulph; Station Fund-raising Co-ordinator - £8,153
   - *Pure Radio 107.8*; Stockport; Training and Development Co-ordinator -
   £16,560
   - *Radio Teesdale*; Teesside; Business Development Manager (salary
   contribution) - £15,000

Applications for the second round of funding in 2015/16 will be
invited on *Wednesday
14 October* with a closing date of *5pm on Wednesday 11 November 2015*. The
Panel will meet to make decisions on these applications in January 2016.
Source
<http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-1516-round1>

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